could we stop with the "you don't need no damn degree to do them codin' jobs" comments? if you truly feel that way, then on your own company's hiring webpage, you don't have to put that as a requirement.

Yes, I don't.

but obviously the dropbox folks decided that it was a reasonable requirement, for one reason or another. we can debate the merits of that decision all day and night, but to ad hominem one of its co-founders doesn't seem constructive

The issue is a legitimate + important discussion point IMHO.

What you are saying with your entire comment is "mind your own business - you do what you want on your job req and let others do what they want theirs". But this is actually a community issue - it is self-reinforcing to see people put endless lofty requirements on job reqs and it needs to get called out. As an industry we are missing out on massive talent entering the sector because our job reqs look out of their league.