[xoxoxoBruce]

In many (most?) corporate structures some dude in an office far away, decides which positions will require a degree in order for you to apply. But then likely as not the job doesn't relate to the degree, they often don't even specify degree in what. They don't care because they're going to train you to do the job the way they want it done. But they want to be able to brag how many degreed people they have

Boeing did a big push about 10 years ago where they pushed people out of jobs they'd been doing for 15 or 20 years, and replaced them with new college graduates. Well OK, fresh blood, new ideas, more gooder, right? No, they had the people being bumped out, train the new blood to do it exactly the same way, and warned the newbies not to deviate from what they were shown, as much of the methods/systems were specified by government contract. I heard a rumor that using degreed people allowed them to charge the government more for the same work, but couldn't substantiate that.

A friend just got forced out of one of Florida's biggest health care providers. He wrote and administered the programs that kept the pharmacies in seven hospitals supplied, and running smoothly. He even had an office with a door and window... but no degree. They decided to outsource his job to contractors, so they gave him three months to train them and buh bye.