[enz]

> But a degree is a useful shortcut in many cases. Or maybe I've just not worked with any non-degreed experts yet.

When we were trying to find new developers in our team, we didn’t make that observation.

When I worked with other developers as colleagues or partners, I didn’t make that observation.

Basically, there were only good and mediocre people, without any correlation with the fact they hold a degree or not.

(It was in France, maybe CS education is not very good there, I have honestly no idea)

[Psychlist]

In Australia and Aotearoa there seems to be a solid correlation. I've worked with a few mediocre degree holders and possibly one competent non-degree holder. But I've experienced the opposite as a matter of course (not that I assume up front, but that's the way it works out).

(edit) I work in smaller companies, and used to consult into companies who were having performance and especially server threading issues. That biases who I work with.