Why Michael Reeves Is A Genius
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People don’t pay tuition for the education. The pay tuition for the accreditation.
False. Knowledge is what brings value to many professions. One could easily name countless careers that require knowledge that you can’t just look up online. Lawyer, Doctor, Engineer, all those professions require experience and knowledge traded through education and offered by the college systems. You can pretend that you could learn anything online, but you can only truly dip your toes in by researching online.
@@xandeymandey5574this guy is actually right, for example your dad could be a lawyer & you could learn everything you need to about law growing up but no firm will take you seriously without a degree, you pay for the paper not the knowledge
@@andrewoberg also law and med, etc. are different in the sense that you cannot legally practice without the degree, so it’s more than just not being taken seriously
That's true for some degrees, but for many it's also the fact that universities will make it easy for you to learn. You'll have structured classes, prograssion of concepts, a well defined set of what is useful in the field etc. Obviously You can learn all of that yourself, but uni is just way easier
Apply to any job, most of them have AI with algorithms and if they see you don’t have a degree you’ll just get thrown out right away. Won’t even reach the employer.
Degree is expensive
Knowledge is free
"The only thing no one can ever take from you is knowledge" -my third grade teacher
(I think there's more nuance to it, but for the most part its true
You're paying for the structure and accountability. A lot of people struggle to learn without that. You're basically holding yourself hostage to learn, using your own (or someone's) money.
@xX_H347H3R_Xx
Hence why people pay for the accountability instead of study on their own
but a degree proves you have the knowledge... at this point if u don't realize education should be free what are u thinking. u can indeed just walk into any college class and buy the books or find the learning material online. we've come to a point where what ur paying is literally the piece of paper so why not just make that free as well let thr youth know they have every opportunity
@molrat you could learn online and pro photoshop a degree
“Find the guy with the thickest east asian accent and that’s the best teacher”💀
Nah, the guys right. He IS the best teacher who explains it the best. Just have to get used to the accent and be able to understand him but still worth it
Ik it’s so true tho
Can someone tell me what's his name?
I love soft racism now!
@@nuradibah3707 search anything related to coding or CS every top video will be some indian guy
Fun fact: publicly run Universities in Switzerland will actually allow anyone to sit in most classes. You won't get the piece of paper that says you did, but they are institutions fundamentally meant to educate the public.
That is so fkn sick
Same in austria...
in germany you have to register as a visitor
The way it should have always been.
That's how it works in Italy too. You can just go and watch any class, but you can't take an exam if you're not enrolled
Other people: Sneak out of class
This guy: Sneaks into class
Going to college made me realize how easily it is just to walk in a class and take a whole lecture
literally lol
That's why college lectures are free and open in my country. Anyone can walk in and listen as long as they don't cause a disturbance.
Cool
I used to go to random lectures if I had nothing to do between classes. Or join a friends lecture, they aren't gonna check 200+ people
@@Brby1what country is it?
Yet u have people paying tuition but skip class
*parents paying tuition. No person paying their own tuition is skipping class lol
@@bbbeanYou either didn’t go to college or are from an older generation because that cannot be further from the truth lol
@mousepurple1713 I did go to college, paid my own tuition, and I'm 29. So.
@@bbbean trust me lots of people who pays tuition skips class
@@meetdavid2024 never seen it but I'll believe you. Although I do still typically think skippers tend to be those who don't fully appreciate or understand the value of money, i.e., people who are still funded mainly by their parents. But there are all kinds of stupid in this world, so I'm more than willing to believe that some people happily waste their own money/get themselves into debt for absolutely no reason.
“Find the guy with the thickest East Asian accent you can find”
Truer words have never been spoken.
where is east asia? your chinese must be good
@@KaireMlit's the eastern part of Asia moron
FR though, im a Comp-Sc graduate, 90% of learning I had was from People with Indian Accent on youtube lol
Once I watched 45m of computer science class before realizing it was in hindi
(Serious)
@@KaireMlpretty sure they are talking about a indian accent
Whats amazing is that he is actually chasing for knowledge
As it should be. As God intended. But drugs, sex and money corrupt us.
@@thebestplayerdead956 those are weird things to focus on, isn't our world literally burning?
