Yes, but at the end, he lamented not having completed his degree. 

Maybe I'm impatient, but why should an employer be concerned with 
interviewing non-degreed people for a degreed position?  There are 
enough applicants these days to find good candidates among those that 
have enough drive to (at the very least) complete the educational 
requirement.  I see a lot of posts that declare over and over the 
virtues of finding that "great guy who taught himself without the need 
for school".  Thats all well and good, but it bugs me that there seems 
to be an expectation that employers should automatically "grandfather 
in" non-degreed people into engineers.  "Engineer" suggests a level of 
formal education, not just technical abilities.  I know it's weird to 
suggest, but those that want to be called an "Engineer" could actually 
pursue a degree in it.  I've done it while working and trying to have a 
family life, so I know it can be done.  Maybe I'm the only one, but it 
bugs me when someone who didn't earn it calls themselves an engineer.  
And, no, I don't have some kind of inflated ego because of a stupid 
degree; it's just that I know how much work went into getting it.

I think I might be channeling Olin tonight.


> Do You Need a Degree?
> http://www.ganssle.com/articles/Doyouneedadegree.htm
>
> An excerpt from that article..
>
> "Book learning is very important, but in the end we're paid for what we can
> do."
>   

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