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I think you've got it flipped. A CS/math degree, and/or STEM graduate work, are very strong indicators of generalist skills and exposure to breadth. And graduate work is a strong signal about someone's ability to learn and deal with exploratory/unknown problems. Whereas the things you've listed are actually more specialized.

This certainly doesn't excuse hiring managers from lazily filtering out candidates who don't have these things. But these are strong signals.



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