[verelo]

I'd love to hear Matt's views on TAFE, i think accreditation has a very important place in our society (mainly because i got very sick of uneducated morons charging people for fixing computers, writing bad code...etc)

Anyway, the fact that Matt is complaining about fees and then is happy to be associated with the Singularity University that chargs $25k for a course (http://apply2013.singularityu.org/res/p/faq/) makes me wonder if hes just mad that they cant compete with courses provided by organizations such as TAFE.

In general, this all makes me mad. Matt just seems very outspoken and is giving Australia a bad rep in general.

[beamso]

I believe Matt is strongly pro accreditation.

http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/business-it/fierce-debate-is...

[Schwolop]

More so he's pro-theoretical grounding in a subject, because with the right background it's easy to get up to speed in the practicalities.

It's a bit unpleasant reading these articles (Barrie's and the original by Harper) now, as I currently work for Bigcommerce, and turned down an offer from Freelancer. Ironically, Freelancer offerred me about 40% less salary because at the time I had a theoretical background and almost zero practical experience.

[beamso]

If you like, turn on 'showdead' in your HN preferences. Matt appears to have responded to your original post directly from a hellbanned account (teflonhook).

[throwxxx]

Reviewing the account's comment history, funny to see "teflonhook" has been chattering away for a year without noticing the hellban.

[chris_wot]

Matt, setup a new account.

[guard-of-terra]

Accreditation is a tool of retaining economical privileges of certain class, not an instrument for weeding off morons.

Morons still get in. There's no accreditation in the whole world that says "This guy or girl is not a moron."