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Re:Cook Shortage Threatens to Sink U.S. Coast Guard Operations by bpodgursky on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @12:02AM (#33431308)
Degrees != Training

4-year degrees are almost completely useless filler (think about it — that's 5000+ hours of potential training). Most "degree" requirements could be stripped down maybe 90% and contain the same or more job-specific content.

An intense 8-week course would prepare most people for most jobs better than a college diploma requirement.

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Re:Cook Shortage Threatens to Sink U.S. Coast Guard Operations by Ekaros on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @03:22AM (#33432293)
Software and other STEM likely benefit for their degrees. And some other specific fields.

But if you were to ask other office workers how much of their degrees they use... It would likely come up as huge waste of time and resources.

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