>But back to the topic at hand... what's adding a degree
>to a resume' worth to a 30-something who's been supporting
>and building stuff for his entire career?  I certainly
>don't need the "3 years experience" to tack on at this point.
>But I do need that "foot in the door in bad times".

and that is what the degree gives you I think, isn't it? It does mean that
you get through the first cut along with those with the bare 3 years exp.,
and then they look at the experience, and your >10 years, or whatever it is
then starts to stand out.

I do remember on my CV when I went for my current job "fiddling" it by
saying "nearly 30 years experience" for something like 28 years, to get it
that bit more noticed.

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