At Remote, when hiring — 1) We don’t require degrees. 2) Or “years of experience”, either.

Recently, we made that clearer in our public documentation, spelling out what’s been true since day one: we hire for ability, not academic pedigree.

Some roles will always need specific credentials (doctors need medical degrees, obviously). But for jobs that don’t, a formal degree is not our benchmark for skill, intelligence, or potential.

Especially for roles immersed in AI and new tech, where the degree market just hasn’t kept up. A degree still has value, the work that goes into them is impressive. But it’s no longer the clearest signal of a person’s potential in the workforce.

The pace of AI learning already outstrips most formal education

The faster new tech innovates, the less reliable degrees become as a proxy for being able to jump right in. By 2024, the average skill set for a job had changed by about 25% since 2015, and was expected to