Even doctors aren’t reliable. Particularly in the US.
Whereas in Europe they flat out practice medicine on you without having ever dissected a cadaver before because the church exists.
Pieces of paper are just that. What you call yourself is just that.
I’ll know what you are worth in an interview with even a single question. As would any other actual professional in any actual business.
Sure you went to ivy league, that’s got to count for something… no, It doesn’t.
Particularly when you don’t know what a pointer is. For instance.
And while doctors have to have a license to practice not many others - definitely not software engineers - are required to have a license unless they work government jobs (think dod stuff, and even then if you know what you are doing, they come seeking you, they don’t require a license).