Interesting question, and I find it fascinating that you equate "education" with degrees, etc. I suspect that most on this board have learned FAR MORE on their own than they have ever learned in a classroom setting, so what exactly is "education"
? Obtained my bachelors in Computer Science 30 years ago, and learned more in the first six months of my career (R&D for IBM) than I did attaining my degree, as did most of the other EE's I worked with....never looked back. From my own personal experience, a lot of leading edge "high tech" (at least in IT communications) simply can't be learned in a classroom (it's obsolete by then). I agree with Marcus...there are a TON of highly intelligent, educated folks here on PPOT, but I don't necessarily think "degrees" have doodly-squat to do with that
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ps: Plenty of medical doctors on here (including Marcus)...I bet they've learned more via OJT (and other training) than by obtaining their degrees also....YMMV.