LinkedIn CEO says ‘future of work doesn’t belong to people with Degrees’

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no question that we have to reassess the purpose of college. But I can’t help but think that the sudden anti-higher education sentiment is part of a bigger agenda by the people in power to try to convince poor/middle class/UMC to skip college. Are the elites going to stop sending their kids to college?

Exactly. DH was saying how "not everyone should go to college or needs college". I asked him, "Are you going to tell our kids to not go to college, then?". His answer: "No, our kids are different." LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no question that we have to reassess the purpose of college. But I can’t help but think that the sudden anti-higher education sentiment is part of a bigger agenda by the people in power to try to convince poor/middle class/UMC to skip college. Are the elites going to stop sending their kids to college?

Exactly. DH was saying how "not everyone should go to college or needs college". I asked him, "Are you going to tell our kids to not go to college, then?". His answer: "No, our kids are different." LOL

As someone from a blue collar family, no one was encouraged to go into the trades if you had skills best used elsewhere. It’s very hard on the body & I know everyone talks about the plumber they know making 250k/yr, he’s either the owner of a plumbing business & doesn’t to site work or maybe he does all the overtime shifts & literally only works & sleeps? It’s not a “make bank” career doing the actual trade work/not owning the business

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no question that we have to reassess the purpose of college. But I can’t help but think that the sudden anti-higher education sentiment is part of a bigger agenda by the people in power to try to convince poor/middle class/UMC to skip college. Are the elites going to stop sending their kids to college?

Yup. This is it. A less educated populace makes it easier to exploit workers and consolidate power. Inequality is the goal. So insidious.

I think when predominantly college educated Starbucks baristas started demanding union rights was when the screw started turning. An educated populace is good for the economy, broadly speaking, but it became a threat to the elite's share of the distribution of things. So, we're getting a more sluggish economy where the top percent skim off more of the profits, and slowing down bachelor's degrees is a big part of this. Welcome to Brazil.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a trend right now to allow people without a bachelor's degree to apply for corporate jobs.

I saw a posting this week for an economic/data analysis job that was looking for 16 years experience without a BA and 12 with.

It caught my attention because I have never met a person in the economics/data analysis field with less than a bachelor's. I've known people with a different major to cross over into economics (e.g., physics).

So if you're a completely rare person, perhaps the mood is infinitesimally more favorable.

I’m a lawyer in a legal field. Our best legal scholar who makes the most in our office only has a bachelors degree. It’s not a secret that she doesn’t have a law degree but no one even thinks to ask because she is so so good at her job. She’s not a practicing attorney so she doesn’t need to have a law degree. I would love to know how she got her job actually. She can poke holes in any argument and she knows case cites for everything.

I don’t think a degree proves anything. Some people are going to succeed regardless of what degree they have.

What we do need as a society is less people taking out student loans for bogus degrees from 2nd or 3rd tier universities. People having so much debt is weighing on our economy. Why not go into the trades instead?? Many members of my family are in the trades and 10 years later opened their own businesses. That’s a great path to wealth.

But what constitutes a bogus degree? And what is a second or third tier university? It’s not the regional publics causing debt as they’re usually more affordable. Is it the Marymounts, DePauls, Washington Colleges, SCADs, etc.?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Now look at job postings to work at LinkedIn...yeah they want degrees

x 1000

Not just a bachelor’s degree. Many tech fields require a master’s or PhD.
I also saw a well-known company explicitly state that they want applicants from top-tier schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:More bad news for GenZ

https://fortune.com/2025/10/02/gen-z-graduates-linkedin-ceo-college-degrees-future-of-work-ai-skills-hiring-career-advice/

There is some truth to it.

My kids will have college degrees.

Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no question that we have to reassess the purpose of college. But I can’t help but think that the sudden anti-higher education sentiment is part of a bigger agenda by the people in power to try to convince poor/middle class/UMC to skip college. Are the elites going to stop sending their kids to college?

This is exactly what I came here to say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh for God's sake none of you read Project 2025 fools, idiots and stupid Americans.

The reason they are spewing this is they want you working for a king ie be his subject poor, desolate, and hungry.

They wrote it down and you fools did not read it.

There will be no college for anyone but white Christian men by 2028. You idiots who have DD and think after 2026 they will be going to colleges in red states also did not read the fine print!

Your aluminum foil hat is on too tight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The majority of Americans don't have college degrees so there's truth in that

Many of those people wanted a convicted felon to run the country and don't understand how the end of democracy will hurt them.
We sent our kid to a top college because it will probably help him get a job but it will definitely help him become a critical thinker.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a trend right now to allow people without a bachelor's degree to apply for corporate jobs.

