I'm not sure when it happened, but at some point getting a CS degree became a requirement for sysadmin jobs and it's starting to become necessary for tech support too. Gone are the days where installing a linux distro got your foot in the door.
Agreed - at most of the companies where I've worked the sysadmins / devops have all had degrees.
Not really. All of my team mate in sysadmin team have degree in computer science or informatics