@@thebestplayerdead956 but money and power do corrupt us tho
@@thebestplayerdead956 Money is what corrupts us, and most people want to have fun in their teenage years... Not grind trough school and graduate at 25 just to realise you wasted the prime of your life just to make a little bit more and have 0 friends
@@AlluzHH sadly I had to start working very early ( at the age of 16 ) and basically I had to pay for all my holidays etc. There is always time for fun. What I don't understand is why people do put labels on things like : at this age you should do this and that and before 30 get married. Loads of bollocks imo
As a blue-collar technician, I was always dreaming of an engineering job. Started watching MIT lectures online ~2004. The right opportunity came in 2007 ->> got a base level application engineer job for an automation company and everything took off from there. Became mechanical engineering manager, product manager and now chill out in my 50's as a sales engineer in a different company that does test / measurement equipment. Now regularly work with companies that do some amazing things!!
Got a similar story.
You can walk into any class and learn at any time, you just won’t end up with a degree. Students aren’t paying to learn, they’re paying to get a piece of paper.
You're paying for both, and it is technically free-riding, but the impact is really insignificant
If the university allows it, however, it's fine. Then it's comparable to a freemium model, where you can see the lectures for free, but have to pay for getting certified, having professionals grade you and help you etc
you cant walk into any class at any time. but even if you could that still wouldn’t give you the ability to ask professors questions and build rapport, create a network of peers, have access to a structured curriculum, or access to alumni networks either. and yeah, you wouldn’t be able to qualify your experience in a lot of cases. and you’ll just be a less educated person without a full credit semester twice a year for four years. college doesn’t have to be exorbitantly expensive
@@carrotcake6572👍
Degrees are not McDonald's menus, it's a little more complicated than 'getting the paper'... A degree has requirements that package together various courses. Some of these courses, you don't want to take but it's a degree requirement to take them. Having the paper shows that you are able to accept responsibility for seeing something through... And for several years. That's not something you can just buy. There's a reason why second year registration is about a fifth of first year. Go through the process, get your degree, and then update.
It's called auditing a class and most professors and universities are completely fine with it, as long as you aren't takimg seats from students in a packed class
Finally someone else knows what auditing a class is!
at my university, there was a fee to audit a class. You could definitely crash lower level courses, but when you got to ones with 30 or less students, that's not possible.
This is how I learned how to do appliance repair
In college classes and from guys with thick east asian accents? :D
what videos did you watch specifically
@@Brenleysagealso curious!
Please tell us more
@Brenleysage pretty much would just learn on the job. At the time I was using a gig work app for it called puls. They'd post jobs, you take it go to the customers house and do the diagnostic.
Basically, I'd pull up the model number and find it either on sears or other websites and look at the different problems that could be causing the issue and just doing troubleshooting.
Once I learned all that it was pretty easy to tell what was causing each issue.
I'd look up videos on the part that needed replacing and then I'd just follow the steps
A lot of college professors will let you AUDIT their classes LEGALLY if you just ask. They won't grade your homework, and you won't get a grade. But you will get to participate in the classroom lectures and discussions. Some of them require you to be an enrolled student or campus employee, but a lot of them just appreciate that you want to learn and you don't care about the final grade or certifications involved in the paid version of the class. So a lot of them will let you sit in and learn as long as you don't make any extra work for them, even if you're not actually a college student or campus employee.
auditing often involves paying fees, as does registering
This may be dated, but you could sit in on any class and even get your homework graded. Just we’re going to get credit for it.
Auditing is cheap like $35 for a class for a semester last time I checked but it's been a few years
Does this apply for people under the age of 18 as well?
Getting credits is often confused with having skills. A person can gain skills by merely paying attention or by slowly refining a skill. A good teacher can be found anywhere and some of them only want your genuine enthusiasm and interest as paymen.
I love how you incorporate real-world examples into your tutorials. It makes learning so much easier!
Dude. You're a badass.
This isn't his channel. Michael Reeves is the guy in the video, and his channel is just his name
@@vinnie3731 THAT’S MICHAEL REEVES?
He's a good ass
@@HotHenrik-eu4nu?
