Quote Originally Posted by Fmedges View Post
The problem that I had in the engineering program hat I used to attend was that it was so disconnected from industry. Learning hand calculations are good to a point, but we never learned how to do it any other way. It's hard to teach to people going into industry when most professors are career students. I have other college gripes but that's a big one to me.
My wife got an architectural degree. In 4 years, they never used CAD. It was not a required elective. Even at the time I thought that was insane. I was extremely proficient in CAD out of highschool yet college architectural students weren't required to learn it. They spent more time building paper models and making furniture out of recycled trash than learning to design buildings. It was so desiconnected from the real world, one that requires 7 or 8 VERY extensive tests after years and years of on the job to get a license.