[The_Media_never_lie]

For those in this situation: (working with a degree in a job that does not require a degree) you are still far better off with a degree. With the experience you acquire and a good work record, your degree will be valuable when transitioning to a new work area.

It will be valuable, that is, unless you graduated with a worthless degree.

[Brookhaven]

Companies today use the college degree as a filter to reduce the number of applicants. No degree, application goes into the trash.

This is true even for jobs that shouldn’t require a degree.

I can remember someone at AT&T a couple of decades ago telling me that the company had changed its policy and would no longer hire anyone into a management position who did not have a degree. The degree itself didn’t matter. They just had to have a degree of some kind from some college.