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> Bryan Caplan in his book The Case Against Education suggests that employers value college degrees partly as a signal of conformism, and that that's the reason
by hodgesrm 6y ago
> Bryan Caplan in his book The Case Against Education suggests that employers value college degrees partly as a signal of conformism, and that that's the reason college is so hard to replace.
Some of the best recruiting advice I ever heard is that college degrees signal you can complete things. Most worthwhile objectives involve a fair amount of drudgery.
- ska 6y agoI think that is a far stronger signal from it than signalling conformism. It suggest a degree of commitment and ability to navigate bureaucratic nonsense, having some social capital and family resources, etc. which are skills and attributes people value.
- ZephyrBlu 6y agoYou can prove that you can complete things in other ways though. A degree shows you can complete things that you are told to. I.e. conforming. A lot of people seem to come out of university and be somewhat useless in a workplace. I think that's because university is 4yrs of doing what you're told, so by the time you come out your default mode is, "wait for someone to tell me what to do".