Coding is a vital component of tech education, but it won't be enough to sustain the next generation of workers.
[...] Pichai notes that workers today are required to have skills that scarcely existed five years ago, such as an administrative assistant needing to use online programs to run budgets, scheduling and accounting, among other tasks.
And he says these skills are much easier to learn than coding, pointing to $1 billion in new initiatives Google unveiled last year aimed at training and educating workers to help them find jobs and grow their businesses.
"Through these trainings, people learn about using technology to research, to plan events, analyze data and more," Pichai wrote. "They don't require a formal degree or certificate."
[...] "We should make sure that the next generation of jobs are good jobs, in every sense," Pichai wrote. "Rather than thinking of education as the opening act, we need to make sure it's a constant, natural and simple act across life -- with lightweight, flexible courses, skills and programs available to everyone."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 22 2018, @08:28AM
And now you don't like it? Suddenly you'd like safe spaces and inclusion? You see there is a problem with persecution?
This would be hilarious if it wasn't so serious. At least it isn't surprising.