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As I’ve pointed out in other threads, I used to mentor people in audio engineering, this is now legally very risky as I am immediately vulnerable to a wide swath of labor regulations in NYC.

Not really worth it anymore.

Meanwhile it is commonly known to be true in many industries that someone is mostly useless, work productivity wise, when they graduate college. It takes years for them to “know anything.”

I’m not sure what the solution is, but obviously apprenticeships are a huge missing piece.



Do you still hire college grads or just anyone? Sure the grads don't have any experience but it's better than anyone off the street that knows less than nothing.


Yep theory vs application. You learn on the workplace (if you're competent) what is and isn't worth knowing pretty quickly, rather than after 3-5 years




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