Bill gates and Steve Jobs did this back in 2004. This is not new information
As long as you can document your skills companies will be interested. It’s all a matter of showing you can actually do what they want. A degree is one way, job experience is another, or you can physically make projects and record or show them off, you can put it on your resume
Once you can prove you can do what you say
The next important thing is networking to gain connection. Word of mouth is huge, and you ability to reach out and establish those connections are a major factor
This all sounds good until they hit you with a "you don't qualify for our normal pay scale, so how about a 20% salary cut over the guy working next to you"
@@tjoloiyou can find atleast some company that doesn’t do that
@@dominusdone5023gl finding them
@@tjoloiI've never heard of, or experienced that 😂
This guy went to class and skipped the ads
Love this little gem hiding between the A- and B+ comments. Definitely best one here
This is absolutely true. The degree only says that you took a class and passed it. It doesn't mean you have the knowledge, skills, and experience you need to do a job. I have two degrees, but graduated with no experience. Now I have degrees and experience, but skills that aren't really marketable outside my field. That was my decision, I have to live with it or learn better skills.
Did bro say “big true”
Unironically, yes. I died of cringe when I heard it, this is my ghost.
Lmaoo
Think he said "me too"
I say it too
@@little.tricks You should be embarassed.
As someone in the Engineering profession for almost 20 years...
I'd be more apt to hire someone with demonstrated capabilities and the ability to teach themselves over a new Harvard grad any day.
I work in research. The ability to teach yourself advanced principles and work independently is a basic requirement.
I learned how to write geometric algorithms for CAD systems from MITOpenCourseWare and it's why I'm always payed more than my peers. When you solve problems they don't care where you learned how.
@@abebuckingham8198 can I ask what do you do for a living ?
Nobody from Harvard would even think about applying at your place lmao
@USMCLib3rty , 🤣😂 We have grads from Harvard, Stanford, and MIT. Thing is they graduated over a decade ago before everything went to crap.
This is probably the dumbest thing I have ever heard. You may be a senior engineer, but also a retarded employer. A degree always gives everyone a leg up over people who don’t. What if the person with the degree, self teaches themselves highly advanced topics they would otherwise be oblivious to, in the courses they took?
The vibe I get from people like you, is that you aren’t really making the smartest choice, you’re instead being spiteful towards college degrees, as you have the idea that nobody needs one, and it’s a waste of time. The truth is, that having a degree will *always* give you an advantage over others. And guess what? You can also get work experience with a degree as well. Would you not hire someone who were master’s at their craft, had tons of experience, and had a degree and their field?
I once had to sit through my dad’s history lecture, thankfully I had my ds with me
Dammmmm what would the guy who got defenestrated at Prague say 😔
why? history is awesome
Bro is literally the "🤓" emoji and I fucking love it 😂
No..
@@Zombina638 Yes..
Learning isnt the problem. Getting the diploma is and that is when tuition becomes the issue
Sneaking into college classes may work for large rooms, but at the University I went to. There would onlu be 40 seats in there. And the professors would definitely notice me there. They soon learn everyone's names and then soon learn that your name isn't in their records. Not saying that there would be any real consequences for that but you'll be in for a confrontation eventually.
In Slovenia, Europe, university classes are public so whoever can join them.i think nobody does this but you could if you wanted to.
You can for small classes just ask the professor they probably won't mind you sitting in, you just won't get credit.
I'm not recommending stealing from universities (because let's face it, this is), but what is the teacher gonna do? Just say you're a student in a different major and you just want to sit in.
@@user-ee1fn4vt8b its not stealing, auditing is allowed. You won't get a degree though and you most likely won't get the class resources unless the professor makes them public.
@@drakeadkins6711 Auditing is for students who are paying tuition, he was talking about just walking into a classroom of a uni you don't attend. At most uni's that means trailing a student who swiped their card to get into the building. That's a big hint that you're on private property that you don't belong on.
The only thing is that you have to be able to prove your knowledge. An official degree shows that you actually took the classes and received a certain grade in them. But you can also do something like making your own portfolio of work to show your skills. It might just a be a bit harder to prove yourself without the official piece of paper
Their CV sifting might require you to have a degree, but you probably don't want to work there anyway.
Any idiot can get a degree some just work harder than others it doesn't mean they'll be good at their job.
