[rfgplk]

If you haven't got a degree on your resume, it just gets autodropped at the application stage by an ATS. No human sees it. Same if you're missing keywords.

[bombcar]

Which is why night school for someone in that position can be useful - just to get the keyword "degree" on there.

But the people you meet at night school are likely to be even more useful. Connections rule the world.