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Instead of waiting for the unions, startups usually just drop the degree requirement.
by blfr 12y ago
Instead of waiting for the unions, startups usually just drop the degree requirement.
- sliverstorm 12y agoBecause it suits them at the time. Not because they are egalitarian endeavors hell-bent on human welfare and equality.
- blfr 12y agoBecause it makes sense to ditch an inefficient company structure when starting from scratch. Why would the motive matter anyway?
- sliverstorm 12y agoWhy would the motive matter anyway? Because we have absolutely no reason to believe they won't change their minds down the road. Which is exactly what usually happens.
- nevir 12y agoOnce you have a large enough volume of candidates, not differentiating between the candidates based on a degree is ignoring a useful signal. And once you are sufficiently large, you can probably afford to immediately turn away anyone w/o a degree (or whatever other signals yield high return). Complex systems don't give a shit, and it sadly makes sense.