Thank you for the interesting perspective. I think I understand the underlying root of your frustration. It is misaligned expectations I find it quite telling that, at one point, you describe yourself as 'an "engineer" type of talent, not particularly skilled in "scientist" type,' and, implicitly, you believe that this is a perspective not catered to by university education. I find this interesting because, to me, the point of an education in an academic subject, such as computer science, mathematics or philosophy is to teach you think and not necessarily to do. There is two parts to this: universities should develop both your knowledge and depth of understanding in a subject, but... (read more)
Thank you for the interesting perspective. I think I understand the underlying root of your frustration. It is misaligned expectations I find it quite telling that, at one point, you describe yourself as 'an "engineer" type of talent, not particularly skilled in "scientist" type,' and, implicitly, you believe that this is a perspective not catered to by university education. I find this interesting because, to me, the point of an education in an academic subject, such as computer science, mathematics or philosophy is to teach you think and not necessarily to do. There is two parts to this: universities should develop both your knowledge and depth of understanding in a subject, but... (read more)