There's a guy on SW who constantly speaks up the college to an insane degree, and I've gotten into it with him several times over several topics, even in PM. His views of programming as well are super idealistic and don't really fit reality, and instead fit more what college teach about how things are supposed to be done, than the actual sausage-factory manner that goals actually get met. He's a smart guy, no doubt, but he's super idealistic and I think that's what happens with too much college and not enough experience, speaking of on another thread a while back I recall he and @scottalanmiller got into it because he was saying he deserved an automatic management position because college gave him experience and taught him everything he needed to know, even how to manage people, deal with unexpected issues, etc. I jumped on there too, but since then he hasn't learned anything new in that area it seems.
Aside from that mindset, another I've run into, especially on SW (I run into the above everywhere) is the whole ITT Tech thing (including similar schools), I even had one guy on there threatening to kick my ass because I told him that school was a waste of time and money. The sad part is they actively pull from armed services members as well. There's no reason a crappy college should cost $480 per credit hour, when you can go to a community college and get a more respectable degree for $80 - $150 per credit hour (depending on where you live). Hell, I paid $520 or so when I went to Columbia in the late 90s, and that's a much more respectable school and yet doesn't cost much more than crappy ITT Tech or any other similar school. And yet, if you bring this up, especially on SW, you'll get railed with people saying you're wrong and that having their degree wasn't a colossal waste of money.
One guy even asked what sort of "magical school" cost less than $400 per credit hour, and the answer is a state school, a community college, etc. He never followed up, but from the context I recall he seemed to think college prices in New York were the only prices, but that's typical, as I recall from living in New York, people there don't even tend to realise the rest of the country even exists most of the time.
I've also talked about on SW that if I see they got a "degree" from a place like ITT Tech or ITT Tech, and don't seem to have any experience at all, I'll automatically throw their résumé in the trash (or the metaphorical digital trash). I'm not the only person that does this either, a friend of mine will only hire ITT Tech people at minimum wage, if at all, and he's got loads of them.
Something that strikes me about ITT Tech commercials and IT is that they promise an entry level position, well shoot, you can get that without any college at all, and without wasting the damn money, just don't bring that up to people on Spiceworks, lest they threaten to kick your ass for it.
