[Alberta's Child]

I can tell you from personal experience that even in my own STEM field that requires a bachelor of science degree as a bare minimum for professional licensure, you’re better off hiring a sharp high school graduate as an intern than a college graduate who is likely to be highly defective by the age of 22.

[rdcbn1]

I learned a long time ago that intelligence, job aptitude , attitudes and initiative are the basics of success. With those all things are possible, without them nothing is possible.

Hired a lot of really standout high school grads as interns, got them trained and mentored by our senior engineers and paid for them to go on to obtain advanced education to increase their skills.

Worked out pretty good for all.

The biggest advantage was getting the kids socialized into a productive mindset with good basic job skills before the University life style ruined them for life.

Having one foot in the real tech world with real world work experience and one foot in the university academic world gave them a real interesting perspective. They did not have a lot of respect for many of their fellow classmates and even some profs.