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"waves of technological innovation" have gotten faster over time, "students might now find themselves learning skills in college that are obsolete by the time they graduate" (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 1 year ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In theory, you go to college to learn how to think about really hard ideas and master really hard concepts, to argue for them honestly, to learn how to critically evaluate ideas.

Trade schools and apprenticeships are where you want to go if you want to be taught a corpus of immediately useful skills.

[–] cybersandwich@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It's the difference between sex education and sex training.