[senbrow]

IMO, it's a bit disingenuous in 2026 to argue that technical college degrees exist for the sake of pure education and that we're best suited to continue pretending as such.

The vast majority of students and employers treat them as vocational certificates in practice, and the profession would almost certainly benefit from adapting curricula to more closely match that reality.

Foundational concepts are still necessary, but I don't buy the argument that we should continue teaching like it's 1946.