Yesterday while walking back from my Econ class a Fraternity brother and I were talking about how often Tech Alums really don't use there degree. He is a CS student and he made the comment that basically the CS degree has some theoretical parts that would be helpful if you decided to study for PhD or Masters Degrees and that the practice experience is just to prove to employers some experience. As we kept walking I just threw out the idea that we could get rid of the requirement to get a CS degree to get a CS job. We simply need to figure out some metric to determine which candidate right for the job.
Currently I am enrolled in two Psychology courses at Tech, Abnormal and Personality Theory. These courses are really interesting even though the Georgia Tech Psychology department is highly theoretical. My Professor for Personality Theory worked in industry designing recruiting tests that could identify employees who should be directed toward high level management positions when they were still young so they could be trained for many years to eventually step into CEO roles. I desire to take some of the principles he employed to identify high achieving leaders and apply them to helping students acquire jobs faster and waste less time and money in college and universities.
This idea is also being fueled by the overwhelming financial burden the higher education has caused upon my peers. Four maybe Five years of your developmental adolescence being spent at university has been seen as a worthy investment for some number of years but as the brick and mortal institutions slowly fad into the rear view mirror I see the horizon opening to a massive way of innovation. People will be driven by the amazing mass of wealth currently being consumed by the education industry and decide they want a piece of the pie. Hopefully the advances to come enable both the innovator and customer to have a mutual betterment. I see the students of the future being educated in a variety of new methods and manners. One side of the equation I might stick my neck into would be the analysis of potential talent before they enter this new realm of education.
The reason behind this post is that I desire to see the full potential of individuals utilized for the benefit of the community, country, and global family.
I hope to be ponderously writing some more in the next few week to keep these ideas flowing out of my mind rather than being retained and never fully developed.
In the Power of the Son there is Freedom,
Paul Shackelford
Currently I am enrolled in two Psychology courses at Tech, Abnormal and Personality Theory. These courses are really interesting even though the Georgia Tech Psychology department is highly theoretical. My Professor for Personality Theory worked in industry designing recruiting tests that could identify employees who should be directed toward high level management positions when they were still young so they could be trained for many years to eventually step into CEO roles. I desire to take some of the principles he employed to identify high achieving leaders and apply them to helping students acquire jobs faster and waste less time and money in college and universities.
This idea is also being fueled by the overwhelming financial burden the higher education has caused upon my peers. Four maybe Five years of your developmental adolescence being spent at university has been seen as a worthy investment for some number of years but as the brick and mortal institutions slowly fad into the rear view mirror I see the horizon opening to a massive way of innovation. People will be driven by the amazing mass of wealth currently being consumed by the education industry and decide they want a piece of the pie. Hopefully the advances to come enable both the innovator and customer to have a mutual betterment. I see the students of the future being educated in a variety of new methods and manners. One side of the equation I might stick my neck into would be the analysis of potential talent before they enter this new realm of education.
The reason behind this post is that I desire to see the full potential of individuals utilized for the benefit of the community, country, and global family.
I hope to be ponderously writing some more in the next few week to keep these ideas flowing out of my mind rather than being retained and never fully developed.
In the Power of the Son there is Freedom,
Paul Shackelford