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You're right, cheating has always been there and nobody cares about anything but the piece of paper. I think we greatly need to reduce the scope of what we tes
by jokethrowaway 4y ago
You're right, cheating has always been there and nobody cares about anything but the piece of paper.
I think we greatly need to reduce the scope of what we test and require for a job.
Maybe create smaller project based certifications that prove you know X.
I don't need a graduate to know that much in software, they already know very little of practical utility straight out of uni.
Other professions are different and you need to know more fundamentals before doing something productive.
- wizofaus 4y agoI think you and I have a different definition of "know". No, I don't expect the exact languages/platforms/tools they learned in Uni to be of significant practical utility. But I certainly expect a student's ability to impose self-discipline, to find/figure stuff for themselves, and to think critically and analytically to be well-developed after passing a university degree. Ideally they'd have learned some basic software engineering principles too, but honestly if they'd done a pure mathematics or science degree that'd be fine too.