A degree isn't completely useless if your goal isn't just to be a low-level employee for life. Have you seen any company hiring CEOs, HR directors or assistant directors without requiring a degree?
But the CEO of big companies hire CEO's for their skills or just for the degree? A degree is an added advantage and we are already entered into the phase where tech giants like Google hire employees for their skills even if they are school dropouts.
Of course, companies still hire highly skilled employees without college degrees, I don't deny that. I mean people who are only skilled will forever be low level employees, no matter how skilled they are. Like I said, have you ever seen a CEO or department head who has no degree and only skills?
Meanwhile, those with degrees but no experience may struggle in the early days of their careers, but once they gain experience. They have more opportunities to take on senior positions in companies, something that people without degrees cannot do.
In the long run, people with degrees will always have an advantage because skills are not that difficult to acquire, it just takes time, but for people with only skills, getting a degree will be a challenge. That's why I say that degrees are not completely useless if you have vision.