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I have a theory that almost anyone could learn to do 95% of jobs pretty competently within 2-3 weeks.

I think most people that have done a degree then entered the job market for the same sector would agree they didn't really need all that education. Degrees and most qualifications really are just barriers for entry (possibly to show you can follow orders well?). What do you all think? sure it takes experience to be able to know 100% of a job and never run into issues but the vast majority of the daily grunt work of a job can be learned pretty well within a couple weeks with a good mentor right? Seems like in most jobs basic skills like communication, people skills, efficiency, applying logic and trial and error are waaay more important than any specific stuff you learn at university and years of experience don't guarantee much. Yet companies most often wont even consider people without whatever standard of qualification and experience they have deemed is…


I think most people that have done a degree then entered the job market for the same sector would agree they didn't really need all that education. Degrees and most qualifications really are just barriers for entry (possibly to show you can follow orders well?).

What do you all think? sure it takes experience to be able to know 100% of a job and never run into issues but the vast majority of the daily grunt work of a job can be learned pretty well within a couple weeks with a good mentor right?

Seems like in most jobs basic skills like communication, people skills, efficiency, applying logic and trial and error are waaay more important than any specific stuff you learn at university and years of experience don't guarantee much.

Yet companies most often wont even consider people without whatever standard of qualification and experience they have deemed is necessary. And even then make people jump through tons of hoops like tests and multiple interview rounds when you know they will just hire the shoe in friend of the CEO's son.

Obviously some jobs require skills and knowledge that take a long time to learn and get good at. But most jobs are just grunt work.

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