> but even then a lot of jobs out there are requiring degrees and ... yes, and that's basically the crux of the problem. this is a social coordination problem,

> but even then a lot of jobs out there are requiring degrees and ... yes, and that's basically the crux of the problem. this is a social coordination problem, not a problem of education. the trivial solution is to "outlaw" this by blinding the prestige credentials of the candidate (so only show a standardized thing like 3 year applied maths bsc) and only ask about previous experience (2 years working as data scientist) or whatever "obviously" people will try to game this (though other universities can then copy what comes out of the fancy universities) of course this could quickly lead to the rise of alternative prestige/reputation networks, but if the whole job application is standardized (so it becomes very hard to identify the candidate) then at least it gives a chance for folks to get in the door. then only the usual biases remain, and the usual unfair questions (and typically the most disadvantaged candidates have the least chance to know about what kind of questions are discriminatory, and even if they know most of the time they don't have the time/energy to do anything about it)