[techdmn]

As someone who has interviewed many programmers (and hired a few) over the passed two years, I find a surprisingly low correlation between education level and competency. An M.S. in C.S. does not impress me the way it used too. :)

Also, in programming there seem to be a lot of people who have a good education, even significant experience, but struggle to do the work. I wonder how much this is true of other fields, like accounting, mechanical engineering, or medical. Higher quality education in those fields? (Certainly more education and training in medical.)