And yes there is something fundamentally wrong with the educational system and has been for decades. Companies doing ground breaking work have their pet colleges for recruiting and outsourcing, the rest just create outdated degrees for mega companies that used to exist. The students aren't great and the education is poor in most places.

> Priya has a university degree in biotechnology. If that doesn't qualify her for something more productive than GPT-level work

Don’t bio and related fields have an over supply? I was under the impression there weren’t enough jobs for people educated in these fields, especially not for “more productive than GPT-level work”.