A degree is the only way to acquire knowledge

Today I came across this:

Youtube comment

Maybe YouTube isnā€™t the right thing to ā€œsubstituteā€ your degree, and I agreed. However, you are mixing terms.

In the context of learning, the medium are merely a link in the chain. Your knowledge is the only thing that matters. A Software Engineering degree doesnā€™t equal knowing how to actually build a good Uber app from the ground up.

Iā€™ve learned countless things that I donā€™t use in my everyday life. Guess what, you donā€™t use, you forget.

And they call someone who actually values their time ā€œa dreamerā€.

If you come across a person who knows how to make a full-blown system, and they learned that from no university, but multiple mediums like Medium (get it?), YouTube, Udemy, Pluralsight, Skillshare, Codecademy etc., would you call them out?

This isnā€™t Medical school. You have to give context. 4 years of Software Engineering means nothing. Itā€™s your knowledge. Thank you for listening.