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In my experience I see a large part of the college degree is showing you can reliably show up and be in a state to use your brain. The knowledge you get is mostly not in classes but in the labs, most people don’t regularly do tests in work, the build things design things analyze things etc. Yes you learn some stuff in class but when you try to do it, fail, struggle, then figure out what’s wrong, correct it, and it works… That you will remember. It’s like watching a YouTube tutorial vs actually doing a task.

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captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Four years, tens of thousands of dollars, and charades about studying math, literature and history, to get a certified as “able to show up to work sober.”

If that’s your idea of education, you’re part of the problem.

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- vrek@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  No, that’s not education. My point is from a job perspective that’s what’s most important. Most jobs won’t require anything you learn in calculus III or classical literature.
  
  Let’s say you are getting a EE degree. In a lab while learning about ac circuits, learn to play with an oscilloscope and learn how to really use it. That’s most of the value. That’s something you will likely use in your job.
  
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  - okwhateverdude@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Wild counter point: education shouldn’t be purely vocation driven.
    
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    zarathustrad@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Sounds like a luxury for the rich. The poors need a job and not a mountain of debit for “balanced education” and social connection.
    
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