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by runninganyways
2380 days ago
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A lot of people are talking about this but no one will do anything about it. It's fun to get outraged and all. But how do we actually change it? This is one reason I actually really like code camps. I got my bachelor's kicking and screaming because I knew most of the stuff I was learning was completely irrelevant. These code camps cut right through all the bullshit. In fact nowadays maybe you would question the intelligence of somebody who got a four-year degree to become a programmer? |
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2) Cancel existing student debt up to, say, $50K. (Eg, see Warren's plan)
3) Start treating trade schools as an equally worthy pathway as a college, and stop promoting the myth that college is the best way to succeed in life.
4) Organize actual trade schools for software development, with accreditation, full-time staff, etc. Again, with free tuition (and again, see Germany's V.E.T. programs - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_education_system ).
There are many pathways through life, and 'programming' is a wide topic. I can think of any number of programming careers where a four-year degree would be useful. Foremost are those who want to write software for specific field, where knowledge of that field is essential. I imagine it's much harder to write something like Mathematica without a pretty deep background in mathematics, and getting a mathematics degree is likely to help more than going to a code camp.
Replace "Mathematica" with "quantum chemistry" or "aerodynamics" or "astrophysics" any number of other topics.
Or, perhaps someone, you know, wants to be a programmer but is interested in other topics as well so wants a broader education instead of a deeper one.