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With certain "provable" professions, like programming, where it is possible to prove talent/fit directly -- as opposed to by proxy with a college degree or past
by panabee 15y ago
With certain "provable" professions, like programming, where it is possible to prove talent/fit directly -- as opposed to by proxy with a college degree or past experience -- do you see college becoming less relevant as online education and online hiring improves?
- xilun0 15y agoIt's possible to prove talent directly in an enormous number of occupations, it's just necessary you are let work for a probation period. Of course there are situations where everybody anyway want to avoid loosing time or where a mistake could have big consequences, but in this case i don't see how programmers would need to be recruited differently from other kind of qualified jobs either. As for online hiring, I don't see how this changes anything.
- bdunbar 15y agoI have been told - first by the CEO of a retail chain [1] - that 'a college degree' isn't so much for talent, or fit, as a proof that the applicant can stick with something for a few years. He proved his point by hiring me [2] for a job. At that point in my life I had no degree, but I had just spent eight years in the Marines, and had done everything from programming computers (badly) to micro PC repair and LAN administration. [1] Who was, improbably, interviewing me for a job. Long story. [2] Sort of. He called me back said he _would_ have hired me but the company had just gone into Chapter 11.