@@wa1k3r8depends on the degree, but yes for most it definitely doesn’t mean they’ll be good at the job!
@@phill6859even without a degree, you can put those courses in the education section, just put them as Harvard CS50 and the bot will read the "Harvard" name, that's it
The school system is shaped to reward traits generally considered good in workers. If you can’t sit at a desk and do work for six hours why the hell should they hire you? 😂
All my locksmith training came from YT. I work at a lock and safe company now.
What he says about simply trespassing on campus and listening in on lectures is true. Totally possible. Though I'd recommend not doing it in the first week, when it may be obvious that a full class is overfull. Once you get past that first week, people start dropping or skipping, so it's less obvious.
Also, don't do it if the class size is small, like 20-50 people.
I'm like 90% sure that he isnt actually trespassing. you're not actually paying for the knowledge when you enroll, you're paying for the staff to endorse you. basically you in most cases can legally just walk in and listen to the lectures but that wont come with a degree, the degree is actually what education sells, the degree is what employees want because it means that someone else has confirmed that you know what you say that you do.
sure the company that is hiring can check for themselves but that can take time that could be better spent teaching their new hire the specifics of the job instead of double checking if they actually know the basics of the subject.
so they outsource it, if you go to a college or whatever you get the knowledge and the college when they hand you a degree are basically saying "we're willing to stake our business and standing on the fact that this guy over here knows this subject to atleast x level"
Federal grants and students loans are theft from taxpayers yet no one stops it.
firmly stand behind the fact that you dont need to pay for a four year degree. Took around 1.5 years of steady studying, and then landed a development position without a degree. Just takes determination!
Goes to show that there are different ways to learn. As a hiring manager for a tech company I can tell you I care about how competent and capable someone is. Also, there's something to be said about an engineer who is self taught and driven to the point of entrepreneurship.
I own an IT company, I used to get invited to audit college classes at the local technical college.. they would ask me questions like what are the education requirements and my very unpopular opinion was that if you can do the thing, it doesn't matter what your education level is. This guy is spot on, by the way, they stopped inviting me to audit classes or even to do the Q&A sessions.
The problem is proving that you can do the thing. Rather than testing each candidate it is easier to just require a degree.
This should have just stayed in your head
Alot of IT degrees in the nordic countries are structured around learning students the skills that the majority of IT companies need. This means the degrees are changing yearly to factor in the changing landscape of IT.
You can always learn new things while AT the job, hiring people who you know already posses the initial skills to do the job is key here. You'll rarely find IT companies hiring without degrees in nordic countries for this reason.
It's incredibly unfortunate that they stopped inviting you. I genuinely believe that comes from the School heads knowing you are right about "if you can do the thing", but they don't want students knowing that so they can keep students in their programs. In the US university systems are a business over education.
You can do that for anything in Australia. I’ve never had a lecturer or tutor ask anyone who they were or check the info of the class. They just teach their material to whoever shows up
Same here in Italy, all public universities’ classes must be completely open to the public and you can always walk in and listen.
Hmm not in Tas though, they will ask for names at the start of class.
Probably worth noting though in Australia most award pay is linked to education in some way - most jobs (especially govt jobs) will pay you more for the same job if you’ve got that piece of paper
Wouldn't say anything. Depends on where in Australia and what you're studying. A few of my tutors checked attendance (where it was graded). It's kinda important in classes with group projects, so they might check there, or in classes where engagement is a concern and they're tweaking the course.
Also, some classes are so tiny that the lecturer knows everyone taking the subject, so you physically cannot sneak in and may get asked to leave. (And yes, I have seen someone get kicked out)
Generally, Australian first year courses with lots of students at big unis are pretty safe bet though, and if you make some friends who share their timetable with you, you could probably get away with sneaking into their tuts.
But in a 4th year course of an unpopular major where they have like 13 students... Tough luck bro.
@@nidgeoce7841 from what i remember. it depended, the list was usually checked during exercises (or whatever it called in english). And you may had a problem with being admitted to the exam, if you had a lot of skipped classes. But attendance was very rarely checked during lectures, it's not like you can call out 200+ people.
