Especially in the dev industry I've always found that experience will always outweigh a degree. You could have a PhD in computer science and have minimal experience, whereas you could have no degree at all, be completely self-taught and have more experience than someone with a doctorate. I'm a mixture of both, self-taught for over 9 years and now getting a degree at university. And I love uni, the combination of a degree and experience can be very powerful. I find that uni pushes me to my limits with learning new technology that I could use within the workplace as well as having the assignment due dates it provides a lot of motivation to get things done on time.
Only bad thing is the fees. Paying £9000+ a year isn't fun.
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Especially in the dev industry I've always found that experience will always outweigh a degree. You could have a PhD in computer science and have minimal experience, whereas you could have no degree at all, be completely self-taught and have more experience than someone with a doctorate. I'm a mixture of both, self-taught for over 9 years and now getting a degree at university. And I love uni, the combination of a degree and experience can be very powerful. I find that uni pushes me to my limits with learning new technology that I could use within the workplace as well as having the assignment due dates it provides a lot of motivation to get things done on time.
Only bad thing is the fees. Paying £9000+ a year isn't fun.