slartabartfast
I am afraid it just illustrates the generally acknowledged difference between knowledge and a degree. By custom, in the advanced Western societies and their better off ex-colonies, it is accepted that one should simply ignore whatever knowledge a person has acquired for purposes of employment, and pay attention only to the degree he has obtained weighted for the prestige (a surrogate marker for tuition expense) of the granting institution.
Zactly. I don't know how many times I've been (specifically) told that since I did not posses the exact required degree I would NOT be considered for the job when I knew dead to rights I had the knowledge AND experience to do the job.
I have only ever failed at one job (and it was on the first day). I was 18 at the time and I should not have taken the job I did, and I knew it. But, as I said, I was 18 at the time.