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Take anything Zed Shaw says with a grain of salt, given that he has his own very strong views on how to teach/learn coding (as shown by his books). For example
by beering 7y ago
Take anything Zed Shaw says with a grain of salt, given that he has his own very strong views on how to teach/learn coding (as shown by his books).
For example, "FBTA"s are real and I have encountered them in real life. There are definitely bootcamps that game the system by hiring their own grads.
On the flip side, I think ISAs are a really promising way to align incentives between the school and students. Compare that to people going into massive debt by going to uni and then failing to find a good job - only the gov't cares if you're able to repay your debt or not.
- chanchar 7y agoOn this note, I'm surprised ISAs are not more common for higher education (ie. college, university). I know a couple of smaller liberal art schools (ie. Purdue) have been testing this.
- _--___-___ 7y agoAre you referring to the only Purdue I know of, which is a flagship state university known for its engineering programs? I guess it's small compared to Ohio State and liberal arts-focused compared to Georgia Tech.
- rubidium 7y agoThey seem to not know Purdue is a near-top or top tier stem school. Mitch’s annual open letter just came out today: https://www.purdue.edu/president/messages/annual-open-letters/2001-med-openletter-full.php https://www.purdue.edu/president/messages/annual-open-letter...
- miohtama 7y agoZed is definitely a very opinionated author and you need to factor in bias in his messaging. However based on the discussion threads here it seems to be no smoke without a fire.