[marta_morena_25]

This sounds fascinating. Why didn't we have Google much earlier to teach us all how to replace a 3-4 year degree with 6 months of online course work.

Oh and they accept it for their own hiring. That's really good, except that Google, like many other big companies never gave a damn about education anyways. And that's a good thing, to be sure. But they still care about technical skill. So unless they are aiming the shotgun at their feet and teach people how to game their own interview process (which at least in case of Google is doubtful, since their process was quite elaborate a few years back), I just hope they offer these courses for free, because you ain't gonna get hired at Google with this. Seems more like a marketing stunt.

[dougabug]

Tens of millions of people lack the financial means to afford four years of college. Unfortunately, a college degree (or at least a certain amount of university experience) is the de facto gateway to professional jobs in today’s world. A means to help people bootstrap themselves into an entry level position in a real career has to be seen as a positive.

[refulgentis]

What? Google doesn't give a damn about education but they actually care so much they're lying about their commitment to hiring people from the degree curriculum it designed?