Google's Plan to Disrupt the College Degree Is Absolute Genius

Really? Is Google going to hire somebody with one of these certificates as quickly as someone with the degree from Stanford, CMU, etc.?

Looking at the certificates homepage [1], this seems like a great entry point into the tech industry for people that might otherwise be excluded - practical skills to perform a job, not a replacement for the theory and rigour of an expensive 4 year Computer Science or Computer Engineering education (but how many entry level tech jobs REALLY require that background anyway?).

My name-brand-school Master's degree makes me want to resist this sort of thing to justify my own ego. But I've worked with great people who were self-taught, so if this credential helps motivated self-starters get thier foot in the door and launch a fulfilling career, I'm all for it!

[1] https://grow.google/certificates/

Because people are nothing more than cogs in Google’s wheel. Who needs a well rounded education when you can learn just enough to join the long line of drones.