I was told that as Einstein dropped out of high-school at 15yo you don’t need an education to work or succeed in technology related jobs. Such a shame that it was completely wrong. Even a cursory look at
his Wikipage page would have told them that he is a highly educated person with a Ph.D., a doctorate!
Audio industry suffers from uneducated people creating abominations that are selling for stupid money. The last thing I was expecting ASR to do is to play into their hands.
I’m off for a while.
I certainly agree that a degree is a really key capability to do professional engineering. But it isn't the only way to become a professional engineer. Sure, in popular myth Einstein was not clever as a youth, but anyone who has studied relativity and quantum mechanics and the geniuses behind both will be well aware that this popular myth is just that - a myth!
There are some key examples of people who have "come up through the ranks". For example, everyone on this forum is indebted to Michael Faraday.
I also accept that there is complete junk designed by people with only a passing understanding of electronics, acoustics, mechanics etc.
Personally, I've collaborated with multiple university research departments as well as many colleagues with PhDs in electronics and similar disciplines. Many of them are breath-taking geniuses. I've also worked with some simply brilliant engineers who did not go to University, but who had intrinsic skills for professional engineering.
I've also helped develop apprenticeships with a number of universities and colleges. I believe strongly in apprenticeships. A degree is great, but eliminating a potential source of real-world engineers, simply by rejecting everyone who doesn't have a specific piece of paper is a dangerous approach for governments and technology-based companies.