For a job on my team? When we have to ship a product and have a deadline? Of course I'd turn them away.
There's a difference between being an employee and being a founder. For a start, I'd want an employee who can work well with others, doesn't think they know everything, is responsible and isn't likely to quit before the project is done to start their own thing. Four years of college is longer than most of the projects I've worked on, but it can be an indicator that you can finish something you've started, even when there are bumps or low points or setbacks.
One of the best programmers I helped hire and worked with had stopped going to college - so I'm certainly open to not making an absolute rule; but saying a college degree isn't everything is not the same as saying it doesn't mean anything.
There's a difference between being an employee and being a founder. For a start, I'd want an employee who can work well with others, doesn't think they know everything, is responsible and isn't likely to quit before the project is done to start their own thing. Four years of college is longer than most of the projects I've worked on, but it can be an indicator that you can finish something you've started, even when there are bumps or low points or setbacks.
One of the best programmers I helped hire and worked with had stopped going to college - so I'm certainly open to not making an absolute rule; but saying a college degree isn't everything is not the same as saying it doesn't mean anything.