Originally Posted by
wheresmyplane
What I AM saying is that in reality it's just a blanket way of weeding people out that has no bearing on the reality of the quality of employees with whom said employer will end up. There's more to being a professional than just checking the 'Bachelor's Degree" box on a resume.
There is more to being a professional than checking the "Bachelor's Degree" checkbox. There is love for your profession; there is passion for it; professionalism; conduct; ethics; there is a "feel" that you use for making decisions.
To get that "feel" you have to know theory. To know theory, you have to study.
A degree is not a blanket way of weeding out people--it is a credential to quickly demonstrate that you have gone through a process, you delivered the effort to complete it, you had discipline and perseverance to accomplish this goal, and most of all, to learn that theory. How do you measure the rest?
I strongly believe that you cannot fully learn topics of ethics, organizational management, communication skill (not just spelling lol), and critical thinking/logic training from only a few years of experience. Can you get there eventually? Sure, I suspect you can. But how do you measure your knowledge?
Can having a degree be helpful if you quit learning right after? Absolutely no! A degree has a useful life of 4.9 years. During and after that time, you better continue learning, studying your field, or you will stagnate, and someone *whoa*... with better education and skill will surpass you.