Good point but more importantly I vote that the best sig I've seen in a while.

O when you know the answer let me know

I was 39 and had never turned on a computer, well x86 anyway (good ol' C64, err no actually Vic20), then I got an x86(DOSonly) and played for a year and even eventually loaded Window 3.11; wrote some programs and ferked around with it. revamped my CV to include all sorts of previous jobs into a computer related jobs including 4 years at a business that didn't even exist.Managed to get on a six week IT job ready scheme. Had been unemployed a while and was government sponsored. this got me an intership at a Uni doing PC repairs and looking after some student labs. The next job required MAC and PC/Windows which by then I had, plus I had to have some UNIX. Read UNIX for dummies and got the job as a Sys Admin at another Uni. 18 months and some more experience later I was being poached by another faculty. I learned quick and was good at the job.

For ten years since then I have progressively worked above my knowledge and usually knew what I said I had to get the job by the time I left. Been a little stressful at times. Now I do Change Management and run some projects. Again working above what I really know but got so used to it that it's second nature now and sometimes I forget I am bull$hitting.

All this helps as I sold used cars once and in fact ran a car yard before I was twenty. Bottom line, can be done and don't let degree people blow you. They mostly know stuff they don't need to and to be frank some of them are the most useless IT people.

Industry certs help with bosses but again I know so many useless people who have those as well.

Good luck and give it a go if you think you can do it.