do you pay for training?

[Cowboy Bob]

So university degrees and formal education are useless, right?

In the real world, yes they are. I have an MSc in Computer Science and can honestly say that most of what I learned was b0llocks. A few months ago I looked back at what I was taught at University and some of the code that the professors produced was really cr@p, embarassingly so. Consequently, so was most of my code, even code written for my MSc thesis was pretty bad (though it worked).

You know the old axiom - those that can do, those that can't teach. That is oh so true.

In summary, all a degree (or higher) shows is that you have the ability to learn. I don't want to see ANY code of the standard that is written to "University standard" in my projects. I don't pay any attention to whether someone is University educated or not when I'm looking at a CV. Again, just like certification, it doesn't mean anything.

[To BI or not to BI?]

.....I don't pay any attention to whether someone is University educated or not when I'm looking at a CV. Again, just like certification, it doesn't mean anything.

But you said it yourself

In summary, all a degree (or higher) shows is that you have the ability to learn.

and I would add, the ability abstract form the theory and apply it to to a real life situation