Yea, I don't really understand why tech companies don't just do this with the hundreds of qualified candidates who have 4 year degrees and actual work experience that they say no to.

My guess is that it's another way to hire people who don't know what they're worth and underpay them for a few years until the employees figure it out. Kind of like what the industry already does with new grads.

I briefly glanced at LinkedIn's apprenticeship program (linked in the article). It's 6 months. There's probably some sort of legal/HR benefit where if the apprentice doesn't work out, LinkedIn can cut ties.

Is that a negative? Seems like if you're the candidate and you don't work out after 6 months, you wouldn't have to claim you were fired. You can just say you completed the apprenticeship and decided to move on.

I might be wrong, but it sounds like the difference is they can pay them intern salaries and call it "training."