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I think you're shortchanging the value of being autodidactic. The paper signifies an accomplishment that has nothing to do with actual ability. This obsession
by LPTS 18y ago
I think you're shortchanging the value of being autodidactic.
The paper signifies an accomplishment that has nothing to do with actual ability. This obsession with degrees is a fetish.
Any decently self teaching person is going to wade through the boring stuff on their own anyway. That's a straw man.
In fact, you needing the pressures of deadlines and professors to get you to work, that's more indicative of you not being a great worker or being ambivalently committed to your work then anything about self teaching people. If you need to enter a codependant relationship with an institution that often calcifies mediocrity to get your work done or to wade through the boring stuff, that doesn't mean the self teaching dropout shares your problem or hasn't done the other work.
- mrtron 18y agoPeople who can self teach well are the minority, and many of those people still go to university/college. I am not shortchanging the value whatsoever. I think being autodidactic is incredibly valuable - but I don't believe whether or not you have a degree is a good indicator of that. That skill is also incredibly hard to determine from a resume or interview. When you are hiring commonly you have once piece of paper to look at and then a 30 minute interview to evaluate the person. Whether you like it or not, the majority of people doing this will filter by degree and institution. If you can think of a better process, create a HR startup I am sure it would be amazingly successful! Many companies realize that the hiring process is flawed but there currently are few options. I also disagree that educational institutions "calcify mediocrity".