At some point, schools were filled with students who wanted to go there. As more and more years in school become mandatory, you'll see more and more students do

At some point, schools were filled with students who wanted to go there. As more and more years in school become mandatory, you'll see more and more students doing the least amount of work. They don't want to be there. It's always been like this, we've just scaled it up by a lot (at least in Europe) lately. The burden of proof of abilities will keep going up as more advanced tools are developed. Employers will find new metrics to judge people based on. That's probably where coding interviews came from. Perhaps we'll go back to nepotism, or a social networking "achievements" web site; LinkedIn but with verified credentials. Maybe we'll all have to be published in a journal to show our abilities.