Universities can’t fulfil the myth, but can’t become vocational schools either

Re:Universities can’t fulfil the myth, but can’t become voca... by jonmrodriguez on Saturday May 31, 2014 @09:16PM (#7827780)

In regards to your second paragraph, I think you would love starting a hardware startup. :) That's what I did. Although I did study CS in school, in terms of electrical engineering I'm almost entirely self-taught, learning by "implementing and intuitive understanding" as you put it. It works really well actually, my team and I have been able to pull off some pretty incredible feats of engineering, working this way.

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Re:Universities can’t fulfil the myth, but can’t become voca... by hershel on Sunday June 01, 2014 @02:53AM (#7828392)

I can imagine such "practical engineering" online degree being formed, which will give one the ability to create systems that combine multiple domains of knowledge.

Having people with such capabilities is highly useful in many startups, especially at the early stages, and startup access is percieved as a chance to wealth, so it seems such a degree would have significant marketing value and differentiation, maybe to a degree that would surpass it being online.

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