> I always find interesting that the most vocal proponents of the "school doesn't matter" argument are often the most educated.
It would be more accurate to say that those who put themselves in a career trajectory where education generally doesn't matter, unsurprisingly, find out having an education indeed does not matter. It's kind of excusable since such trajectories cover most of the software industry nowadays, but not anywhere near all of it.
Those who want a career where their education is used to its fullest extent are going to have to work at it. Those jobs are harder to find and more demanding.
It would be more accurate to say that those who put themselves in a career trajectory where education generally doesn't matter, unsurprisingly, find out having an education indeed does not matter. It's kind of excusable since such trajectories cover most of the software industry nowadays, but not anywhere near all of it.
Those who want a career where their education is used to its fullest extent are going to have to work at it. Those jobs are harder to find and more demanding.