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There is a dogmatic belief that 'higher education' some some panacea around these parts. I personally think all grades across all levels of education should be

There is a dogmatic belief that 'higher education' some some panacea around these parts. I personally think all grades across all levels of education should be pass/fail. This would give everyone a fair chance at competing, and job interviews would be based on your portfolio of work (or internships, etc), rather than HR gate-keeping of GPAs. Oh, you had to work in school so you got a couple C's in stupid-filler-class, guess you're not good enough to work for us? We need to start at the grass-level and remove Bachelors degrees as a credentialing requirement for as many positions as we can. Why should one have a Bachelors degree to become a CPA? Why can't you just attend a CPA trade school, or self-study? It's gate-keeping by the academic class.

hellisothers 7y ago
I agree on trade schools, I imagine there is some sort of NIMBY like feelings from the existing establishment of CPA (or other groups) that wouldn’t want to see this happen. They’re used to working with “a certain type of person” and that type of person went to college. It’s like a nice neighborhood blocking public transit
commandlinefan 7y ago
> you got a couple C's in stupid-filler-class, guess you're not good enough to work for us? I get the cosmic justice sentiment behind this, but if there is somebody else who didn’t get any C’s, and that’s all they know about the two of you, how is it unreasonable for them to just pick the higher-on-paper achiever? If everybody had a 2.0 GPA, then employers would have to pick from somebody with a 2.0 GPA, but that’s not the case.
- DanBC 7y ago
  Why bother with interviews if we can just pick those with highest scores from school?
  - commandlinefan 7y ago
    > Why bother with interviews Every time I participate in one I wonder the same thing.
- linuxftw 7y ago
  If the employer didn't pay for the school, they shouldn't have access to the information. You either graduated from the program and the program is respected, or you didn't/program isn't respected. On that note, perhaps we should remove school names from degrees, and you simply get a degree from an institution that has x accreditation.
  - adjkant 7y ago
    The problem of course is that it's cultural. Interviewer: So how did you enjoy your time in school? Interviewee: Oh Cambridge was a great place!

hellisothers 7y ago

I agree on trade schools, I imagine there is some sort of NIMBY like feelings from the existing establishment of CPA (or other groups) that wouldn’t want to see this happen. They’re used to working with “a certain type of person” and that type of person went to college. It’s like a nice neighborhood blocking public transit

commandlinefan 7y ago

> you got a couple C's in stupid-filler-class, guess you're not good enough to work for us? I get the cosmic justice sentiment behind this, but if there is somebody else who didn’t get any C’s, and that’s all they know about the two of you, how is it unreasonable for them to just pick the higher-on-paper achiever? If everybody had a 2.0 GPA, then employers would have to pick from somebody with a 2.0 GPA, but that’s not the case.

DanBC 7y ago
Why bother with interviews if we can just pick those with highest scores from school?
- commandlinefan 7y ago
  > Why bother with interviews Every time I participate in one I wonder the same thing.
linuxftw 7y ago
If the employer didn't pay for the school, they shouldn't have access to the information. You either graduated from the program and the program is respected, or you didn't/program isn't respected. On that note, perhaps we should remove school names from degrees, and you simply get a degree from an institution that has x accreditation.
- adjkant 7y ago
  The problem of course is that it's cultural. Interviewer: So how did you enjoy your time in school? Interviewee: Oh Cambridge was a great place!