I was wondering why I find this less than appealing. I think it’s because it seems to me basically Google is giving a giant fuck you to “classical” education, assuming it can do in 6 months what everyone else needs 4 years to do. I remain unconvinced Google can do magic.
Zeeshan Usmani
 @zeeshanusmani
3 Aug 2020
Google is launching Career Certificates. It will cost $300 only, you can complete in 6 months and Google will consider it equivalent to 4 years Bachelors degree when you will apply for a job at Google - Data Analyst, Project Manager, UX Designer etc - grow.google/certificates/

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To clarify: I’m not suggesting every job in IT, or even most of them, require a university degree. What I’m saying is that you can’t compress 4 years to 0.5, even if you’re Google.
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And if this is true, the whole discussion is pointless and I’ve fallen victim to sensationalist bullshit:
@dirkriehle@hachyderm.io @dirkriehle
5 Aug 2020
Replying to @InkmiHq @KingOfCoders @stilkov
I read the posts trying to find the claim "equivalent to a Bachelor's degree" and couldn't. I asked the tweet author; no answer. This is a sensationalist tweet FWIW
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It’s not, according to this:
Kent Walker @Kent_Walker
13 Jul 2020
Replying to @Kent_Walker
In our own hiring, we will now treat these new career certificates as the equivalent of a four-year degree for related roles.
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Replying to @stilkov
The only provable statement in that tweet is: "It will cost $300"
Replying to @stilkov @OleMchls
It’s one of the many attempts to fix a system (“education”) for a selected few, vs many/everyone. Arguably the latter is harder. But heyyyy... from the ivory tower of computering we know how to fix everything. 😂
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Call me paranoid but I consider any alternative schooling ideas coming from SV to be a thinly veiled attempt to break up traditional education and sell the valuable parts for money.
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AFAIK they are quite sensitive concerning the education their candidates have. But they also value their Interview process very high. I‘ve invested ca. 3 months preparing for the on-site interviews. I did not get the offer, but their recruiters keep calling 1x year.
Replying to @stilkov
There's a good point raised here: the certificate is not generally valid, only Google guarantees to take it into account. Given that Google has cred, though, others might accept it as well. So it may be more valuable than a random online course.
Mar Hicks @histoftech
4 Aug 2020
Replying to @histoftech @nicolefv @Grady_Booch
From my perspective as a labor historian, this is a Bad Idea. From my perspective as an educator, this is also a Bad Idea. Not because ppl shouldn’t get job training, but when that training tries to link you to one specific employer instead of allowing you breadth, well...
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When I compare the university education I had (very general) to that experienced by my children (quite specific) I can understand people who know the latter wanting tighter value for time and money. But I fear the end result will be limited capacity for critical/ethical thinking.
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Same with german armed force. They put three Semester of education in a year. Maybe it is more a problem of organization and mind than of actually difficulty