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We are returning to an apprenticeship society and it’s about time if we want to keep pace with our need for knowledge workers. I wonder how long it will be befo
by joewee 8y ago
We are returning to an apprenticeship society and it’s about time if we want to keep pace with our need for knowledge workers. I wonder how long it will be before AI reduces our need for knowledge workers and we return to using things like degrees to disqualify candidates.
- jzoch 8y agoI would tend to disagree as there are few trends to support this. Even this news is a formality as Apple and Google have not required degrees for years, if ever really. There are plenty of people hired by these companies without degrees. That said, the workforce does not seem to be trending towards that. If anything, with more people graduating, its becoming a checkbox like high school degrees are now. Its so field dependent and experience dependent that I would think no hard conclusions can be had
- joewee 8y agoLook to the largest employer in the USA, the federal government. The primary hiring criteria is on the job experience and certifications. Most cyber security certifications require prior work experience. In cyber security former government employees are an important source for commercial recruiters. So I’m extrapolating from cyber security what appears to be a general trend towards hands on experience and certifications over degrees.