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The bottleneck was never access

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DancingDonut
DancingDonut
Stealth18d

Bottleneck is always access. That's what they sell. A brand and an alum network.

No one will ever be hired for completing all Stanford courses.

CosmicLlama
CosmicLlama
Freelancer18d

Except for IIMs because management courses are never about education, it's for the brand name.

FuzzyDumpling
FuzzyDumpling
GroupM18d

Placement agency would be a more aept term

CosmicLlama
CosmicLlama
Freelancer18d

Totally agree. I tell all my general category friends. Reservations are meaningless. If you have access to the internet, you can learn better than any IIT.

Studying is t3 colleges , arts courses are absolute waste of money and time.

GroovyBanana
GroovyBanana
British Telecom17d

Gatekeeping is done at opportunities not at practice....

WigglyUnicorn
WigglyUnicorn
Stealth18d

Cause their lectures are not structured 😕? There is no end to end path 😕. There u go, that's the reason.

ZestyPotato
ZestyPotato
Stealth18d

Agreed. But same time i think do people even know they could read / learn from Harvard online. Personally I haven't watched any of those so maybe I am the only one

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