30 year IT professional here, I'm fully accredited from universities and have hired 100s of people in my lifetime. Good programmers are good programmers... but here's the thing: the kid with the degree will never be a difficult employee, you take a risk hiring the guy who's "good but not educated" because they have a tendancy to lack discpline... that's the only risk.
"I'm a firm believer that you can learn almost anything you need to know from the internet"
Imagine if a doctor or a lawyer said that😂
Almost anything
"East Asian accent."
Common brother, it's a compliment, we know you're talking about the most helping people in the internet: Indians.
Ngl I've actually followed coding lessons in hindi even though I don't speak a word of it and still managed to learn something 😂
Honestly there are plenty of Indian guys teaching coding, but the videos are not that good in general.
That's south Asian, tho...
EAST ASIA ISNT INDIA. ARE YOU DUM. its west asia
Indians are not east asians. They are south asians.
And then companies have a reason for not giving you a raise. Happened.
They weren't going to give anyone a raise either way if we're being honest
They give raises to people who actually matter. That’s why if you’re a McDonald’s worker you don’t get a raise. However people at software companies actually matter, so they get payed more than a McDonald’s worker. Leadership skills, like actually good leadership skills are hard to come by, so managers are payed more. Intelligent design, discipline, leadership, understanding, and decision making is even more rare in one package. That why ceos get payed a lot. Before you complain about companies not giving raises think about why they would even give you one.
not give you a raise for what? incentivizing your own education just so you can learn on your own regard if you don’t have the money? dude
@RogerCassagnol yes. Companies don't want to give people raises of course they'll look for excuses
@@humbleopionist4366ah yes, McDonald's workers "don't matter". I'm sure you'll be fine after everyone quits and you can't get food anymore
Currently in university. Can attribute to that, the profs don’t take attendance (usually the occasional course has an attendance policy), so they will just teach to whoever shows up. A friend of mine has been enjoying sitting in on her other friend’s social science and humanities courses. She’s sat through lectures about Ancient Rome, Greek mythology, health science and she doesn’t take any of those courses.
Real life Mike Ross 😂
This kid will go far! Passion, desire to learn and pulls his finger out and gets it done. The attitude is a large part of what an employer wants.
dude is in his 20's and makes millions he went far before this even dropped lmao
In Czech republic it's the law that anyone can visit lectures
Is education free?
@@AlexGorskovyes
@@AlexGorskov Short answer YES. Long answer is only for certain period of time and only for Czech citizens or Ukrainians. Else you're looking at about 1K$ a year.
@@nexovec1k a year? Thats NOTHING
@@kyarumomochi5146welcome to a country that actually has their education sorted out :P
In Hungary all college lectures are open to the public. Seminars and practical lessons are not, but for plenary lectures there is no need to pay or register, the biggest difficulty is finding out where and when they are held.
Especially now that everything is online, if you can’t log into the website and view the class information you can’t get any of the additional resources or access to timetables, etc and won’t be included in any emails, so really the only thing you have access to are the lectures.
Imagine walking into a class you’re not enrolled in, and it happens to be a test day lol
Amazing that KNOWING what to do, rather than having a degree that really proves nothing more than 'you spent time and got this signed'.
It's the way how he says "IT'S AWESOME!!!" that cracks me up 😂😂😂
One of my professors actually encourages this
He’s a fucking hero
Theft doesn't make you a hero, stop glorifying societal decay.
me on my way to become a neuro surgeon
The only careers where college is necessary is in engineering and in the medical field
@@BigBrainiac sorry bud I already saw a few surgery vids, I just need just a few hours of live practice and then I am set
@@swanay1 true true
He’s right but most companies aren’t going to risk it so you basically need that piece of paper because it serves as proof that you know what you are doing. There is also the fact that while it may be true that you can learn something online it is also true that it is easier to skip all of the base knowledge and preparatory subjects that you need to know in order to truly understand what is more complex.
You can only get so far on your own, even Einstein had to recruit top Mathematicians to help publish his paper on Relativity. College helps you learn things you wouldn’t normally learn on your own, things that are counterintuitive and you wouldn’t even think about had you not had the diverse interactions of a college environment. I notice a HUGE difference in people that have gone to college and those who haven’t in the ability to decipher BS from sound information.
"U can just LIIIIike" 💀
did you just make fun of this 11.5 year old boy for voice crack? you should be ashamed...
