> not in comparison to the old bachelors degrees of 50 years ago "Degree inflation" didn't happen last year, it was a slow process. https://en.wikipedia.org/w

> not in comparison to the old bachelors degrees of 50 years ago "Degree inflation" didn't happen last year, it was a slow process. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_attainment_in_the_United_States#/media/File:Educational_Attainment_in_the_United_States_2009.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_attainment_in_the_... > people aren't going into phds with the goal of signaling I've seen plenty of programming jobs with "PhD required". For example pretty much any "data-science" job at any company. > Some jobs that used to require a master's degree, such as junior scientific researcher positions and sessional lecturer jobs, now require a Ph.D. Also, some jobs that formerly required only a Ph.D, such as university professor positions, are increasingly requiring one or more postdoctoral fellowship appointments. Often increased requirements are simply a way to reduce the number of applicants to a position. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credentialism_and_educational_inflation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credentialism_and_educational_...