Yes, but not in a binary fashion. Someone with a MBA doesn't signal incompetence, just the way that a lack of a MBA means I should immediately promote them to

Yes, but not in a binary fashion. Someone with a MBA doesn't signal incompetence, just the way that a lack of a MBA means I should immediately promote them to CEO. Likewise, a CS degree from Stanford is good, but some scrappy coder from a flyover state with no college education might be just as good when you dig in. Broad "filters" tend to have a lot of false positives.