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This part jumped out at me: Dozens of trade schools offered computer programming courses for the new immigrants in anything from AS/400 to Fortran to Visual Bas
by MrZongle2 13y ago
This part jumped out at me: Dozens of trade schools offered computer programming courses for the new immigrants in anything from AS/400 to Fortran to Visual Basic, all paid for by government agencies.
As a native-born American citizen who -- like many -- wasn't born into a rich family and worked my butt off to pay for school, I couldn't help but read that and go, "gee, that would have been nice."
- artsrc 13y agoUniversities can put their whole course online for free and still charge $30K per year because you are paying for credentials or something. Community colleges are quite cheap. $46 per course in San Francisco. Lots of programming courses. http://www.ccsf.edu/NEW/en/educational-programs/ccsf-catalog/courses-by-department/cs-courses.html http://www.ccsf.edu/NEW/en/educational-programs/ccsf-catalog... These people were not getting an MBA from Stanford.
- jhaglund 13y agoCalifornia has cheap community colleges. It's $99 per credit (a class is 3 or more credits) where I grew up, plus books. http://www.ccac.edu/default.aspx?id=137210 http://www.ccac.edu/default.aspx?id=137210 $400 for a life skill might sound like a great deal, but it can be hard to afford.
- knowitall 13y agoThen again, why not pick up a book for 20$ and get cracking?
- 72deluxe 13y agoThat's what I did! Books, books and more books. Fantastic.
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