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Many Indian companies (basically US companies with Indian Dev Centers) are still hell-bent on Degrees. I personally know people who have either not taken into consideration because they don't have a Masters (Data Scientist role) / Bachelors (Web Dev role) or their Salary was negotiated below Market-salary due to this fact.

These things are definitely good for knowledge but for employment (Local or International) - Degree - that too from a prestigious Institute (as most Job requirements mention) is very much required!

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From what I've been told the quality of education varies enormously from institutions to institutions in India. [0][1].

I suspect the diploma is used as a filter for the large amount of applications companies receive.

[0] https://restofworld.org/2020/india-engineering-degree/

[1] https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/jobs/only-6-of-those-pa...