Your early childhood skills will become more important to landing a job than your degree, says a Harvard future of work professor

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If you haven’t gone to therapy yet, here’s your sign: Addressing your childhood trauma could be critical for your career. 

Skills-based hiring is on its way to becoming more valuable than a degree—and that’s coming from the very top. College degrees are losing their prominence in the hiring process, and with the rapid adoption of generative A.I. like ChatGPT, non-degree holders can expect plenty more tailwinds to come, says Joseph Fuller, a professor of management at Harvard Business School who co-leads the school’s Managing the Future of Work initiative.