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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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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What is more instructive is the beating Grady is getting for being abrasive to Google resp. the original tweet. Goes to show how divisive the question of public education and its practical relevance is. I guess I need to blog about it ;-)
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Replying to @dirkriehle @KingOfCoders
That is definitely not what he got a beating for, though. He was accused of gatekeeping, which is at least somewhat understandable given the way he phrased his tweet

Aug 5, 2020 · 7:24 AM UTC
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