Training for the Cannabis Industry

Posted by ruchir_21hj on Saturday January 11, 2014 @01:36PM
from the oaksterdamuniversity.com dept.

http://www.oaksterdamuniversity.com/

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Re:Training for the Cannabis Industry by sciguy77 on Saturday January 11, 2014 @02:17PM (#7043413)

This is interesting as an indicator of the new legal pot industry to come. Lots of new job titles may very well merit lots of new degrees, at least for the kind of person that would consider majoring in pot (heretofore only an unofficial major).

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Re:Training for the Cannabis Industry by yid on Saturday January 11, 2014 @02:42PM (#7043501)

Oaksterdam isn't new -- it's been around longer than the current wave of legalization. Welcome to California.

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Re:Training for the Cannabis Industry by jds375 on Saturday January 11, 2014 @02:09PM (#7043388)

I think it's actually kinda cool to see this. I'm not sure how fond I am of the whole Cannabis College thing, but it's good to see how legalization efforts have spurred industry and created opportunities.

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Re:Training for the Cannabis Industry by na85 on Saturday January 11, 2014 @02:01PM (#7043367)

The questionable benefits of a cannabis degree aside, that is one of the most hideous websites I've ever come across.

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Re:Training for the Cannabis Industry by vezzy-fnord on Saturday January 11, 2014 @02:41PM (#7043492)

Not that much worse than most other websites devoted to educational institutions, quite frankly.

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Re:Training for the Cannabis Industry by na85 on Saturday January 11, 2014 @03:07PM (#7043561)

I'm in the process of applying to graduate programs right now actually, and I find most universities (at least in Canada) have websites that are visually pleasing but are abysmal from a UX perspective.

This one looks ugly, too, which in my experience is rare for post-secondary education.

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Re:Training for the Cannabis Industry by alexhancock on Saturday January 11, 2014 @02:11PM (#7043392)

Why is this on hacker news?

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Re:Training for the Cannabis Industry by TillE on Saturday January 11, 2014 @03:16PM (#7043595)

This is a potentially huge new industry, and I believe Washington's law makes them particularly friendly to small entrepreneurs as long as you can get a license.

Only reason I'm not starting a business is because I don't really trust the federal government to keep their hands out of it.

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Re:Training for the Cannabis Industry by if_by_whisky on Saturday January 11, 2014 @08:48PM (#7044765)

Well, presumably ruchir thought it was an interesting article and our HN peers agreed enough to upvote it. Are you asking how link aggregators work, or why the evolving pot industry warrants discussion on a forum dedicated to startups and tech?

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Re:Training for the Cannabis Industry by notastartup on Saturday January 11, 2014 @03:01PM (#7043542)

Putting the many medicinal benefit of marijuana aside, it's great to see the rise of an institution aimed at possibly a legal marijuana market within the next decade, regulated and taxed by the government and the many many jobs it will create in the industry.

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Re:Training for the Cannabis Industry by friscofoodie on Saturday January 11, 2014 @02:24PM (#7043438)

This place is up the street from me. Got raided last year by the Federal Gov.

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Re:Training for the Cannabis Industry by afterburner on Saturday January 11, 2014 @02:30PM (#7043460)

Sounds like a quick way to cash in.

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Re:Training for the Cannabis Industry by wasd on Saturday January 11, 2014 @03:59PM (#7043730)

It was founded in 2007 [1].

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oaksterdam_University

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