But there's something to be said for a degree as employability insurance. There is something to be said, and it's been said. The question is whether not it's

But there's something to be said for a degree as employability insurance. There is something to be said, and it's been said. The question is whether not it's just said or it's real. Growing evidence suggests that college degrees are falling out of line with needs of society. (I'm not saying degrees are bad things. I love education and keep learning every day. If anything, I have a problem with certification madness) If you'd like some arm-wavey slandering of the tech community, I'll give it a shot: younger and younger people are making millions of dollars at startups. This has, in effect, created something of a lottery system where there is huge payback but most folks don't win. VCs and Angel groups are jumping on the bandwagon, using age as a indicator of startup potential. All of this creates a perverse set of counter-incentives against a traditional classic liberal education. That's a bad thing. But it's not bad enough to get all upset about. Not yet. It's simply something to observe and see how it progresses.