CTO of a startup

CTO of a startup. built the entire cloud backend and added features as a sole backend dev for the first 3 years. Before that I worked for several years in SF as a developer working all the way from a self taught junior to senior engineer to now a CTO with 4 engineers working with me towards out series A. Some of the best engineers I know don't even have a college degree. with that in mind, It fills me with general revulsion at the idea that overlooking credentialism as long as they can do the job to a high standard is "concerning." I want new engineers to have access to the same Ladder I had access to when I was up and comming.