My degree was a 5 yr professional engineering degree. I coulda (and did) have a good career in the engineering world. Now, no one would ever call me back after being out of the profession and 20 years later with no real world experience in the game.. oh well, I proved I could complete a degree and graduate from the basic program and it opened up basic requirement doors to where I am now. Is it useless? I don’t know honestly. But it’s a game and if you don’t wanna play by the game rules, you then might suffer the consequences. No judgement. Just know what it is and for a lot of jobs it’s the price of a call.