But I'm doing a master's program online, and I just finished a Zoom meeting with one of my instructors. I say "instructor," because I believe the word "professor" is reserved for people with Ph.Ds. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong. But the best college instructors I've had have been people who, instead of spending an extra 8 or 10 years in school to get some useless letters after their name, went out and got actual jobs in the industry and went into teaching 20 or 30 years later. For the most part, I think, college just prepares you for more college, instead of preparing you to get a job.
Not oil-related...
But I'm doing a master's program online, and I just finished a Zoom meeting with one of my instructors. I say "instructor," because I believe the word "professor" is reserved for people with Ph.Ds. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong. But the best college instructors I've had have been people who, instead of spending an extra 8 or 10 years in school to get some useless letters after their name, went out and got actual jobs in the industry and went into teaching 20 or 30 years later. For the most part, I think, college just prepares you for more college, instead of preparing you to get a job.
Yep. I'm about to finish my civil engineering bachelors degree and I know jack shit about the real world. My internship taught me more.
Ain't that the truth, fellow EE pede here. Half our cohort couldn't point out a capacitor on a board.