Significant numbers of individuals employed in computer and math science occupations and engineering occupations have high school diplomas or associate’s degrees but no higher college degrees. Approximately 40 percent of all individuals employed in computer and math science occupations and 20 percent of all individuals employed in engineering occupations have no higher than an associate’s degree.
The data also reports gender and race, but nothing about age, which you’d think would be key to explaining this unexpected stat.
Maybe the people without degrees are older. Maybe they’ve learned on the job and from classes and certifications that don’t have anything to do with a four-year degree. Maybe the people who have four-year CS degrees aren’t in IT anymore, except as managers. Maybe a bachelor’s degree is not a good indicator of future performance as a software engineer. Or maybe after your first job, a degree doesn’t matter as much as experience.
Now that I think of it, the programmers I know socially don’t have four-year college degrees. What’s your experience?
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