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I may be the least qualified person to be giving you advice here, but one thing that jumps out to me is that your first could was on discrete math. If your loca
by TallGuyShort 17y ago
I may be the least qualified person to be giving you advice here, but one thing that jumps out to me is that your first could was on discrete math. If your local business wanted to hire software engineers and you're a very small country, perhaps you should begin by focusing on something more practical and general. Doing so would bring a more immediate benefit to your investors. Then once you had some basic courses in place you could begin offering higher-quality education, and more theoretical classes.
- jonsen 17y agoI get your points, thanks, but one thing we never wanted to comprise was quality. An education is often once in a lifetime, so I think one deserves the best possible.
- TallGuyShort 17y agoSorry, quality was the wrong word. I don't mean to say you should the quality of your teaching, I mean you should focus on a more practical subject rather than something that you may see as a subject taught at "the best schools". Let me use food as an analogy. I see discrete mathematics as a spice. Yes, it's essential for a complete gourmet meal. But why offer a spice before the main staple? Sure it's a high-quality spice, but you're trying to sell it to people who don't have bread. Honestly, if I need software engineers in a small country, and you asked me to invest in your school, I'd withdraw all funding the second I found out your first and only (at the time) class was on discrete mathematics. To me that seems completely irrelevant to what your investors need.
- jonsen 17y agoPerhaps you nailed a major problem: Education should not give employers what they want. Education should give the graduate the best possible odds for a fulfilling professional lifetime.