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One might argue that time in a seat doing a job under the supervision of a licensed professional, without getting fired, is a good demonstration of competence -
by dpe82 3y ago
One might argue that time in a seat doing a job under the supervision of a licensed professional, without getting fired, is a good demonstration of competence - and has the added bonus of the student getting paid for their time while learning. Apprenticeships can be beneficial to everyone involved and have the added bonus of supporting social mobility.
- vineyardmike 3y agoUnless your job is just to get coffee for someone at minimum wage. You can’t guarantee what someone’s job is day to day, and what they get to learn, at scale. Also the pay is terrible at most of these jobs, and significantly raises the cost to enter the field.
- Apocryphon 3y agoApprenticeships are different from gopher internships.
- dpe82 3y agoSociety has used the apprenticeship system to pass down specialized knowledge for thousands of years; it seems to work reasonably well.
- TheCleric 3y agoAgreed and think this definitely applies to software. Most CS students would be better off in an apprenticeship learning under multiple skilled developers rather than 4 years of school.
- JamesBarney 3y agoI learned 10 as much my first year than in 4 years of school combined.