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I think you're missing the point. I don't think anyone is against education or certification of some kind. The problem is the quality of it. Academia is insu
by SamAtt 16y ago
I think you're missing the point. I don't think anyone is against education or certification of some kind. The problem is the quality of it.
Academia is insular and has adopted the extremely broad mandate of "making better citizens" which has resulted in a lot of degree programs that are utterly useless. There was a post on HN just a few days ago from someone who was about to get a CS degree and who felt they had no idea how to actually program.
That's the problem and what this article describes is a trend in which those useless degrees are losing favor while more specialized education gains it.
- hugh3 16y agoAcademia is insular and has adopted the extremely broad mandate of "making better citizens" which has resulted in a lot of degree programs that are utterly useless. Perhaps, though academia has been specialising in the teaching of mostly-useless knowledge since at least the days of ancient Rome, so it's not likely to be a transient phenomenon.