I saw a posting this week for an economic/data analysis job that was looking for 16 years experience without a BA and 12 with.

It caught my attention because I have never met a person in the economics/data analysis field with less than a bachelor's. I've known people with a different major to cross over into economics (e.g., physics).

So if you're a completely rare person, perhaps the mood is infinitesimally more favorable.

I’m a lawyer in a legal field. Our best legal scholar who makes the most in our office only has a bachelors degree. It’s not a secret that she doesn’t have a law degree but no one even thinks to ask because she is so so good at her job. She’s not a practicing attorney so she doesn’t need to have a law degree. I would love to know how she got her job actually. She can poke holes in any argument and she knows case cites for everything.

I don’t think a degree proves anything. Some people are going to succeed regardless of what degree they have.

What we do need as a society is less people taking out student loans for bogus degrees from 2nd or 3rd tier universities. People having so much debt is weighing on our economy. Why not go into the trades instead?? Many members of my family are in the trades and 10 years later opened their own businesses. That’s a great path to wealth.

I'm sorry but no. You do need to learn things, and either you learn them in school or you end up expecting your colleagues to help you learn because you have potential. I'm shocked at some of the things that people come into jobs not knowing.

-- Physics PhD...yes, it mattered what I learned in school

[Anonymous]

Roslansky dropped out of UC Davis. Of course he would say this

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a trend right now to allow people without a bachelor's degree to apply for corporate jobs.

I saw a posting this week for an economic/data analysis job that was looking for 16 years experience without a BA and 12 with.

It caught my attention because I have never met a person in the economics/data analysis field with less than a bachelor's. I've known people with a different major to cross over into economics (e.g., physics).

So if you're a completely rare person, perhaps the mood is infinitesimally more favorable.

I’m a lawyer in a legal field. Our best legal scholar who makes the most in our office only has a bachelors degree. It’s not a secret that she doesn’t have a law degree but no one even thinks to ask because she is so so good at her job. She’s not a practicing attorney so she doesn’t need to have a law degree. I would love to know how she got her job actually. She can poke holes in any argument and she knows case cites for everything.

I don’t think a degree proves anything. Some people are going to succeed regardless of what degree they have.

What we do need as a society is less people taking out student loans for bogus degrees from 2nd or 3rd tier universities. People having so much debt is weighing on our economy. Why not go into the trades instead?? Many members of my family are in the trades and 10 years later opened their own businesses. That’s a great path to wealth.

+100. We have someone like that in our law firm too. Bachelors degree from a regional state university, and they’re great at what they do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The article of course references successful dropouts who all attended the top schools for the most part.

The top schools are still the ones most successful in attracting the very students the article claims are in highest demand. It’s probably why those kids are most comfortable taking a leave to found a startup (which these schools make it easy to do)…even if they don’t return.

bingo. undergrad pedigree will matter more than ever, not less.

In your dreams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh for God's sake none of you read Project 2025 fools, idiots and stupid Americans.

The reason they are spewing this is they want you working for a king ie be his subject poor, desolate, and hungry.

They wrote it down and you fools did not read it.

There will be no college for anyone but white Christian men by 2028. You idiots who have DD and think after 2026 they will be going to colleges in red states also did not read the fine print!

Your aluminum foil hat is on too tight.

NP. And you, PP, are the frog in the pot of boiling water. Wake the f up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a trend right now to allow people without a bachelor's degree to apply for corporate jobs.

I saw a posting this week for an economic/data analysis job that was looking for 16 years experience without a BA and 12 with.

It caught my attention because I have never met a person in the economics/data analysis field with less than a bachelor's. I've known people with a different major to cross over into economics (e.g., physics).

So if you're a completely rare person, perhaps the mood is infinitesimally more favorable.

I’m a lawyer in a legal field. Our best legal scholar who makes the most in our office only has a bachelors degree. It’s not a secret that she doesn’t have a law degree but no one even thinks to ask because she is so so good at her job. She’s not a practicing attorney so she doesn’t need to have a law degree. I would love to know how she got her job actually. She can poke holes in any argument and she knows case cites for everything.

I don’t think a degree proves anything. Some people are going to succeed regardless of what degree they have.

What we do need as a society is less people taking out student loans for bogus degrees from 2nd or 3rd tier universities. People having so much debt is weighing on our economy. Why not go into the trades instead?? Many members of my family are in the trades and 10 years later opened their own businesses. That’s a great path to wealth.

You could solve the bolded with affordable public colleges. There's no reason state schools need to cost what they do now: they cost a tiny fraction of it 20 years ago.

If someone actually wants to go into the trades that's great, but the world doesn't need 100,000 plumbers and electricians any more than it needs 100,000 pre-law students with undergrad debt. The only solution to college debt is affordable college.