College Students are Flocking to Cryptocurrency Related Classes! (Plus an 82% increase in Crypto-related jobs)
Stanford and other top computer science universities are seeing students flock to cryptocurrency related classes.
The co-director of the Stanford Computer Security Lab, Dan Boneh, reiterated that sentiment by saying that his cryptography classes are red hot.
How red hot you might ask?
Well according to Boneh, there are over 1 million people signed up for his online class.
Yes you read that right, over 1 million!
However it's not just a west coast thing and it's not just a Stanford thing.
Others are taking notice as well.
Carnegie Mellon announced that they just hired a cryptography expert from Microsoft Research to help build out their program.
But that's not all.
The University of California and MIT also have offered cryptocurency related classes in the last couple years and they are immensely popular.
Back in 2015 Boneh said that he first started teaching a class on bitcoin and cryptocurrencies and it easily attracted over 100 students.
At that point he knew it was time to expand.
As mentioned above, his online class that he teaches through Coursera now numbers over 1 million students.
I'd say there is pretty strong demand!
This news comes on the heels of Peter Theil saying that the potential of bitcoin is bigger than what even some of the biggest bitcoin bulls think:
That wasn't the only big news of the day, however...
Also, CNBC reported earlier that according to Freelancer.com there has been an 82% surge in bitcoin related jobs in the 3rd quarter alone.
Which makes it by far the fastest growing industry on the freelance website.
Basically these statistics are just summing up what we already know...
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency is absolutely booming!
There is no guarantee that these things will be around long term, but each day that goes by that they don't go away, and the more money and people that come into the space, the likelihood of them going away gets smaller and smaller.
Stay informed my friends.
Sources:
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/30/crypto-classes-popular-at-stanford-cmu-thanks-to-bitcoin-craze.html
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/apos-ve-seen-82-percent-031600314.html
Image Sources:
https://hacked.com/college-non-profit-handed-free-bitcoin-chicago-students/
https://www.coindesk.com/time-we-gave-500000-bitcoin-college-kids/
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We're in uncharted waters here, folks. Anyone who compares the current state of the cryptocurrency economy to the 90s dot-com bubble is simply misinformed.
According to Statista, there are 2.32 billion mobile users worldwide in 2017, this figure is project to rise to 2.7 billion by 2020. (https://www.statista.com/statistics/330695/number-of-smartphone-users-worldwide/)
Every smartphone users is a potential cryptocurrency user! Let that sink in.
This trend toward crypto studies is a welcome change from the time when any student with half a brain gravitated directly to an MBA program, and upon graduating from said program was immediately given a starting salary of close to $100,000. All for playing with fiat currencies.
Let's hope this trend continues, and continues to grow. By studying cryptos instead of phoney fiat, students will at least be learning about money that has actual value.
It is a trend I'd like to see taken very seriously for the longevity of cryptocurrency, which in my opinion is definitely here to stay ad infinitum.
I like your choice of pictures to close, typical millenial
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Beautiful.
STEEM On !!
DaveB
good post
That is pretty cool... at least they are learning practical stuff and more informed people will lead to more investors and demand for cryptos. Good stuff.
Yes, also I believe they are training them in programming and coding as well as teaching all the different possible applications of cryptocurrency and blockchain. Either way, if it starts getting sticky at the college level, this space is really going to blow up.
How much are these courses? I’ve had a look but they don’t talk about cost. It seems you need to sign up for that.
I worked it out. Seems you can take the course for free but need to pay £60 to get a certificate. Well worth a look.
I worked it out. Seems you can take the course for free but need to pay £60 to get a certificate. Well worth a look.
There is NO way back. It is in every vain from the financial system.
Hi ,
Nice work sir
I've actually been thinking of taking some structured classes on crypto to see if I can learn more about it than just fumbling around random info on the internet.
You say that now but as a 5th year Uni student you can learn basically everything on the internet that you can learn at University. University has a bit of structure and it forces you to learn through tests etc, but I think if you're really into something, learning it online is much more effective.
The digital currency revolution is unfolding, and the changes will accelerate. I can count myself as one of those whose started working in digital currencies in the last month. I detailed my journey in this previous post: https://steemit.com/introducemyself/@dcasia/5b6bg1-jogging-into-the-blockchain-social-media-revolution