[proxy_user]

I once worked with a guy who had a master’s degree in engineering from Columbia. He was the head of an accounting group with one employee reporting to him.

He was dumber than a box of rocks, and eventually had to be fired. His one employee, who did all the work anyway, continued to do the job, so his position was eliminated.

[IronJack]

That's also why you see job openings that require advanced degrees, and then when you interview, you realize that it's nothing more than an ego trip for the manager, and that whatever your speciality, it will be wasted in some hum-drum job that is no challenge.

Plus, since you're probably smarter than your boss, he's going to constantly see you as a threat and keep you from advancing. Beware these kinds of frauds.