[slowdog]

Not sure if you're missing the point of the poster above.

Poster is more likely asking whether the education gained in college is actually useful vs the doors opened by having that diploma.

If one dropped out of college right before graduation with 99% of the education, likely that person would end up with worse off job prospects compared to the person who completed their program

[InitialLastName]

One of the most important signals sent by finishing a college degree is "I can finish the things I start". That also happens to be one with great transferability into a workplace driven increasingly by independent work.

[jayd16]

The diploma is useful in certain fields I'm sure. Although I doubt most CS employers would really hold you to it if you explained you never completed your final quarter but aced the interview.

However, they said college education not college diploma. They're clearly talking about the skills learned.