There is a big difference between the way Google postures it's atittude towards the developer community and the way they actually go about things. Of course Google wants developers to think that they don't care about degrees and such but at the end of the day most of the people they hire have degrees. Those prospective employees that had no degree and failed the interview process go about thinking and preaching that Google gives everyone a fair shot when in reality its just not true for those w/o a degree