Students, how do you feel about higher education?
Like many immigrant families, I was encouraged to take the "safe" path: go to school, go into STEM, and get a high salaried job.
As I enter the workforce concurrently as a full-time student, I've realized that my education has nearly no practical use despite taking practical skills classes.
In my limited experience thus far, my roles have leveraged more skills I learned outside of school on my own time. Moreover, I found learning skills outside of my targeted industry became highly valued from web development to digital learning to productivity.
I firmly believe the next generation of education will be different. From the startup world, Garry Tan tells us that startups have to be better, cheaper, and faster.
We can take the same approach to higher education. And it's already happening right in front of us:
-HubSpot has their #hubspotacademy
-Google has #googledigitalgarage
-LinkedIn has #linkedinlearning
-Others like Skillshare, Udemy, and Coursera leverages creators and professionals
And this is just the beginning! Education is better, cheaper, and faster already. Let's embrace it.
What do you think?