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It wasn't that long ago that the prestige of a degree WOULD make a difference in the job market. But decades of pushing kids to go to college to have a better chance at getting a job have made that less of a distinction. Now it's not a whole lot more than just proof-of-work to show that you have some nominal background experience to make you better than a random guy off the street, and other forms of demonstrable experience are more significant.

Me... I probably SHOULDN'T have bothered with the degree. Of the whole 4.5 years I was taking classes, only a very few of them were worth anything in the long run. My senior capstone class should have been the FOUNDATION of my education instead of the CULMINATION of it.