&gt;&gt; Education is irrelevant<p>I partially agree.. I think that one of the challenges is that lots of blue chip firms use a degree as a gating process to get an interview.<p>Faced with tens&#x2F;hundreds of thousands of CV&#x27;s, there probably has to be some kind of coarse filter to get past that and get them down to a meaningful number that a person can review. I know some companies in the UK still use UCAS points (A-Level results) as a gate to get from one stage in the process to another.<p>If you don&#x27;t have a degree - even if you are a superstar&#x2F;10x person, then it&#x27;s going to be hard to get through the scripted screens that will block you from getting your CV in front of a hiring manager.<p>Generally after 7 or 8 years of experience, I guess a degree counts for less and its more about peoples experience.