When the fintech boom in the 80s and 90s kicked off, quants aside, many had zero tertiary education. The benefit of a university then became access to social circles, and a bit of spreadsheets. I have friends who worked in this sector, and the associated industries wiring it up and nobody cared about your degree if you weren't dining with merchant bankers.

I think the WH is proving at best education is marginal value to hucksters.

Let's not pretend that 4 years in an average US/European university creates a renaissance Uber man.