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Universities aren’t corporate training grounds. The job here is to teach you the concepts involved in CPU architecture and using the most general purpose archi
by simonbarker87 3y ago
Universities aren’t corporate training grounds.
The job here is to teach you the concepts involved in CPU architecture and using the most general purpose architectures possible that have been developed over millions of person hours to cover every task possible would be a very inefficient way to do this.
- onethought 3y ago> Universities aren’t corporate training grounds. So the ridiculous fees that correlate to average wages of the profession you graduate into is just a weird coincidence?
- wjnc 3y agoRent seeking causes that correlation (so there is actually a causal relationship): Some professions require certain university degrees. They pay high wages. Universities found out they can extract a rent on future earnings of potential entrants. So you could actually argue that by requiring the degree the firms not only create the rent extraction, but also de facto agree on the curriculum.
- onethought 3y agoSo universities (in some quite common scenarios) ARE corporate training grounds?
- wjnc 3y agoThat's pretty universal (worldwide) I guess? White collar corporate staff that is predominantly unversity educated. That still doesn't mean the curriculum is or should be corporation directed or focused. I know little about this, but India and South-Korea come to mind where there might be more direct links. UK as perhaps a counterpoint where you can find corporate role with an Oxbridge arts degree, or France.
- GarvielLoken 3y agoThere are no fees for University. See how fun it is when you assume how it is in your country is the same in all the other countries in the world?
- onethought 3y agoSo there are no universities that do what I’ve mentioned? See how fun it is when you assume how it is in your country is the same in all the other countries in the world? So in your country where the government pays the fees (I’m going to assume that is what you mean by “no fees” as I imagine academics are paid in this country), they do so because they care so much about the wellbeing of academia… or do you think the higher income graduates earn plays a role in increased taxation? Or do you live in a country without income tax? Funny how people want to attack what you say, rather than refute your actual point: Universities (today) are corporate training grounds.
- yuliyp 3y agoAt least for undergraduate studies, most universities have the same tuition regardless of major (outside of lab fees for courses which need lab materials). The tuition of a particular university is more related to its prestige level than the particular majors its students choose.
- onethought 3y agoI see, and its prestige comes from what? Its contribution to academia? Or its contribution to industry? Is there a prestigious university that corporates do not value degrees from highly?
- Cheer2171 3y agoHarvard has a relatively lower ranked CS program
- onethought 3y agoAnd is prestigious for its business school… it’s basically the prototypical corporate training ground
- qarl 3y agoSounds like you want a trade school.
- TOMDM 3y agoImagine teaching a legal class a fictional legal system. Philosophically there's likely great value but I doubt people wanting to practice law would favour courses with that as a focus. I agree that University courses shouldn't purely be vocational training; there's value to personal growth and pure academia that doesn't have a 1-1 overlap with the corporate world. That said I certainly appreciate that my time at University has been largely applicable at work. Doing both where possible is likely a valuable goal.
- outop 3y agoMany law courses spend time on Roman law, and on archaic English law.
- derlvative 3y agoRoman law and old English law were actually used in real legal systems, and they are studied because they are the basis for the legal system we use today
- outop 3y agoI disagree with your second statement. I think they're studied because they are simple working legal systems which are easier to reason about than modern ones. Arguably these legal systems are the conceptual basis for our modern law system because they are used pedagogically in this way.
- defrost 3y agoIn the US (and other countries) Roman and English Law are the "common law" and or "natural rights" that are referred to but generally not stipulated. "New" governments had a habit of writing up founding documents that focus on the "new stuff" and waving in "all the old stuff" that doesn' conflict with the "new stuff" via a few throwaway phrasings.
- kelseyfrog 3y agoAs an aside, a class about fictional legal systems sounds quite fun. Then again, I like conlangs too
- scrubs 3y ago"Universities aren’t corporate training grounds." Oh c'mon. By the reverse stupid logic corporations aren't educational centers to train newbies on x86 either. General/abstract is fine and one day one time some how some way make contact with practical too. Avoiding dumb extremes might be why MIT has a good reputation in stem. It's practical built on solid (often abstract) fundamentals