‘Would you rather hire someone who ran a marathon, or had a college degree?’ I remember when I saw the question posed on LinkedIn. It got hundreds of responses, almost all of whom said they’d pick the marathoner. It turns out, the story most young people have been told about the value of degrees on the job market isn’t true, and it’s getting less true every day. A few years ago, I talked to a business owner who turned down a candidate I passed along because he had a Master’s degree. He told me, “He seems smart and has some skill, but he’s been in school too long. It will take me too much time to get those habits out of him. Plus, I’ve found people with advanced degrees tend to be entitled and assume they’re worth more than they are.” The famous venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz developed a …