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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
As GirlySports points out there are all sorts of ways for people to learn employable skills outside university today. The problem is it’s currently easier for employers to just ask for a degree than to assess the skills of applicants. Online and alternative learning can offer everything except the credentials.
However, if those credentials continue to lose credibility in the eyes of employers, and efficient ways to assess the skills of applicants are developed, universities will be in big trouble.
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I think this is coming in lower bureaucracy/startup companies. I was in talks for a job at a 30 person travel technology firm. The fact that I have an engineering degree never came up. It would have been tangentially related to the role (which was more of a product one than a tech one) but they never asked about my formal education at all, because I have specifically relevant experience.
Ironically the sticking point was they wouldn't allow permanent remote work - needed to relocate to their US office, which was a deal breaker for me.