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Re:Billionaire goes rogue, admits policy not schools destroy... by shados on Thursday June 13, 2019 @03:14PM (#20177772)
The amount of time you hear "I dont use anything I learnt in college, its all about experience on the job!" definitely screams "we need to encourage apprenticeship-type learning over college".
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Re:Billionaire goes rogue, admits policy not schools destroy... by yumraj on Thursday June 13, 2019 @03:21PM (#20177817)
Yes, exactly, that's what I had kinda meant that a lot of jobs require more apprenticeship type training, than a formal college.

Apprenticeships might also lead to career mobility. Try a job/training, if you don't like it, try something else. In a 4-year college you end up making a commitment where sunk-cost fallacy kinda prevents you from just moving on to something else if things don't work out.

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Re:Billionaire goes rogue, admits policy not schools destroy... by shados on Thursday June 13, 2019 @03:29PM (#20177881)
Yup. College is often an apprenticeship too (just super expensive) anyway, with how common co-op programs are (which are basically just apprenticeships)
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