Do we even know that this is a true statement about the facts of the world? Or is this something that the author just makes up, based on anecdotes he knows? (We

Do we even know that this is a true statement about the facts of the world? Or is this something that the author just makes up, based on anecdotes he knows? (We have already had this same article submitted here before, http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6368032 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6368032 from another online source, by the way.) There are no reliable statistics here about how various companies hire, and indeed no reliable classification of companies into those founded by college dropouts (what if a company has more than one founder?) and those that are not. If we are just slinging personal opinions around here, and that is the most the author of the article kindly submitted here is doing, then let me express the opinion that RESEARCH about what hiring procedures work best for companies might be a good thing for companies to look at. The research does not show that requiring degrees for jobs does much to guarantee hiring better workers. I have summarized the research in a well liked Hacker News comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5227923 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5227923 that I am currently updating for posting on my personal website. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: If you are hiring for any kind of job in the United States, prefer a work-sample test as your hiring procedure. If you are hiring in most other parts of the world, use a work-sample test in combination with a general mental ability test. (Links and citations to sources available at the earlier HN posting linked above.)