Yeah, I've seen it as well. Some people are good at design, programming, netsec, hell even engineering, and they don't need a fancy certificate.
Even myself—majority of work I did, even for massive corporations, all they cared about was my work.
Don't get me wrong, there are tricks you can learn with teaching. You can also learn pitfalls from those with experience and get access to machinery that may be cost-prohibitive. Self-teaching is seriously underrated. I wouldn't have survived this long if I hadn't taught myself most of what I know.
I am a firm advocate for eliminating affirmative action and bringing back apprenticeships and also figuring out in middle school and high school what each kid is good at and preparing them for real-world application of their talents.
Yeah, I've seen it as well. Some people are good at design, programming, netsec, hell even engineering, and they don't need a fancy certificate.
Even myself—majority of work I did, even for massive corporations, all they cared about was my work.
Don't get me wrong, there are tricks you can learn with teaching. You can also learn pitfalls from those with experience and get access to machinery that may be cost-prohibitive. Self-teaching is seriously underrated. I wouldn't have survived this long if I hadn't taught myself most of what I know.
I am a firm advocate for eliminating affirmative action and bringing back apprenticeships and also figuring out in middle school and high school what each kid is good at and preparing them for real-world application of their talents.
rant over :P