Yes
Masters
Computer Science
Yes
Very much needed
Well, I travel around a lot, but my degree and job are from the US. However I am originating from eastern europe.

As for the discussion going on.

Today no one goes to college to use the actual knowledge that is taught in classes. You can get all that information out of a book or out of google. There are a few reasons to go to college however:

1) In the US it's the only social place that is not asocial, outside of very few cities, and where you meet tons of people, drink, whatever.
2) It's about how you use your brain. I will never in my life use complex analysis 2. I mean, there is absolutely no way I will ever use such a thing in anything I will ever do. It is absolutely useless knowledge and I have already forgotten everything that I learned in that class. However, the way I have been taught to think from those classes is the true benefit from college. I can guarantee you that if you presented a problem to someone who has not taken advanced math and me, I will probably find a much more efficient solution than the one who hasn't, even if they do have a lot of experience. Assuming that the problem has multiple algorithms that can solve it.

Also, experience does not make up for college education. Experience gains you more knowledge, but said knowledge is as useless as the knowledge you gained in college. If I was faced with someone who had been a programmer for 15 years but did not have a college degree, and a college graduate with a degree, an advanced degree, I would always choose the college graduate. Yes, the graduate doesn't know as much as the experienced worker, but he has shown he can learn very fast, because earning a masters is a hard thing to do believe it or not, and he will also fare much better at a task he has never seen than the person with experience.

* whether you have earned a degree
Yes

* what level of degree you have earned
BSc (currently, should hopefully change soon to PhD, although in theory I've done enough to acheive an MPhil, but that hasn't been awarded as such)

* what field of study you earned your credentials in

Biotechnology

* whether or not you're currently employed in that same field of study

Depends whether you count further study. I'm being paid a salary to be here for the research I do, so in that respect, yes. But in terms of it being "true" employment, no.

* whether your degree was required for you to attain said job (and I mean whether your specific degree was required, not if, say, a bachelor's degree in general was required)

Yes, I couldn't start research without a BSc in a Bioscience or Chemistry.

* your country/region of origin, as this may showcase differences in the education system of one country vs another

UK

Sorry, is an associates the same level as a Masters here in the UK?

In the US an Assosiates Degree is a 2 level degree... usually anyway.

I've got both an Assosiates Degree and a Bachelors Degree for example.  (Also almost had 2 more bachelor degrees too).

* whether you have earned a degree
doing it just now

* what level of degree you have earned
going for a BSc(Hons)

* what field of study you earned your credentials in
Will be Forensic Investigation/Chemistry

* whether or not you're currently employed in that same field of study
nah im a barmaid in a casino, lolz.

* whether your degree was required for you to attain said job (and I mean whether your specific degree was required, not if, say, a bachelor's degree in general was required)
i think it would be a great boost when it came to finding employment in CSI. but not in a bar, lol. dont be silly!

* your country/region of origin, as this may showcase differences in the education system of one country vs another
Scotland (NOT UK, we have a different education system to England. Ours is free for Scottish people).

* whether you have earned a degree

   Yes

* what level of degree you have earned

   Bachelor

* what field of study you earned your credentials in

   Journalism

* whether or not you're currently employed in that same field of study

   No

* whether your degree was required for you to attain said job (and I mean whether your specific degree was required, not if, say, a bachelor's degree in general was required)

  No

* your country/region of origin, as this may showcase differences in the education system of one country vs another

 USA

*whether you have earned a degree
-Yes

*what level of degree you have earned
-Bachelor of Arts

*what field of study you earned your credentials in
-Psychology

*whether or not you're currently employed in that same field of study
-No

*whether your degree was required for you to attain said job (and I mean whether your specific degree was required, not if, say, a bachelor's degree in general was required)
-Not my specific degree no, but I would not have gotten it without A degree

*your country/region of origin, as this may showcase differences in the education system of one country vs another
USA

Thanks for the responses guys. I'll update this when I get home from work.

Haha, I did that for two years during college as well. Without the maid part. My parents were horrified that would get me addicted, but it actually put me off casinos, for life probably.

It's good to know how to mix drinks though.