Comment by bloppe

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43465278

This may be fake, but as somebody who went to a school that took academic rigor very seriously, I'm confident that my degree is the most valuable thing I own. Recruiters from both startups and entrenched companies are constantly reinforcing that belief.

The market for degrees may be pretty skewed, but that doesn't mean it's not a real market with supply/demand dynamics