You don't see a problem that your one piece of anecdotal evidence isn't proof of it working like this everywhere?
"I'm in my 40s now, and in my career, not having a degree has NEVER been the slightest problem. "
I know plenty of people where it has been a problem. If I'm looking at two potential job candidates with exact same experience but one has a college degree and the other doesn't, guess which one I'm going to hire?
"I think a lot of people go to college and maybe they aren't' autodidacts or naturally talented and for them, they have to be trained to be programmers. "
nice. So you are lumping in people that go to college as less talented than you. You have no proof of this.
I went to college and got a degree. I've also been living and breathing code since I was 10. Most developers that I know that didn't go to college know don't know many of the theories behind algorithms and data types. Very few, for example, built their own compiler using their own simple language. Outside of academia, this has no practical application (unless you are building your own language) and most people are too busy with work or their own personal projects to work on something like this.
"But I think a lot of people with degrees develop a prejudice against those who don't have them."
Kind of like you develop a prejudice against people that have them?
"since college CS courses were pretty much a joke compared to where my ability was. (I did go to college for a couple years, but studied Physics. Much more challenging, though the money is in programming.)"
Right. You were too smart to finish college.
"Also, working with someone just out of college (not a programmer) has led me to discover that college doesn't actually train you to be an employee-- the first 2-4 years out of college is when you really learn the skills to be a professional."
College isn't a trade school. Also, this is why we have internships. Most people have already worked at a few large companies by their Senior year.
"I personally would probably give a little more weight to someone who is self taught, but of course"
Because you are prejudice against someone with a degree. It's obvious throughout all of your rants.
" I think its wrong of people who do discriminate against those who don't have a degree"
"I'm in my 40s now, and in my career, not having a degree has NEVER been the slightest problem. "
I know plenty of people where it has been a problem. If I'm looking at two potential job candidates with exact same experience but one has a college degree and the other doesn't, guess which one I'm going to hire?
"I think a lot of people go to college and maybe they aren't' autodidacts or naturally talented and for them, they have to be trained to be programmers. "
nice. So you are lumping in people that go to college as less talented than you. You have no proof of this.
I went to college and got a degree. I've also been living and breathing code since I was 10. Most developers that I know that didn't go to college know don't know many of the theories behind algorithms and data types. Very few, for example, built their own compiler using their own simple language. Outside of academia, this has no practical application (unless you are building your own language) and most people are too busy with work or their own personal projects to work on something like this.
"But I think a lot of people with degrees develop a prejudice against those who don't have them."
Kind of like you develop a prejudice against people that have them?
"since college CS courses were pretty much a joke compared to where my ability was. (I did go to college for a couple years, but studied Physics. Much more challenging, though the money is in programming.)"
Right. You were too smart to finish college.
"Also, working with someone just out of college (not a programmer) has led me to discover that college doesn't actually train you to be an employee-- the first 2-4 years out of college is when you really learn the skills to be a professional."
College isn't a trade school. Also, this is why we have internships. Most people have already worked at a few large companies by their Senior year.
"I personally would probably give a little more weight to someone who is self taught, but of course"
Because you are prejudice against someone with a degree. It's obvious throughout all of your rants.
" I think its wrong of people who do discriminate against those who don't have a degree"
You are just as bad with your discrimination.