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I'd still argue that the time to make a focused curriculum to close those gaps (even if it's just a pamphlet of topics to research) is much less time and money
by johnnyanmac 1y ago
I'd still argue that the time to make a focused curriculum to close those gaps (even if it's just a pamphlet of topics to research) is much less time and money than the prospect of paying for more schooling. I'll definitely take the latter if the company is paying for it, but it just seems to be another one of those micro-inefficiencies in US Labor.
- WalterBright 1y ago> less time and money Caltech has a large course catalog. I could only take a certain number at a time. Other than what was required for the degree, I carefully selected courses I anticipated would have the largest payoff in my desired career. The usual course was 3-0-6, meaning 3 hours of lecture a week, 0 hours lab, 6 hours study. I don't regard any of it as wasted time and money. Except the economics class. Here's my class load for one semester in my junior year: AMA95 Intro Methods Applied Math 12 AM97 Analy Mech Deform Bodies 9 ME5 Design 9 ME19 Fluid Mech & Gas Dynamics 9 CS114 Micro Process Systems 9 BEM106 Business Econ Sem 9 That comes to an estimated 57 hours/week of work. For me, those estimates were pretty accurate. If you want to point out the waste of time and money, have at it!
- dgacmu 1y agoWhat you're describing can definitely be done, but it would be really expensive. I charge around $1k/hour for executive education with a custom curriculum, and even that is usually amortized over a small room full of people. My guess is that according having to design a custom curriculum saves an awful lot of money.