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I think it's super dependent on the industry and you as a person.
I used to have a fake degree on my resume and I attribute a decent amount of my career success to that. But I am in IT where experience is a lot more important and there's a lot less risk than engineering haha.
But it was just some random bachelors degree from a community college in my home town. I would explain it away as "just some online BS program so I would have a degree on my resume" and that was really all the background checking anyone did. I'm also very charismatic, had a bunch of professional references, and a couple certs so that helps a ton
I don't have it on my resume anymore because I'm at a point in my career where it just frankly doesn't matter, but back when I was just a baby help desk tech it genuinely got me a couple incredible opportunities. I didn't feel bad because the hiring process is such nonsense and employers made candidates jump through so many hoops I just figured it was fair. They ~~lie~~ creatively explain benefits and pay, so we can ~~lie~~ creatively explain our history.
I had a 25-year career as a programmer. Not once did I ever have a company I worked for verify my academic or employment histories or even contact my references. I could have put down anything I wanted and it wouldn't have made the slightest difference - my continuing employment was based on my ability to actually do shit.
I'm now a school bus driver and they checked out everything. And of course threw in drug testing and a criminal background check for good measure.
The school bus thing makes sense.