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Dunky
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I have a question I have been thinking about.
It seems as fields advance more and more background information is needed to get to the point of industry or PhD level understanding of an area.
50 years from now, will the prospect of having a "broad" educational background still exist or will people specialize much sooner in their academic career? Will it even be viable for people to learn about many areas but have a chance of being competent in any of them? Thinking about my own educational background I can say definitely I only know a relatively narrow subsection of my field and it took me 6 years to get here. While I am confident in my ability to learn any subject there is zero chance of being able to be industry ready in all of them at the same time. And this will only get worse as fields advance.
It seems as fields advance more and more background information is needed to get to the point of industry or PhD level understanding of an area.
50 years from now, will the prospect of having a "broad" educational background still exist or will people specialize much sooner in their academic career? Will it even be viable for people to learn about many areas but have a chance of being competent in any of them? Thinking about my own educational background I can say definitely I only know a relatively narrow subsection of my field and it took me 6 years to get here. While I am confident in my ability to learn any subject there is zero chance of being able to be industry ready in all of them at the same time. And this will only get worse as fields advance.