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> What is lacking most of the times in university hires is common sense or a good grasp of foundational concepts In my experience, that's because universities
by ZephyrBlu 6y ago
> What is lacking most of the times in university hires is common sense or a good grasp of foundational concepts
In my experience, that's because universities don't care about teaching you critical thinking or making sure you actually understand things.
I often see people say things like "university taught me how to think". Maybe at MIT, Harvard, etc they truly do. But my experience was that they just care that you pass your tests. Having any sort of fundamental understanding or being able to think for yourself was not a requirement, which is why I dropped out.
- kfk 6y agoThey also teach very siloed thinking so if I studied "Mechanical Engineering" I am not supposed to know how to do "Python Programming" unless I take courses. I think on top of everything else we need people that are not afraid to deeply learn new domains and can go a bit beyond the top 10 search results on Google.
- ZephyrBlu 6y agoYeah definitely. I think the fact that degrees often have relatively strict structure also causes this. It's hard to do papers outside your domain.