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The FizzBuzz test came about for similar reasons in 2007 - long before government pressures for DEI quotas[1].

The problem is computer science university degrees aren't enterprise training academies. "Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes." Universities aren't incentivized to fix this because universities are research institutions - they don't make money from placing students in jobs, so trying to solve this is a dead end.

[1] https://blog.codinghorror.com/why-cant-programmers-program/

> The FizzBuzz test came about for similar reasons in 2007 - long before government pressures for DEI quotas[1].

Government pressure for hiring quotas goes back to the 1970s.

It's moreso I don't believe there was a ton of government pressure being applied to startups with 15 people.

That's also still true today.

That happens too but I think the underlying reasons are simpler.

Everyone involved in hiring should read “The Case Against Education” by Caplan.

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