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I agree that degrees are overrated as a way of assessing ones ability to fulfill a job, but to claim they're bullshit is pushing it. In an ideal world degrees
by jon-wood 11y ago
I agree that degrees are overrated as a way of assessing ones ability to fulfill a job, but to claim they're bullshit is pushing it.
In an ideal world degrees would be about learning a subject to a greater depth, without the current mess of every job requiring a degree (any degree), so kids by default go to university and study something they have a vague interest in.
A degree is a fantastic thing for some people, it can reinforce a passion for their field, and in the best cases give them the tools to discover new things for humanity.
- pluma 11y agoDegrees are a stupid metric but they're a metric no less. Sadly people like to mistake them for general qualifications and think an unrelated degree justifies higher pay (although this is a more general problem, not really something any individual company can easily fix). It's cargo cult thinking, really. It's not about the degree but what the individual degree represents. We like to assign unrelated meanings to it because we like easy answers.