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Probably because of the growing student debt problem (which is spilling over into the rest of society and will probably be a factor in the next economic crisis)
by betterunix2 7y ago
Probably because of the growing student debt problem (which is spilling over into the rest of society and will probably be a factor in the next economic crisis), the tendency of some employers to demand college degrees for jobs that simply do not require them, and the feeling by many hackers who did not go to college that they are not receiving the respect people with their skills deserve (this may be a justified feeling).
- traderjane 7y agoCollege degrees might not be required in some contexts but are they predictive of some kind of job success? If so, then employers are just being rational in hiring strategy.
- toast0 7y agoPart of the push for everyone to do college is also a lowering of standards, both for entry and for completion. So it's hard to know what today's degree predicts, regardless of the experience of degrees from years ago.
- randall 7y agoThis may have been true when going to college was optional, but now as it's seen as requisite, it's no longer as effective a predictor as it was before, especially in careers where there's a mismatch between personal quality and deference to authority.
- dredmorbius 7y agoPredictive != causal. College may simply be an expensive interview prefilter, in many cases. It is exclusionary for many.