&gt;I&#x27;d like to know why you think that. When the job application says you must have a bachelor&#x27;s degree to be considered, gumption doesn&#x27;t enter into it.<p>Yeah it does. Many of the jobs I&#x27;ve gotten have had various requirements I didn&#x27;t meet, including that particular one. Pretty much the only truly inflexible sector I&#x27;ve encountered is government. Even there, it&#x27;s amazing what can be done if the right people want it done.<p>I think getting a degree was one of the poorer financial decisions of my life and not that great in terms of educational outcomes either. Degrees rarely imply the kind of &quot;intangible value&quot; you&#x27;re talking of.<p>TLDR; education &gt; schooling