<p>sakky - You asserted that Microsoft today would only hire college grads. Please provide a link to this policy, or some other backing evidence.</p>
<p>In post #3: “Microsoft almost surely, and yet ironically, would probably not hire Bill Gates today.” </p>
<p>In post #25: “And that, ironically, includes many companies that were themselves founded by people who lacked degrees. It’s not easy to land a job at Microsoft, Oracle, Dell, or Apple without a degree. In other words, those companies ironically probably will not hire their own founders.”</p>
<p>I ask because I’ve worked with a number of folks who were hired as software developers at Microsoft without college degrees, all of them from internship work. And I’ve met others who had that option, but opted to continue their studies. Also, although I never worked at Microsoft, I’ve worked with quite a few software developers who didn’t have degrees in any related field, and some with no degree whatsoever. So I’m having a hard time reconciling my true life experience with your statements, which appear to be unfounded - a guess on your part. I doubt that you work in this industry.</p>
<p>Again, I do agree with your larger point. But I believe that you picked a bad example, both in the industry and in the particular company cited.</p>