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To be fair, paying for an internship might have higher returns than paying for classes. Although that doesn't mean an internship abroad is worth a whole lot mor
by screwedup 12y ago
To be fair, paying for an internship might have higher returns than paying for classes. Although that doesn't mean an internship abroad is worth a whole lot more than an internship at home.
- innguest 12y agoThe world sure is changing when the most valuable resource on earth (labor from humans) has to pay to work, and when that is sold as a good idea and potentially better than credentialing.
- jjoonathan 12y agoI'm pretty sure the article was questioning the global optimality not the local optimality of the practice; it came across more as "hey, look at this stupid system" than "hey, look at this stupid guy." Which isn't to say that the article has done convincing global analysis, just that I find handwaving about the "local optima serve as good proxies" assumption to be even less convincing that my gut feelings about the issue.