The usefulness of college/university (Score 1)

Depends on what kind of job you want to get. The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is starting up a new College of Information Science and Systems Engineering. Survey of more than 300 folks who hire programmers, systems engineers, analysts indicates they want folks with tech skills, plus "soft skills" and knowledge of business concepts. You can see their views on technical skills needed, soft skills, etc. in full report that can be found at http://www.ualr.edu/~itreport