DashRocks,

I don't doubt your life experience, i am not a person who questions experience in place of a new college graduate. The same way a 2LT should have respect for a Chief. Same time, if a degree isn't required for the job, whatever. I still don't think that a degree should be able to be purchased online easier than winning an auction on Ebay.

For every individual that has "adequate" life experience to obtain the degree, there will be plenty others lacking that same experience, purchasing the same piece of paper. If your life experience is good enough to get you a job requirement, then it is probably good enough to get you an interview also...