Of the 18 or so people at Merkle, I think I know where 3/18 went to college.

College is helpful for career if:

1. You major in something with hard skills
2. In the US, you got to a school that gives you an initial professional network

But after your first or second job, most places just care about what you've done at the previous job (or built on your own).

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I got a Doctor of Pharmacy degree and I never worked as a pharmacist.

Instead I got an opportunity in a growing Blockchain company as an intern so I never looked back.

People may think I wasted 5 years of education but I hadn't ended up where I am right now if I wasn't in the pharmD program in the first place. I learned countless lessons and grew immensely only because I went there for 5 years, learned, met people, made friends, made a "not-to-do" list. It exposed the world to me. College was helpful but for bigger reasons. 
For me, only experience matters as I have unrelated formal education.

Yeah college is good for alot more than technical/professional skills. It doesn't seem like it to some people bc it's so expensive. Which I can understand. 

I don't think it should be anywhere near as expensive. Democratic civilizations need well educated populaces.