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>Most hospital and medical insurance IT guys don't have degrees
IT guys in hospitals typically have comptia or equivalent certifications, or actual degrees. There's very few ways for someone to measure the aptitude of IT personnel if they're an HR or hiring manager in a medical facility. If you are competent, basic comptia certifications and security certs like cissp will get you much further than nothing, but they may as well be considered "degrees". Just like how master welders typically hold welding certifications, and high level diesel mechanics hold diesel certifications. They're the "degree" of their field. Now, you may have a point that some jobs allow aptitude/knowledge testing for your certification/license without any formal schooling (going back again to mechanics, welders, many IT certs, general radiotelephone operator licenses) or allow for you to take aptitude tests after a specific time spent in the field (trades for journeyman, certified medical assistants, etc.) But you still have to grind it out, and most trade careers will still have you attend school while working in the trade (plumbers and electricians).
Also, all nurses have degrees at all levels, from LPN to APRN. You don't want to be the med tech that has no degree doing the same work as the nurses for half the pay, when sitting in school for a few years will effectively double your paycheck (or more) and you won't be taking orders from a 24 year old who actually finished a BSN.
