There are literally full courses for AWS DevOps qualifications, Network Administration and the like, with hundreds of comments underneath them saying, “thanks, I passed my AWS cert today because of this course”, “thanks, I got a job because of this course”, “thanks, I got a promotion because of this course”. Here is but one example of many:
There are thousands of interviews with people who have taught themselves how to set up businesses, or code websites, taught themselves music, video production or any number of things through YouTube.
> Again, why should I trust you and your YouTube training.
Because if the person can demonstrate that they can do the job, then they can do the job. Believe it or not, this was how the world used to operate for thousands of years. The whole piece of paper and a university campus thing is a only a very recent development. People got by on experience, competence and reputation.
For whatever reason, you can’t seem to accept that whilst there is a lot of bullshit on the internet, there is also a lot of quality, helpful and informative content.
>Because if the person can demonstrate that they can do the job, then they can do the job.
This is exactly right, but "I watched some YT videos" is not equivalent to demonstrating ability, which I think is the OP's point.
If you can learn something from watching videos, and then prove that you've mastered it by actually demonstrating your skill, then great! But if your resume just says "I watched some videos and have zero professional experience", that doesn't count for anything.
Also, a demonstration isn't worth that much, though better than nothing. There's only so much you can learn in an interview 'demonstration', and I can't afford to give everyone six months or a year to demonstrate what they really can do.
What the YouTube videos demonstrate to me is a lack of effort and committment to find the very best sources and learn the best material; obviously to me, computer science theory and a real professor would be better (skill training is good after you have that, though I'm greatly simplifying here). If that's how they approach their skill-aquisition project, that's evidence of how they'll approach projects at my business. If they follow the herd on that, it's evidence that they will follow the herd otherwise.
I know which way the herd is running. It's not only the wrong way (there's no correlation between herd direction and the 'right' direction - in fact, I'd say there's an inverse correlation because the herd is driven by other things), it's to my competitive advantage to go another way. I want people whose standard is the very best and who think for themselves. And in addition, the social media culture from which the YouTube training trend arises, is highly reactionary, which is crushing to creative, enthusiastic, independent thought.
https://youtu.be/SOTamWNgDKc
There are thousands of interviews with people who have taught themselves how to set up businesses, or code websites, taught themselves music, video production or any number of things through YouTube.
> Again, why should I trust you and your YouTube training.
Because if the person can demonstrate that they can do the job, then they can do the job. Believe it or not, this was how the world used to operate for thousands of years. The whole piece of paper and a university campus thing is a only a very recent development. People got by on experience, competence and reputation.
For whatever reason, you can’t seem to accept that whilst there is a lot of bullshit on the internet, there is also a lot of quality, helpful and informative content.