@bhetghat: Gracefully agree that those dropouts in the article knew that the degree would take them only so far. A degree is a desirable thing to have. The only point I am making here is that the degree helps you make smarter, but people out there without a degree may be much smarter. While I support anyone's idea of being educated, but I have difficulty agreeing to someone who has "I am smarter than thou because I have such and such degree" perception.