David_Gerard comments on Overcoming the negative signal of not attending college. - Less Wrong

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Comment author: David_Gerard 16 February 2011 10:38:56PM 2 points [-]

The main thing it is used for is to show that you can sit down to do a task that takes three or four years and actually finish it.

The other thing it is used for is as a handy way to cull that gigantic pile of resumes. Hence job requirements inflation.