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I have little idea if the current college situation is sustainable or not, but this argument sounds very similar to what we heard about outsourcing a couple of
by twelve40 9y ago
I have little idea if the current college situation is sustainable or not, but this argument sounds very similar to what we heard about outsourcing a couple of decades ago. Why keep paying all those expensive CS majors in the States when you can hire a smart person from overseas/bootcamp for fraction of the cost? Somehow we didn't quite get that malthusian glut last time.
- stale2002 9y agoOutsourcing would be like talking about the "American Worker Bubble". If Americans could be replaced with outsourced people who do just as good a job for a 1/3 the price, then yes, the bubble would have popped. The reason why that didn't happen is because an American worker really is worth the money you pay them. With college, maybe the 200K degree DOES actually make you 200K smarter and more efficient. If that is the case, then the college degree isn't a bubble. It is backed up by actual value.