@@kube410 bro got his feelings hurt
Both of you are fucking retarted 💀😭
Unless yall trolling im so done
MIT does this too
“If a person can do things, then companies don’t care about a degree” yeah, tell that to HR’s, they kinda missed it
I work in research at the university I graduated from and what he said is absolutely true. Even though my university has keycard locks on every building there is a constant flow of students in and out meaning half the time I didn’t even need to use my card to get in. Also for general classes there is no attendance or sign in sheets, you just come in, sit down, listen to the lecture, ask questions… basically the only thing you need to blend in is a laptop and a backpack.
Currently on a masters degree in computer science and I have to agree, a portfolio nowadays is probably better than a degree because everyone has a degree nowadays. That said, a lot of bigger companies the job applications start off automated and will immediately turn you away if you don't say you have a certain grade in a certain degree so you'd need a referral or internal contact to even get to present your portfolio.
I'll also say comp sci lectures are either highly abstracted and thus not completely necessary to understand, or they reference technology that will be outdated in a few years if it isn't already. They will definitely help you learn the next tech much faster though which is what i think the main benefit of studying it at uni
Work smarter not harder
You can audit any class at any college.
For free. Without "breaking in"...
You have to pay tuition for audit classes you just don't get a grade for class. That would mean you can get a free education
No, you typically pay to audit a class. If it's extremely unpopular, like math, they'll probably you sit anyway just to have an audience.
“You can learn how to do anything online.”
Psych Nurses: Bet.
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I love this kid! His acts of rebellion involve sneaking onto a college campus...and *learning*
One of my professors actually would recommend us to invite our friend to sit on classes, the fact no one sat in speaks volumes.
michael literally broke into school while most are trying to break out 😭😭
Big true
I flunked out of University in 2001. In 2008 I started building my own app. Turned that into a job at a startup, then contract app developer, now I work for Google.
He was talking about auditing a class. Which most colleges allow you to do anyway. Because they believe it helps convince people to eventually apply.
i mean it kinda does, the thing you need for a job is the skill and something to prove that you have said skill, a degree is a college saying that you know that skill and if you dont that goes on their own reputation. it's essentially a previous workplace thing on a cv, for whatever course you took.
you can get most knowledge for free however a business is less likely to hire you if you can't actually prove to them that you do know what they need you to know, which something like a previous workplace listed can do as they can call em up and ask, a college degree is essentially that the college is saying "ye he knows this thing".
but how do you found out which room and time the class meets?
Universities post their weekly classes online.
Ask a student maybe?
@@invinsible1987how many students of harvard do you know personally?
@@Uncivil_DreamsBro you can go there and ask students it’s not that hard
@@Uncivil_Dreams You don't have to know them, you just have to ask them. Harvard students typically hang around on Harvard's campus so it's super easy to find them.
I remember when I was in college, thinking, huh they never take attendance, I could probably just walk in here and take the class without even being enrolled. Guess I was right
Sadly, the college I was in checks ID's on the gates..😢
No one is not gonna talk about how this person looks like Harry Potter? No? Just me? Okay.
As someone who worked for an IT company in the recruitment team, he’s completely right. For developers, we don’t look at the career, it doesn’t matter. We are told to look at the experience, certifications and skills (like the programming languages you use). And they have crazy salaries
I just sit in to my friend’s classes that I’m interested in nowadays, and I think I learn the best in those classes because I don’t have the pressure of exams or assignments, just pure learning about something interesting.
After this video, all security, lecturer and the dean....will check the students id.
No they won't
Stanford does the same
And MIT.
🤓
One of the advantages of going to a college is the people you meet and the networking you can do opens a lot of doors.
The thing is that a lot of companies say the same "we don't care about credentials, we care if you can do the job" but then if you are not an engineer their HR system will drop your CV even before anyone with that mindset had a chance to know you even applied
Education is more accessible than ever in human history. This is how you get ahead. I built my career doing exactly what Michael's talking about; its the "a picture is worth a thousand words" of resumes to actually have a product you can link to.
The thing college teaches you is HOW to learn. The what will always change.
