I agree with you. But you, no offense, seem like the exception rather than the rule of hiring practices. The issues with education that were kinda being brushed aside are now coming front and center with AI, I would argue the education system needs to change to prioritize critical thinking and reasoning, that way even AI can't help them get ahead there. Cause you can have this thing give you an output but you still need to make sure it makes sense. Now I'm not saying there aren't advantages to applying yourself to read and parse text or even knowing your multiplication tables. It works your brain like a muscle. That definitely has advantages IMO. But the education system that prioritizes rote learning and memorization needs to change. Cause that's all it does as of now IMO.