The article spends a long time on the fact that the “teachers” are not professionals and do not claim to be.
Most of the controversy would probably go away if there were accreditation boards for these courses, but there are not.
Also, much of the coursework is being offered by unregulated, gray market, for-profit platforms, and if you read HN at all, you already know this will end in enshitification.
Most of the controversy would probably go away if there were accreditation boards for these courses, but there are not.
Also, much of the coursework is being offered by unregulated, gray market, for-profit platforms, and if you read HN at all, you already know this will end in enshitification.