The poet is not a liar because he's not talking about anything that's verifiable or falsifiable.
诗人不是骗子,因为他说的不是可以证实或证伪的东西。
This is not a romantic notion but verifiable fact.
这不是一个不切实际的念头,而是一个有依据的事实。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
It helps, of course, if your degrees can act as confirmation of the skills you're trying to sell, but clearly if you have developed a verifiable skill in a hot area, you'll find work.