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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jeremiah Peoples, a 28-year-old staff developer advocate at Slack in Austin. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I work in software engineering as a staff developer advocate without a college degree. After my first semester in Butler University’s computer science program,…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Megan Allison, a 23-year-old Starbucks store manager in Philadelphia.Allison graduated in May with a bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University. She got the degree through the Starbucks College Achievement Plan (SCAP), which covers tuition toward a Bachelor’s degree in ASU’s online…