People who see education as a valuable credential care. And yes, there are a lot of people who would like to outsource questions of competence to, "Do you have

People who see education as a valuable credential care. And yes, there are a lot of people who would like to outsource questions of competence to, "Do you have the credentials that I am looking for?" Any cynicism about the competence of people who do this is fully justified. But conversely, it isn't the worst approach to take to evaluating people when you personally lack competence. As an example, I would never hire a programmer based on credentials. But it is often the first and only thing that I look for in a random doctor visit.