How a Fortune 50 tech firm removed degree requirements and saw a 300 percent increase in qualified applicants from non-traditional backgrounds. When one of the largest technology companies in the world decided to eliminate four-year degree requirements from 75 percent of its engineering positions, industry observers predicted chaos. What they got instead was a masterclass in talent discovery. Within six months, the company reported a 300 percent increase in qualified applicants. More remarkably, the new hires without traditional degrees outperformed their credentialed peers on key metrics: code quality, project completion rates, and peer collaboration scores.
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Project: Zero-Gatekeeping
