dagw, true. That's exactly the path I had taken - but I had enough experience as a pure hobby to begin with to know exactly what I was choosing.
For example - I ended up in a deep learning department just a few months before it became a thing in the media. I knew it was beneficial for me due to a huge amount of statistics involved, even if I would later not get a job doing this. But if I did not know it - I would probably have taken another subject as it appeared too theoretical and didn't seem to be in any way truly relevant today (and there were alternatives as theoretical and as good).
How many students had any idea which subjects to pick for a study in such a pragmatic way? I was not aware how lucky I was at the time, but later on I realised that I actually were.
It's great to say something along the lines of "just study for 5 years and it's probably going to be good for you, since education is generally good". But then you start meeting people with Ph.Ds from mediocre universities who had spent a good chunk of their lives on something that landed them a mediocre job and that's where I believe the problem with modern system lays.
Smart dedicated people will probably find they way anyway. What about somebody who isn't an architect but who could become a great builder solely because he's not so interested in the industry on a higher level, but is capable given the circumstances?
For example - I ended up in a deep learning department just a few months before it became a thing in the media. I knew it was beneficial for me due to a huge amount of statistics involved, even if I would later not get a job doing this. But if I did not know it - I would probably have taken another subject as it appeared too theoretical and didn't seem to be in any way truly relevant today (and there were alternatives as theoretical and as good).
How many students had any idea which subjects to pick for a study in such a pragmatic way? I was not aware how lucky I was at the time, but later on I realised that I actually were.
It's great to say something along the lines of "just study for 5 years and it's probably going to be good for you, since education is generally good". But then you start meeting people with Ph.Ds from mediocre universities who had spent a good chunk of their lives on something that landed them a mediocre job and that's where I believe the problem with modern system lays.
Smart dedicated people will probably find they way anyway. What about somebody who isn't an architect but who could become a great builder solely because he's not so interested in the industry on a higher level, but is capable given the circumstances?