Poorly-formed question. Doesn’t specify the comparison (school is good compared to forced sweatshop labor starting at age 5, bad compared to … what?). And doesn’t acknowledge the large variance in student and type of school (across age bands, abilities, extracurricular support, etc.).
Having hired a lot of (primarily software) people, I don’t recall any who’d not attended at least some high school, though a few who hadn’t graduated, and a noticeable minority who didn’t have a college degree (as I myself do not). That said, a college degree in a STEM major is a serious signaling advantage—it’s much harder to demonstrate competence and some dimensions of social conformity if you don’t have a degree or a successful work history to show.
I pretty strongly believe that class-warfare is an incorrect frame for this analysis. This is distributed decision-making, with a lot of mostly-reasonable motivations, not a directed attempt to harm any individuals or groups.
Poorly-formed question. Doesn’t specify the comparison (school is good compared to forced sweatshop labor starting at age 5, bad compared to … what?). And doesn’t acknowledge the large variance in student and type of school (across age bands, abilities, extracurricular support, etc.).
Having hired a lot of (primarily software) people, I don’t recall any who’d not attended at least some high school, though a few who hadn’t graduated, and a noticeable minority who didn’t have a college degree (as I myself do not). That said, a college degree in a STEM major is a serious signaling advantage—it’s much harder to demonstrate competence and some dimensions of social conformity if you don’t have a degree or a successful work history to show.
I pretty strongly believe that class-warfare is an incorrect frame for this analysis. This is distributed decision-making, with a lot of mostly-reasonable motivations, not a directed attempt to harm any individuals or groups.