[jokethrowaway]

I agree completely and I think we should move to a project based way of learning.

Stupid example: You build a rocket, fly it, write how you did it. That demonstrates a certain understanding of physics as

If I want to require an understanding of basic physics I can require people to have done a project which satisfy that requirement.

I've been doing something similar for hiring junior engineers and how well they perform creating a project is the single most important factor to forecast their work performance. No leetcode required.

[grendelt]

Assessing that is tough and often doesn't scale well though.