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and this is why trade schools like coding bootcamps are relevant at all people aren't going to school to learn computer science, they are going to school to ge
by vmception 5y ago
and this is why trade schools like coding bootcamps are relevant at all
people aren't going to school to learn computer science, they are going to school to get a job and be effective in that field, but the universities shouldn't feel obligated to adjust to that since they've been for the privileged folks who are actually there to pursue education for the sake of higher learning for nearly 200 years (or much longer). it is mere coincidence that they have to put up with a few decades of people needing the school for subsequent employment and the school will exist after this phase as well
so with that observation it really is useful to push for trade schools again, for the people that actually need it
for the people that are really going for that upper echelon of access to other privileged people whether they get a wage-slave job or not, yeah they should slog through MIT, but everyone else should consider other things that more closely match the lane they were born into
- bee_rider 5y agoAlso community colleges. We should fund community colleges to the point where bootcamps cease to exist.
- vmception 5y agoMaybe, I think they serve different niches But don't have to Community colleges should have electives and tracks that are similar to trade schools: getting you up to speed on whats relevant right now But as long as they are pushing towards associates degrees and transferable credits to universities I think the utility is less optimal for people looking to be efficient at a job (Also employers should be training people for what they actually need too, sparing us all from imagining that the Computer Science major is necessary to synthesize better outcomes in unknown situations)