The article isn't saying what your comment implies. Your comment implies the credentials are useful as a form of external validation for others... the article i

The article isn't saying what your comment implies. Your comment implies the credentials are useful as a form of external validation for others... the article implies it's a form of external validation which is useful for the credentialee... sort of a social 'hey, way to go to college!' In this way, 'hey i'm dropping out of school!' is frowned upon... but perhaps 'hey, I'm dropping school for yc' is a different external validator. Again, for the person seeking the credential.