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It was discussed as a method for accelerating skill mastery, particularly in areas like computer science and languages, and was highlighted as a response to the increasing cost and irrelevance of traditional education.
The book is called ultra learning we'll link to that in the show notes of course
— Episode: 241: Scott Young | Ultralearning Your Wa...
Episode: 241: Scott Young | Ultralearning Your Way To Skill...
It was discussed as a method for accelerating skill mastery, particularly in areas like computer science and languages, and was highlighted as a response to the increasing cost and irrelevance of traditional education.
The book is called ultra learning we'll link to that in the show notes of course
one of the main reasons that I wrote this book ultra learning was because I recognize that what is going on right now is that school is it's great you can get degrees like we were talking about earlier it can rubber stamp you from some professions but the costs are accelerating dramatically it's getting increasingly unaffordable
the difference between the people who have world class skills that are top performers and the people who are mediocre or are not able to do complex things is widening
what our assumptions are what our culture has baked in about what you need to do to succeed in life is based on this outdated notion that you just you know you work hard you get a job you get your seniority you get your paycheck and you will have a comfortable middle class life and that's what's disappearing
either you learn skills constantly you go into these sort of high skilled professions where you always have to be upgrading you always have to be adapting to change and learning new things or you fall out into this lower skilled end which is things like you know customer service representatives janitors clerks people who require social skills and they have to interact with people so it's not going to be automated and replaced by a machine but at the same time it's also not going to be a career that necessarily pays very well or gives you that much financial security for your future
Episode: 241: Scott Young | Ultralearning Your Way To Skill...
It was discussed as a method of learning skills outside of traditional education, with examples of learning a computer science degree and several languages through focused effort.
I'm definitely not arguing that school is bad and that no one should ever go to school and that you should do this instead.
I think the problem is is a lot of people go into school unthinkingly so they're struggling in their career they this is kind of nebulous problem that they don't really know how to advance they don't know how to get promoted they don't know how to get the job they want so they say to themselves you know what I'm going to go back and do my masters or I'm going to go get an MBA and then a hundred thousand dollars later they find out that well actually doesn't get them that many better opportunities than they had before and they're kind of puzzled by that.
I think it's all about analyzing what actually drives progress in your career and sometimes that's going to be having that certificate.
I think there's sometimes a conflation between well you need to have a degree versus you need to be able to do the things that employers want to hire you for and sometimes a degree is the way to do that but I think this example illustrates it's not the only way of doing it.
I think a lot of people who are feeling maybe stuck in their career they go oh I need to go back and get my MBA or I need to go back and get another degree that's going to allow people to take me seriously. You take three, four years and your life is miserable during that time you get tens of thousands if not six figures in debt and then you're kind of no better off than you were before in many cases.
Episode: 241: Scott Young | Ultralearning Your Way To Skill...
It was discussed as a method for accelerating one's career through skill acquisition outside of traditional education, particularly highlighting the author's MIT computer science curriculum challenge.
I'm definitely not arguing that school is bad and that no one should ever go to school and that you should do this instead but I think the problem is is a lot of people go into school unthinkingly.
I think it's all about analyzing what actually drives progress in your career and sometimes that's going to be having that certificate.
I think there's sometimes a conflation between well you need to have a degree versus you need to be able to do the things that employers want to hire you for and sometimes a degree is the way to do that but I think this example illustrates it's not the only way of doing it.
I recognize that what is going on right now is that school is it's great you can get degrees like we were talking about earlier it can rubber stamp you from some professions but the costs are accelerating dramatically it's getting increasingly unaffordable.
and at the same time the difference between the people who have world class skills that are top performers and the people who are mediocre or are not able to do complex things is widening.