I really take personal offense at the phrase in the editorial:

"It also seems that many of the people I've met with CS degrees are often those that make he most mistakes in real world software development or system administration."

When I decided to get into the field, I went and got a graduate degree in computer science. It wasn't easy. After taking a few courses I applied for a development job. They gave me a test in C++ and because of my course in graduate school, I aced the test. They then told me I would need to learn VB, so I picked up a book and learned the language. I worked fulltime during the day and went to school at night. I graduated with honors and I continue to learn and work hard to this day. Later on I became a DBA as well and I believe that my foundation in learning helped me. I am known in the office as the person who makes the least mistakes. To say that people with degrees make the most mistakes is ridiculous and not based on fact. By the way when you stated it in your editorial you misspelled the word "the".