A good friend of mine works for a training company and I've recently enrolled. Basically I can receive as many Cisco and Microsoft certifications as I want for roughly $3k a year. It's a killer deal!
I had been programming in Assembly for a few years, but when I went to college I couldn't take a programming class, I was forced to take Basic Computers and Intro to Computers (this is a mouse, it has two buttons. Here's the layout of a keyboard, studdy it for 3 weeks). So I left 
Of course it'll put you at odds in a majority of jobs - the majority of jobs fall at a lower pay scale and skill level. Having a Masters leaps you over the masses into elevated positions of responsibility and earnings. Studies can be overanalyzed - I caught a few seconds of Jay Leno last night and one study concluded that most people who suffered snake bites were in close proximity to the snake. DUH.
I hear what you're saying, but given the opportunity, I'd always recommend pursuing degree programs - for the majority of people. Of course it'll put you at odds in a majority of jobs - the majority of jobs fall at a lower pay scale and skill level. Having a Masters leaps you over the masses into elevated positions of responsibility and earnings. Studies can be overanalyzed - I caught a few seconds of Jay Leno last night and one study concluded that most people who suffered snake bites were in close proximity to the snake. DUH.
I dropped out of college after about 2 months as I wasn't learning anything I wanted to learn
I think if I did go back to school I might got back for a bit of marketing courses or really just use it as a marking tool itself
Getting a degree and certifications (to me) isn't worth the time, as I'm self employed and just because I have a degree it's not giving me a raise. If you're working for someone else, USUALLY this will help you get more money etc - but it depends on the company.
For us, if you can prove you can do it, that's better than a piece of paper any day. I personally don't care if someone spent 3 years learning how to program, what matters to me is the finished product. In that regard, I don't find school to be all that useful (to me).
We do have two of our employees going to school currently though, and I've worked with them around their school schedule. I do appreciate an education, it just wasn't the path for me.
I dropped out of college after about 2 months as I wasn't learning anything I wanted to learn
I think if I did go back to school I might got back for a bit of marketing courses or really just use it as a marking tool itself
Getting a degree and certifications (to me) isn't worth the time, as I'm self employed and just because I have a degree it's not giving me a raise. If you're working for someone else, USUALLY this will help you get more money etc - but it depends on the company.
For us, if you can prove you can do it, that's better than a piece of paper any day. I personally don't care if someone spent 3 years learning how to program, what matters to me is the finished product. In that regard, I don't find school to be all that useful (to me).
We do have two of our employees going to school currently though, and I've worked with them around their school schedule. I do appreciate an education, it just wasn't the path for me.
So I pulled back my money, invested in myself and here I am Heck, I've been to a number of schools and career days at highschools to talk about the web hosting field and my experiences. It was fun to go back to my old highschool where some of my counselers had pretty much given up on me, and yet here I was being invited (by them) to come and talk to their kids about how you can go from having D's and C's in school to running a company and being successful at it
Refining those skills via professional courses or internships has produced plenty of sales champions. I'd have to say that complacency is a huge enemy of sales - techniques have to be constantly refined. The same approach doesn't work for everyone, and can only be repeated for awhile before the market and attitudes change - forcing you to change your approach.
