Degree VS Certification (Skills vs Education) By Kashif Iqbal

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A detailed video by Kashif Iqbal covering some key questions about importance of degree. In this video we will talk about Why university is mandatory and which university to select. This video is for all those who are confused between Degree VS Certification.We will start from scratch, so don't worry, but once you start watching, please don't leave in between you will miss everything so LET'S GET STARTED.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Free Technology lectures in URDU and Hindi language.   For a detailed list of lectures please visit our Website  www.urduitacademy.com   For any technical questions and discussions please visit our Facebook discussion forum or Facebook page   TABLE OF CONTENTS 00:00:17 Importance of degree 00:00:30 Two important components 00:00:48 My own story 00:02:00 Why university is mandatory 00:03:08 Interpersonal skills university offers you 00:05:50 Conclusion

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00:00 [Scribbling]

00:03 [In Arabic]

00:08 We asked a question on Facebook,

00:11 "Can you work in technology without a computer science degree?"

00:15 [Music]

00:18 And the answer is, absolutely.

00:21 A university degree is not mandatory for most of the jobs.

00:25 But again, there are two very important components that play a very key role.

00:30 [Music]

00:33 Number one, what are your aspirations?

00:36 What do you want to do?

00:38 Where do you see yourself in five or ten years?

00:41 Number two, where are you geographically?

00:44 Are you in Pakistan, Middle East, Europe or America?

00:48 [Music]

00:51 [In Hindi]

01:20 And I got an admission in the university.

01:23 [In Hindi]

01:26 What I was trying to do is to try to adjust and focus my skill set.

01:47 During my degree program, I was studying C, I was studying Pascal.

01:52 At that time, we were taught Pascal, Calculus, which I absolutely hated.

01:56 Java was also being taught.

01:58 But what I was getting was a breadth of knowledge.

02:01 [Music]

02:03 So the degree program that the university gives you is a breadth of knowledge.

02:07 Unfortunately, when you graduate, you don't have a specific set of skills in which you are specialized.

02:14 And certifications or specialized training are meant to make you a specialized skill set person.

02:20 But that doesn't mean that you say that there is no value of a degree or certification or skill-based training.

02:28 Both have their own place.

02:30 Some people go so far as to say that degree provides you a piece of paper.

02:35 Some people say, as we put on Facebook, that gets you on to an interview table.

02:42 But beyond the interview, your interview will not complete your degree, it will get you a certification.

02:48 I sort of modify it slightly.

02:50 I say that degree and certification will not do anything.

02:54 That is your interpersonal skill plus also hands-on work that you have done.

02:59 I hope the point has been cleared up to this point.

03:02 Now let's focus slightly on what are the other interpersonal skills the university offers you.

03:08 [Music]

03:10 Universities give you a crunch time, that you have to do this at this deadline.

03:15 It provides you a breadth of knowledge and networking.

03:19 I am still in connection with a lot of people that were part of my university.

03:23 And that creates your network across the landscape.

03:29 One of your friends is studying cyber security, another is studying networking, another is doing sysadmin.

03:35 Some people have made a software house together, another is designing graphics.

03:39 These are all the people that were part of my class.

03:41 I am always excited to talk to them and interact with them.

03:45 So, the university provides you that.

03:47 All my CCNA classmates are network engineers.

03:50 So, that is the difference that the university provides you a breadth of knowledge.

03:54 Not only just teaching you routing and switching, they teach you a lot of things.

03:59 Coming back to our certification level question.

04:03 Certification is mandatory nowadays because it provides a skill base.

04:08 One question that is very common is, which university should I go to?

04:12 [Music]

04:14 Absolutely, but that depends upon your personal circumstances.

04:18 What is your financial situation? Where does your family base you?

04:23 How far can you support them? Some girls cannot leave their homes because they cannot live in a different city.

04:30 So, what I would suggest is, you go to the open day at the university and ask them these questions.

04:35 I can tell you about European questions.

04:39 Here, students come and even ask how often do you call external experts?

04:45 If I am doing a training in cybersecurity or doing a degree in cybersecurity,

04:50 how many times I would see a pen tester coming on to the board and talking about pen testing?

04:55 Or a bug bounty hunter? Or a SOC analyst? Or a software engineer?

04:59 Or a database administrator? Or an artificial intelligence expert?

05:03 These are all the questions you need to ask the university.

05:06 If you don't ask, the universities won't provide you.

05:09 I know that many universities are offering these things.

05:12 As far as money is concerned, I have done a little bit of research with my connection in the universities.

05:19 So, high tier universities charge you 4 to 5 lakh rupees per semester.

05:24 I can understand that many people cannot afford this.

05:27 If you can afford it, why don't you go there?

05:29 But just make sure you understand whether the 4 lakh rupees you are getting per semester is valuable or not.

05:35 Number two is that after that, lower tier universities come and then affiliated colleges come

05:40 which charge roughly 50 to 60 thousand rupees per semester.

05:44 These numbers are from 2022-23, roughly forecast based numbers.

05:49 Let's conclude this.

05:53 And the conclusion is that I don't want any student to do a 4 year degree program

06:01 and eventually after 4 or 5 years of doing non-stop assignments,

06:06 he doesn't even know, have a good skill, he doesn't even know what's the difference between Python and C++,

06:14 he doesn't know how to write a gif.

06:16 What is stopping you right now, those students who are sitting in year 8, 9, 10, 11, 12?

06:21 What is stopping them to start learning?

06:24 Start learning Python script.

06:26 I am not suggesting that you learn anything other than Python.

06:29 Learn anything.

06:30 If you want to do art, do art.

06:32 If you want to do animation, do animation.

06:34 If you want to design UI/UX, do UI/UX.

06:36 Now whatever you want to do, start it.

06:38 Don't wait to start your degree and don't wait to finish your degree.

06:43 I will finish my degree and then see what job I get.

06:45 Come up with your aspiration.

06:47 A guy came to me on the interview table.

06:50 I do a lot of interviews.

06:51 I mentor a lot of people.

06:53 And he says to me, "Kashif, I have made 4 programs in Python.

06:57 I have made a snake game and a rock-paper-scissors game in that.

07:01 I would say, "Okay, good work.

07:03 You have made a schooling system too."

07:05 A guy comes to me and says, "I have made this open source project.

07:09 All of these are on my git repo and 5000 people have come on it."

07:13 He has worked with a university with a semester salary of 40,000 rupees.

07:17 The other has worked with a university with a salary of 4 lakhs.

07:20 In your opinion, which person should I hire in my business?

07:24 You know the answer.

07:25 I am not going to tell you.

07:27 I hope I have made my point.

07:29 Be happy. Remember me in your prayers.

07:31 We will meet again. Allah Hafiz.

07:33 (upbeat music)

07:35 (upbeat music)

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