Ask HN: Is university still credible?
I'm sorry for asking the question so blunt. I'm not in uni anymore, I did my time from 2010 to 2019 (Europe/cheap, multiple degrees). But recently in a private chat someone said "these days all universities (at least in Australia) are a total scam and employers are starting to feel the same --- the advent of gen ai has seen a lot of companies here very skeptical of any student who didn't graduate before 2020 due to cheating and the like." So I'm now asking around. One friend responded with: "A friend of a friend is doing a computer science bachelor's in Hungary. Same place I did mine. But the easier version. And he doesn't know anything, everybody just cheats on everything." Of course, this is anecdata. But I've never heard him be so strongly opinionated about university. So I'm simply asking the question to see if there's nuance to this discussion or whether this is becoming the new normal rapidly. Or perhaps I'm just in a bubble. I'm open to your experiences about this and what you all know. 4 comments on Hacker News.
I'm sorry for asking the question so blunt. I'm not in uni anymore, I did my time from 2010 to 2019 (Europe/cheap, multiple degrees). But recently in a private chat someone said "these days all universities (at least in Australia) are a total scam and employers are starting to feel the same --- the advent of gen ai has seen a lot of companies here very skeptical of any student who didn't graduate before 2020 due to cheating and the like." So I'm now asking around. One friend responded with: "A friend of a friend is doing a computer science bachelor's in Hungary. Same place I did mine. But the easier version. And he doesn't know anything, everybody just cheats on everything." Of course, this is anecdata. But I've never heard him be so strongly opinionated about university. So I'm simply asking the question to see if there's nuance to this discussion or whether this is becoming the new normal rapidly. Or perhaps I'm just in a bubble. I'm open to your experiences about this and what you all know.
I'm sorry for asking the question so blunt. I'm not in uni anymore, I did my time from 2010 to 2019 (Europe/cheap, multiple degrees). But recently in a private chat someone said "these days all universities (at least in Australia) are a total scam and employers are starting to feel the same --- the advent of gen ai has seen a lot of companies here very skeptical of any student who didn't graduate before 2020 due to cheating and the like." So I'm now asking around. One friend responded with: "A friend of a friend is doing a computer science bachelor's in Hungary. Same place I did mine. But the easier version. And he doesn't know anything, everybody just cheats on everything." Of course, this is anecdata. But I've never heard him be so strongly opinionated about university. So I'm simply asking the question to see if there's nuance to this discussion or whether this is becoming the new normal rapidly. Or perhaps I'm just in a bubble. I'm open to your experiences about this and what you all know. 4 comments on Hacker News.
I'm sorry for asking the question so blunt. I'm not in uni anymore, I did my time from 2010 to 2019 (Europe/cheap, multiple degrees). But recently in a private chat someone said "these days all universities (at least in Australia) are a total scam and employers are starting to feel the same --- the advent of gen ai has seen a lot of companies here very skeptical of any student who didn't graduate before 2020 due to cheating and the like." So I'm now asking around. One friend responded with: "A friend of a friend is doing a computer science bachelor's in Hungary. Same place I did mine. But the easier version. And he doesn't know anything, everybody just cheats on everything." Of course, this is anecdata. But I've never heard him be so strongly opinionated about university. So I'm simply asking the question to see if there's nuance to this discussion or whether this is becoming the new normal rapidly. Or perhaps I'm just in a bubble. I'm open to your experiences about this and what you all know.
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