Hey, screw modern education. Particularly if you went to a "gifted school". I was stupid for going to college for a year. At least I dropped out and saved myself a lifetime of debt.
Think of the time you waste with that garbage versus how much you can "grok over a weekend" and the math is definitely in favor of the latter.
The major flaw in the educational system in the US is that it's run for profit and it wrongly informs people they need to stay in it, rather than gaining real world experience. Coding, in particular, but also design and web are trades. Like bartending, plumbing, or fixing cars. They're really only learned on the job, and every school that promises to place you in them is a racket. (I also wasted $500 on two weeks of "bartending school" when I was 21, just to see a roster of horrifically shitty bars that were supposedly hiring. All lessons in who's scamming you should be that cheap. What does higher ed cost these days?)
Yes those people who went to school for dentistry or medicine or law or engineering are all idiots who just should have spend a weekend reading a Wikipedia page.
Dentists and doctors in general is complicated because it's impossible to train "on your own", but law school...come on, you just need a good brain, patience and reading a lot.
You have some valid points like college won’t necessarily teach you what your job needs you to do. There have been some partnerships with companies where they have asked colleges to step in a build out degreed training programs.
People with degrees regardless of degree do tend to make more money in the long run.
>> People with degrees regardless of degree do tend to make more money in the long run.
In aggregate. But that's wildly skewed by people who end up with higher degrees. If you look at bachelors, for every 2 people with a degree who make $20/hr bartending or selling used cars, there may be one person with no degree earning $150/hr coding or plumbing or fixing machines.
Think of the time you waste with that garbage versus how much you can "grok over a weekend" and the math is definitely in favor of the latter.
The major flaw in the educational system in the US is that it's run for profit and it wrongly informs people they need to stay in it, rather than gaining real world experience. Coding, in particular, but also design and web are trades. Like bartending, plumbing, or fixing cars. They're really only learned on the job, and every school that promises to place you in them is a racket. (I also wasted $500 on two weeks of "bartending school" when I was 21, just to see a roster of horrifically shitty bars that were supposedly hiring. All lessons in who's scamming you should be that cheap. What does higher ed cost these days?)