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I won't lie, I have six figure student loan debt. It was all my own stupid making but what I think it's worrying is how fast people are willing to defend the lo

I won't lie, I have six figure student loan debt. It was all my own stupid making but what I think it's worrying is how fast people are willing to defend the loan system as is for education as employers continue to inflate requirements and certification processes when often such work can be learned on the job (programming IMO should be a trade school equivalent job and not something you go to university for unless it's for something related to pure science or an engineering discipline). So I expect the whole loan crisis to come to a head come the next recession. For me, I'm not so sure I'll be able to climb out of the hole I made for myself but I just wish politicians at minimum would prevent others from digging their own for the future.

Nursie 7y ago
> (programming IMO should be a trade school equivalent job and not something you go to university for unless it's for something related to pure science or an engineering discipline). I learned way more in my degree about software principles and about theory than I could in years on the job. Computer Science degrees may not prepare people directly for software development in the workplace, but they do lead you to a greater understanding of what's around and underneath you that you're just not going to get commercially coding. I'm not saying everyone has to do it, but I am going to say it helped me tremendously to be a better creator of software. (--edit-- I'm also going to say that I was part of the last year of students that didn't have to pay for their degree's at all in England, I appreciate the value proposition is different when you have to take on debt to do the course.)