Re:I quit the tech industry (2015)
by sokoloff on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @11:04AM
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Most of society's direct expenses in their education is in the K-12 phase, not in the undergrad or graduate schooling. A baker, landscaper, and a computer programmer all had very similar levels of direct educational investment. I don’t think the computer programmer has any different obligation back to society than any of the others.
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> Most of society's direct expenses in their education is in the K-12 phase
True that K-12 costs more, but public assistance in higher education is substantial [1]. From grants, subsidized loans to directed money into public universities, it's a sizable investment at the state and federal level. It'd be more efficient to take that money and invest it directly in vocational schools if we knew people would utilize it and then swap careers due to burn out.
1 - https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/issue-bri...
Edit: Updated reference to 2019 version.