My guy! You can audit classes for free at probably any university! It’s the degree that comes from attending the class in an official and accredited manner that costs money! For the purpose of bettering yourself, you should keep it up! No need to act like you need to sneak in!
He is right, and it is not difficult if you enjoy the process.
Part of me feels like you could go to some colleges and just ask to sit in to learn and youd be fine so long as you dont cause problems for anyone or disturb the class. Probably helps a ton if your a student there, but in most larger classes of tons of people, I can definitely see how they wouldnt mind or notice
he straight up said you can do sht if you actually willing to learn sht
It’s not as easy to just walk into a class and take part now cause a lot of stuff is locked behind online platforms such as canvas and whatnot. You can still attend the lectures but you’re going to be missing a lot of context behind them if you’re missing access to online resources.
For the college thing: Yep. It's totally fine to just go there and listen to the whole lesson without paying a test. The lessons are public and accessible to everyone. The subscription fee is just for the exams.
Random app idea: a social app where rich kids who paid tuition but are skipping classes can meet other people (from anywhere in society, young or old, rich or poor, doesn't matter) who want to attend this kind of class but won't pay tuition. Then, the university doesn't have empty classes no more.
I swear to God, this is facts. When I was in like second or third grade, I used to be fixated on going to Harvard, but I was so young and I went onto the iTunes Store and type Harvard and I saw actual lectures audiobooks and I would just listen to them on repeat. Especially the Law ones because I wanted to become a lawyer.
25 years ago, the head of IT at a company I worked for told me straight up, that she didn't care if someone had a degree at all. she only cared about abilities and nothing more.
Sitting in a college class without paying or receiving accreditation used to be known in the olden days as “auditing” a class.
You don't need to know anything. You just need zo know where you find everything yo need.
Self-empowerment and swimming against the current at all costs at its finest.
It's those people who will change the world.
It's so enlightening and fascinating.
Going to classes that are not in your college/uni/whatever is a classic, glad my boy respects traditions. I regularly attended my friends' classes in their school back in the high school days, then I was a regular in my then gf's uni, went to other groups' lectures in my uni, but you'd be hard pressed to find me in my classes, let alone lectures, lol.
The fact that Michael had enough brain cells to rub together to figure out that you can learn programming for free online doesn't necessarily make him an actual genius, but certainly puts him squarely above average, because it turns out average people have no idea you can do that. Still, he's a fun and cool guy and his content is thoroughly enjoyable.
Technically, most lecture on university campuses are open to the public, and they do state that freely, you don’t have to be enrolled in anything to sit in on a lecture. You just can’t attend tutorials or assessments without being enrolled in the course.
I Got a job working for a space tech company with no degree, just self teaching. A lot of Employers like the fact you have the tenacity to learn something by yourself
I had a friend about 40 years ago, who went to Temple University. He hated it. He told me he would go to a class that was in a stadium full of thousands of students and you could come and go as you please and listen to the lecture.
What he hated about it was that he never got to meet the professor.
There was no relationship between student and teacher.
He transferred to a smaller college, paid less money in tuition, and graduated.
This is the same level of thinking that got people into the music industry without a label. Just start your own label. Make your own movie. Publish your own book.
Just gotta learn the skill of entrepreneurship, and become a businessman.
For those blown away by this....auditing a class has been a thing for many many years.
You don’t have the break into a class. You can audit a class for free, you just don’t get credit for the class. When I went to college it wasn’t uncommon to have at least one person in the class auditing. It was usually an older person.
Specifically, comp-sci is this way. The majority of higher education careers need you to go to college and get a degree. But, as Michael mentioned, you can simply show a software development company your portfolio. If you have a quality portfolio of various projects, companies do not care where you came from or what degree you have.
"big true" at the end is a quality Michael Reeves statement 💀💀💀
True. No matter how you learnt something, the main thing is you can fo it and understand what you are doing
The thing is not many people are geniuses like him.
That's why my college doesn't allow anyone without a student ID into the faculty lol
A friend of mine did that. He paid an old classmate of ours to go to lectures instead of him and take notes.
Friend gets notes. Classmate gets free lectures.
I was recently working on five different cars and there was always someone online with the same model and the same issue showing how to sort it out. Sometimes it was the simplest of tips, sometimes full step by step. Good people, helping out.