The solution seems to be - avoid people with degrees from top universities? Or, in more extreme form, all college graduates. Less extreme variant of it would b

The solution seems to be - avoid people with degrees from top universities? Or, in more extreme form, all college graduates. Less extreme variant of it would be - OK, you went to college - but show me what you did on your own (personal projects, small attempts at startups etc.) during that time. That's what the game dev industry is doing. If the answer to this question is "nothing", then you're probably facing a person who's happy to take directions and land himself a cushy job in some large organization, where he will use his intelligence to navigate towards maximum pay and minimum workload.