One Tiny German Town, Seven Big Michelin Stars (2013)
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>> In his last State of the Union address, President Obama said America should emulate Germany’s knack for producing skilled workers — “high-school students with the equivalent of a technical degree from one of our community colleges.” He was referring specifically to fields like engineering and computer science, but he could just as easily have been talking about high-end cooking
there are 2 main tracks - one is hardware oriented the other more software oriented. In practice that means slightly more electronics or programming classes.
The stuff taught is certainly more practical than the stuff you learn at university but its geared toward 16 years olds. None in my class was that age. It was very surreal being treated as a kid again. And the mandatory ethics and German courses (as well as Sports class) were are real pita.
* "Ethik-/Philosophieunterricht": basically you learn philosophy, ie. critical thinking, approaching problems/issues from different points of view, or
* "Ethikunterricht" as in learning ethical behaviour in the context of the profession you're striving to be in, which is most likely common sense crap that HAS to be taught so even "the last idiot" gets it or is at least on the record as having been taught this stuff so the school is not "liable" for potential ethics issues caused by the student.
I could very much be wrong about the latter point as I am enrolled in a similar, but more specialized "learning track" at a German "Fachhochschule" and not in a vocational school.
You can absolutely get an associates degree in CS from many community colleges, and that can be enough to get an entry-level position at many companies; doubly so if in conjunction with a body of established Open Source work. You'd certainly start at a more junior status, but you could progress upwards from there via work experience and accomplishment.
That would hold even more true for a more focused trade-school-style program.
Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.
The old authoritarian model won’t work anymore,” Lumpp, who is 49, explained, when I asked him about his kitchen management style.
Gourmet cuisine fits very nicely between the two :)