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As someone who recently completed an apprenticeship in the UK for software engineering, I feel I was essentially used for cheap labor, sure I learned things, bu
by RugnirViking 9y ago
As someone who recently completed an apprenticeship in the UK for software engineering, I feel I was essentially used for cheap labor, sure I learned things, but the same things I would learn just doing an ordinary job.
The one remaining argument for apprenticeships are that they help you break into the job market, but I feel like for many skilled jobs, like the ones listed here, if you already have some skill or talent (usually a requirement for the apprenticeship) your time would be better spent being a bit more persistent looking for a job
The result? I'm going to university anyway. Employers continue to pay me less because I don't have a degree, and say so to _to my face_
- EliRivers 9y agoWell, that's better than not telling you why you're being paid less.
- Dayshine 9y ago>but the same things I would learn just doing an ordinary job. What about the coursework and classes your provider made you do? Our apprentices have something like 1 day in 10 at college and have to do coursework projects through the course of the apprenticeship.
- RugnirViking 9y agoIt was preposterously basic, and it was only a couple days in the entire duration of the apprenticeship. The only one I found in any way useful was the SQL course that lasted a couple days but that's still something I could have just asked a colleague to give me a quick rundown of. Essentially, I would have hoped that what I was taught outside of the work would be theory, such as data structures and stuff, but instead I got extremely basic introductions to existing programming languages that I for the most part either knew or could learn the basics in a couple hours.