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This here is precisely the problem, and is also precisely why these types of students aren't mere "cash cows"; they're existential threats to engineering manage
by mmirate 8y ago
This here is precisely the problem, and is also precisely why these types of students aren't mere "cash cows"; they're existential threats to engineering management's ability to hire people who can actually do what they claim to be able to do.
(And to engineers' ability to make to employers strong and credible claims about what they can do.)
- msie 8y agoI don't think so. If this is so widely-known then there will be some bias in selection of people for an interview. And after a phone screen it will be obvious if the candidate knows anything.
- wincy 8y agoThis seems good for me personally, I decided not to go to school and am about to start working in software for a Fortune 500 company. If degrees are seen as worthless, and other heuristics are used (such as the technical interview I participated in), I will have a good chance of being hireable in the future.
- zwayhowder 8y agoThis was me for the last 20 years. Eventually my interests changed and I reached a point when I knew I needed to learn some things that for me an on campus MBA is the best way to learn.
- mmirate 8y agoGood for you, no good for people who wanted to take a structured+exhaustive approach to learning CS.