> Overreliance on requirements like four-year degrees from the same few top schools, and on referrals from current employees, limits the number and kind of peop

> Overreliance on requirements like four-year degrees from the same few top schools, and on referrals from current employees, limits the number and kind of people considered “qualified” for technical roles. It's a simple signal to noise ratio issue. Sure you might be leaving out "diamonds in the rough" candidates, but how many mediocre interview will it take to find one?[0] [0] https://blog.codinghorror.com/why-cant-programmers-program/ https://blog.codinghorror.com/why-cant-programmers-program/