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Some of the worst (and some of the best) developers I've known, have had advanced degrees.

This guy has a high school diploma, and regularly stunned the Ph.Ds in Japan.



Same here, and I have worked alongside engineers from both ends of that spectrum. The only thing the degree'd individuals seemed to bring to the table is that they typically did not know what they did not know, thus were much more subject to Dunning-Kreuger.


"only thing they brought the table"?

Only you'd know but that seems rather uncharitable.




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