You are comparing apples to oranges. I have 15 years experience programming and consider myself highly skilled in many areas. By the way, I did this for ten years with an Associates from a community college. Granted I went back and received both my Bachelor and Masters but only after the industry pressured me to do this. I maybe learned an additional 10% from another 4 years of school. Its not the DEGREE! its the person. You are trying to compare work performance with some piece of paper. Doesn't work in the real world. I would take a programmer with 4 years of REAL work experience than some snotty university grad with 4 years any day!
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You are comparing apples to oranges. I have 15 years experience programming and consider myself highly skilled in many areas. By the way, I did this for ten years with an Associates from a community college. Granted I went back and received both my Bachelor and Masters but only after the industry pressured me to do this. I maybe learned an additional 10% from another 4 years of school. Its not the DEGREE! its the person. You are trying to compare work performance with some piece of paper. Doesn't work in the real world. I would take a programmer with 4 years of REAL work experience than some snotty university grad with 4 years any day!