2 ms·

> advanced training of any kind - credentialed or not - you had to go to university not true. from music, to plumbing, to software, to fiction writing... mean

> advanced training of any kind - credentialed or not - you had to go to university not true. from music, to plumbing, to software, to fiction writing... meanwhile the training MOOCs provide is hardly equivalent to a bachelor's degree in CV-terms let alone curriculum. Meanwhile, for example, a Data Science in Python nanodegree may very well be better prep for an industry job than a statistics bachelor's, but the two were never going to be equivalent.

maze-le 8y ago
>> Meanwhile, for example, a Data Science in Python nanodegree may very well be better prep for an industry job That is the root of the problem isn't it? IMO No institution should train you for a job in the industry except the industry. Also, higher education (post-college) should not discredit themself to be an apprentices-program for any industry -- it is not what they can accomplish anyhow since the requirements change faster than the institutions can adapt. A university has lost all of its meaning if they do not work to further the field itself, but for the ever-changing demands of the economy.