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Re:An update on the campaign to defend serious math educatio... by nradov on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @07:48PM (#31174602)
Employers only demand unnecessary college degrees because it's a quick and easy way to filter down a huge stack of applications. If there were fewer college grads available in the labor market then employers will just remove that filter and hire based on other criteria. It's not like they're going to leave those jobs open.
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Re:An update on the campaign to defend serious math educatio... by munk-a on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @08:16PM (#31174769)
Does the why materially change what new market entrants experience? Right now a good chunk of High School students assume a college education will be necessary to get any sort of good job, unless we can reverse that conception[1] college will remain an assumed necessity for most folks.

I don't disagree at all that it's mostly BS, but, much like the stock market, it is functioning primarily on the social valuation - and currently degrees are seen as close to a necessity to enter the job market.

1. The only thing I've seen on this front is some advertising for trades work which can pay equal or better to non-SF software engineers.

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