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Fair enough. And I'm just talking out of my ass about my own theories, here. I still welcome conversation to try to inform myself. Roughly, I think we should
by VikingCoder 8y ago
Fair enough. And I'm just talking out of my ass about my own theories, here. I still welcome conversation to try to inform myself.
Roughly, I think we should think in terms of Trade Schools and Liberal Arts programs.
I'm a huge fan of Liberal Arts programs, but I don't think they should be a pre-requisite for a STEM career. They also shouldn't be a pre-requisite for many jobs that people have today.
We should all be much more in favor of Mentoring. Maybe Corporations should receive tax benefits for being good Mentors.
- s73v3r_ 8y agoI think Liberal Arts programs absolutely should be a prereq for STEM careers. One of the reasons tech is in the state it is, is due to the lack of ethics courses taught.
- VikingCoder 8y agoSure, make it a huge contributing factor in promotion, moving to project management, etc. But not a pre-req for day one, earning a salary. Hell, let's make some Continuing Education demands on STEM.
- s73v3r_ 8y agoAgain, I strongly disagree. Make it a requirement before writing a single line of code. The impact this industry has on the world is such that ethics training is a must.
- VikingCoder 8y agoAnyone should be able to write code. Accepting a pull request (code reviews) should require training. Launching code requires even more training.
- Fomite 8y agoI've posted this before, but a year or so ago I was at a major medical research conference for my field (infectious diseases). I was struck when I realized that in every single plenary talk, given by people at the peak of their careers and having a huge impact on science, there was something that betrayed an underlying liberal arts education.