[dundercoder]

I have found a software patent to be near equivalent to a masters degree.

[chrisseaton]

I have a couple of software patents (way to interrupt running optimised code, way to insert code dynamically into running optimised code) but I list them pretty close to the bottom of my portfolio because some people seriously don't like it and see them as a massive negative.

Or maybe that's what you meant by 'equivalent to a masters degree' lol?

[toast0]

In that neither one is particularly useful, except maybe for immigration purposes? (I've got a patent, but not a masters)

[dundercoder]

I work in product now and all my peers have masters degrees (minus me) but the patent (while not necessarily useful) seems to have put me on equal footing.