Degree-Free IT: Can College-Skippers Thrive in Tech?

Mike Samaras has worked steadily in IT for a decade, starting when he was 17 and fresh out of high school.
He’s worked in contract jobs and staff positions, held titles like junior systems administrator, desktop administrator, network engineer and systems administrator, and picked up knowledge of Microsoft Server and Windows, Cisco routers and EMC storage. Courtsey photo

Senior systems engineer Mike Samaras, who never finished college, says, "In IT, experience counts for more than a degr