Re:UK: Students could be prevented from taking university co...
by ls15 on Saturday October 23, 2021 @10:39PM
(#28974471)
If mathematicians and other scientists throughout history had only worked on problems that have an industry use at their time, there would be no industry today.
Re:UK: Students could be prevented from taking university co...
by Vanit on Saturday October 23, 2021 @10:45PM
(#28974494)
Good thing I was very clearly only addressing degrees with target industries then, and I did mention post-grad academics.
Re:UK: Students could be prevented from taking university co...
by aurizon on Saturday October 23, 2021 @10:49PM
(#28974513)
Ah yes, that rara avis, a PhD in Coed Cooking....
You are quite correct, a degree should have an open ended ceiling. Technical competency diplomas exist among many parallel similar diplomas and quantify people to certain tasks
Many industries don't actually require a degree, just that you can "do the thing", and you're much better off doing a shorter course at some private outfit (provided it's actually good), or just skilling up online.
A big example that comes to mind is game dev, which is a borderline scam at uni. You're much better off doing comp sci or software eng, and then building a port folio in your own time then taking any course with "game" in the title.
An even bigger example is game design, which should be considered a senior role and not really a position where a path exists directly from any course.