That's bull. Being an expert does not simply follow from attending a few CS classes and getting a degree.
Coming out of college you know very little.
The least thing my company can use is overinflated egos.
I also bristled at the factory worker reference your replied to, as it refers to every relative I have (first one to get a degree). However your reply still isn't logical.
1) A CS degree is a lot more than a few classes of CS, not even counting math and other content.
2) I think when people here are saying "degree" it's really just a short cut for saying "taking some concentrated time to study important theoretical concepts that are useful to know as you go about real life software development". In other words, you could do the same thing without college. It's just harder to juggle multiple things and not have the structured path. Even this is not perfect because it's still unfortunately a resume signal, but that's a separate problem.
3) Coming out of college with little professional or practical experience has nothing to do with the value of leveraging what was learned in college as you go about obtaining that experience. You're company may not want people without practical experience, that doesn't mean they're against having a theoretical grounding also, these are two separate criteria for them to desire or not desire.
4) This has nothing to do with ego. As I say the previous reference made was an unfortunate choice, but doesn't generalize to all people who take this path.
