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> A degree is something that a person who conforms to the norms aspires to. Nothing wrong with that, I have a PhD.

Yeah, but I’d expect an executive to be that sort of person.

Wouldn't someone who conforms to the norms tend to become the average of that environment?

Depends if you work in a change resistant, conservative environment; or a competitive company that needs to be ruthless and non dogmatic about what it does, why it does it, how it does it, etc.

Very different career paths.

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