Quote Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker View Post
The education is secondary. You will learn things, but then again, you would learn things even if you weren't in school. The difference is that a degree is a pretty effective pry bar for opening doors that would otherwise be closed. That is what you are paying for.
^This.

I remember trying to apply for IT jobs a few years ago (right after the dotcom bomb btw). And while I knew enough to get something entry level (help desk, for example), I was consistently told the equivalent of "you need the red key".

Unfortunately, they forgot to tell me how much the red key cost.