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Friday, 24 July 2020

Ditching dropouts: Why advanced degrees are en vogue again


Startups are in a state of flux. Once ruled by college dropouts, Silicon Valley is starting to mature. It’s banished beer kegs and ping pong tables for codes of conduct and sensitivity training. Shifts in the Valley don’t happen in a vacuum. Around the world we’re seeing companies ditch the fraternal order in favor of the more mature, steady hand of a qualified C-suite. A college degree, once seen as optional, is now anything but. Of the Fortune 500 tech companies, none feature a (non-founding) CEO that dropped out of college. Of the 38 companies on the list, 22 of…

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