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I don't disagree with your point. I was mostly thinking of general education and the high school curricula. On the other hand, I'm not a big fan of the PhD sty
by BaronSamedi 10y ago
I don't disagree with your point. I was mostly thinking of general education and the high school curricula.
On the other hand, I'm not a big fan of the PhD style program. It seems old-fashioned and possibly obsolete to me. I would prefer to see it replaced by something like, in the case you mention, an advanced certification in machine learning. I don't know the field well enough to say what such a certification might entail but maybe testing and some kind of project?
- deong 10y agoI think what you're describing is a need that's filled pretty well today by a master's degree. I don't think the PhD is so much archaic as just overused. It is intended to signify that a person has demonstrated that they can contribute significant new knowledge to a field of study, and incidentally, that they can teach (graduate) university courses. Society probably needs far less of both those traits than it can supply people who want to do them.