[rdl]

Outside of startups and operations, college degrees still seem to be pretty mandatory, and even more so outside the US.

I suspect, for instance, a rural Idaho government agency hiring a sysadmin will expect a 2 or 4 year degree.

[lsc]

Rural California government agencies don't... I know that from experience.

I mean, outside of the computer industry, you may very well be correct, I don't know. But for SysAdmins, at least? even in government, a degree is demonstrably not required if you have the requisite experience and knowledge.

Hell, 30 years ago when my dad got a computer operator job at the university of california, such things weren't required. I mean, he ended up getting a degree, and it no doubt helped make the jump from SysAdmin to IT manager, but it wasn't required for the SysAdmin position.

[BadassFractal]

Outside of the US quality degrees are often orders of magnitude cheaper to obtain as well, perhaps justifying the requirement.