Keep in mind that I say this as a person who's mostly self-educated.  There <i>is</i> an alternative point of view:  <a href="http://weblog.raganwald.com/2005/07/why-you-need-degree-to-work-for-bigco.html" rel="nofollow">http://weblog.raganwald.com/2005/07/why-you-need-degree-to-w...</a><p>In this blog post, the argument is that bigger companies hire people with college degrees <i>precisely because</i> it's a pointless hazing ritual.  Granted, that isn't applicable to startups, but there <i>is</i> a reason for a lot of companies to only hire people with college degrees.