| If you zoom out and look at the big picture, the whole article is little more than a summarization of a different article, published in Fortune. https://fortune.com/2026/01/12/google-founder-sergey-brin-hi... ( https://archive.is/fefa9 ) If it is AI, this is the easiest type of AI content to generate: a summary of a small, delimited text corpus, with some generic filler added. If it isn't AI, it's still nevertheless low-effort and (IMHO) doesn't belong on HN. The primary journalistic source (Fortune) should replace it. Look at this before/after comparison, how lazily they (or it) paraphrased the source material: > [Primary] "Between 2017 and 2022, the share of job postings at Google requiring a degree dropped from 93% to 77%, according to analysis from the Burning Glass Institute." > [Derivative] "Data from the Burning Glass Institute shows that in 2017, degree requirements were part of 93% of job postings at Google. By 2022, that figure had dropped to 77%." Or this: > [Primary] "And Google isn’t alone: companies including Microsoft, Apple, and Cisco have reduced degree requirements in recent years, signaling a broader industry shift toward skills-based hiring." > [Derivative] "Other large tech companies have also begun judging candidates by their abilities instead of their diplomas. Microsoft, Apple, and Cisco are among those dropping degree mandates." |