Just the same in the world of IT.
A degree helps IT people about as much as they do for an auto mechanic. Useless.
As a matter of fact, during my experience working in IT, the more “educated” people I’ve worked with have been, the more useless they tend to be. (generally speaking)
I sit across from a guy that has a Bachelors in Mechanical and Industrial design and a Master of Science in the same and he didn’t know the difference between an internal and an external tooth lock washer.
Very true.
I’ve had people with advanced computer science degrees works for me. Then I have what I call mutts, people with no degrees at all. I’ll take the mutts almost 100% of the time. The funny thing is that big companies won’t hire these guys who usually can do twice the work in half the time without making one error.
This brings up the subject of coders that are odd. I have had a few of those, one guy never seemed to consume anything but Mountain Dew. Another was a little bitty guy that was very diabetic and would eat enough for 2 guys at lunch and never gain a pound. Then there were the guys that thought they were telepathic. The list goes on.