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We have university degrees which consist of numerous exams and we know they don't work to guarantee technical skills. The industry changes too quickly for curri
by chrisfosterelli 4y ago
We have university degrees which consist of numerous exams and we know they don't work to guarantee technical skills. The industry changes too quickly for curriculums to keep up, the field is vastly too large to cover adequately in one package, and testing well doesn't translate effectively to programming well.
Why would this hypothetical certification not have the same problems?
- jedberg 4y agoUniversities have an incentive to pass you, and never claim to teach you technical skills -- they teach you theory. This would be different because they would have an incentive to be an accurate measure of ability so that companies would continue to require them. Presumably the big companies would constantly contribute to the curriculum, and the small companies would then benefit from that. Medicine and the law are constantly changing, and somehow those licensing exams stay up to date. I assume the same methods could be used.