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The typical student that wants to learn and gain skills self-teaches online. The reason why I am getting a degree in computer engineering is because I need it
by jjmarr 2y ago
The typical student that wants to learn and gain skills self-teaches online.
The reason why I am getting a degree in computer engineering is because I need it to get a job, because a degree is supposed to filter out people who don't understand how to write code at any level. I'm essentially paying for someone to grade my tests and assignments. Honestly, I think most of my courses are too easy and I'm not getting good value on the filtering side.
Most of the lecture materials I pay for are plagiarized from open courses. Sometimes I find the original course. Typically my professor refactors stuff to make it less clear or add false information.
If I was at a top-tier university, I might be getting knowledge I couldn't get elsewhere. But at my school the professors pretend to teach and the students pretend to learn.
- AstroBen 2y ago> I'm essentially paying for someone to grade my tests and assignments ever considered something like WGU if that's the case? Cheap, can be finished as fast as you want, and would likely get you past HR screening at the rate of a mid-tier uni
- eirikbakke 2y agoThe learning materials are all online, but realistically, very few students are going to work full-time 9 months per year for 4 years doing assignments by themselves, without weekly deadlines and friends to cheer them on. If you're going to put in all that time, you might as well get the degree. And as the article points out, the time itself is what dominates the total cost--not tuition.