Well of course. University degree requirements in most jobs outside of academia are nothing but a scam - employers save massively: way lower training costs, you weed out people that can't hold a deadline or work under insane stress even before they ever become a financial risk for your company, and you can get around anti-discrimination and disability protection laws because academia acts as a very effective proxy to weed such people out as well.
There used to be a time where "you have to pay upfront to work" was classified as a red flag for scams, it's time to do that again. Especially when your average academic degree can cost north of 100k $ these days - it's madness that we expect people not even old enough by law to chug a beer to take on debt that can't even be discharged in a bankruptcy that is larger than a fucking house costs outside of urban areas.
There used to be a time where "you have to pay upfront to work" was classified as a red flag for scams, it's time to do that again. Especially when your average academic degree can cost north of 100k $ these days - it's madness that we expect people not even old enough by law to chug a beer to take on debt that can't even be discharged in a bankruptcy that is larger than a fucking house costs outside of urban areas.