If you mean school, the first 10 years of grade school are basically glorified daycare. The remaining 2 (hopefully) teach you how to think and prepare you for college. That's why in countries which actually do care about their high-IQ kids (US is not one of them) they remove kids who aren't pulling their weight and send them to vocational schools.
College (at least for me) was darn near useless - 95% of the skills I use daily were self-taught. I could just take calculus, linear algebra, and differential equations and call it a day. Most people don't even need that much.
I _really_ wish college wasn't a requirement in our field. There is no doubt in my mind whatsoever that for a sufficiently motivated, moderately smart person looking to learn how to code, college is a horrible waste of time and money, unless they're looking to learn something highly specialized, and/or are looking for an advanced degree. They'd be much better off pair programming with someone experienced, as an apprentice, and they'd be making money and acquiring real experience while learning. The same is true for quite a few other professions as well.
College (at least for me) was darn near useless - 95% of the skills I use daily were self-taught. I could just take calculus, linear algebra, and differential equations and call it a day. Most people don't even need that much.
I _really_ wish college wasn't a requirement in our field. There is no doubt in my mind whatsoever that for a sufficiently motivated, moderately smart person looking to learn how to code, college is a horrible waste of time and money, unless they're looking to learn something highly specialized, and/or are looking for an advanced degree. They'd be much better off pair programming with someone experienced, as an apprentice, and they'd be making money and acquiring real experience while learning. The same is true for quite a few other professions as well.