Hi Anonano,
It depends on the individual. If their profession requires a serious commitment to study, then we better be grateful people who will charge money for their professional services have been educated in their respective field.
Knowledge is a good thing and the rigors and challenges one takes on in college does make them a more skilled and capable person in the workplace than had they not had the experience of completing degree requirements. I see this all the time. There is a stronger foundation that workers have who have completed college degree requirements. Those who have succeeded at earning a degree will know what I am talking about.
Is there a lot of fluff and expense that is not necessary? Are there some professors who are less than professorial? Sure! But I would not throw out the baby with the bath water on this.
But overall, no matter what degree someone takes on. To me, it’s common sense: Imagine a smart person. Now imagine that same smart person with 132 credits and a BA/BS degree in any respective field. How can they not be seen as a more competent person at any job they take on?
Whether they use the specific details of all their classes or not, they will be more resourceful, better problem solvers, have more objectivity, etc., if not only because they completed the requirements of a degree program.