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That's a strawman argument so I'll put it this way: I have never interviewed someone with an online degree and walked out of that interview with a positive expe
by iblaine 10y ago
That's a strawman argument so I'll put it this way: I have never interviewed someone with an online degree and walked out of that interview with a positive experience. Online education needs to improve if it's going to be on par with traditional degrees.
- nommm-nommm 10y agoHuhh? How's it a strawman? Strawman: an intentionally misrepresented proposition that is set up because it is easier to defeat than an opponent's real argument. I am not misrepresenting you, I m not really even arguing with you or disagreeing with you all that much. I agree, online degrees are not providing job skills. But neither are many (not all) traditional degrees. Just one example is people fresh out of school who have never used or even heard of version control. Then there's the "can't do fizzbuzz" example. This isn't even exclusive to CS degrees. The reason I choose my degree program is it advertised itself as career focused education. Either we should make education more career focused or accept that universities aren't primarily for job training and find alternatives.