[andymboyle]

That sucks that people treated you like that, and I'm sorry you had to deal with that.

At my last employer, which was my first time as a manager, I helped to get HR to remove the requirement to have a degree from all job applications, as it was a major barrier to entry and preventing a lot of great candidates from applying. At my current job, I also don't care if you attended college, and removed it from requirements for my team.

I just care if you can do the job and you're not a jerk about it. I know many other folks in hiring positions who feel the same way, and some large companies are starting to rethink their degree requirements. Hopefully it becomes more widespread so folks don't have to experience what you have.

[bob1029]

> At my current job, I also don't care if you attended college, and removed it from requirements for my team.

I am so glad to see others adopting this path. Even with dropping this constraint we are having a little bit of trouble finding good people. I can't imagine how hard it is to hire someone now if you are demanding 4 year degrees and other forms of experience/credential.

I feel the world is changing so fast now, especially in technology, that it has become counterproductive to screen for historical credentials and experience. "Can you deal with rapid change and communicate effectively" are the new major criteria for us.