Good point on personal management being something employers value generically by someone completing a degree. Then again, I also know enough people who don&#x27;t have all that together even with a degree.<p>If the question is more along the lines of how can a MOOC be part of the effective development of a desirable, hire-able person, then this is a big discussion.<p>There are all sorts of areas needing review. What&#x27;s a cost-optimized way to get to a balanced personal portfolio that looks good on paper (resume)? Do resumes matter when performance can speak volumes (your github repo, your stack-exchange + hacker news profile, your start-up you did in high school?<p>Beyond that, are those things true indicators of appeal for hiring HR&#x2F;recruiters, managers, peers during interviews?<p>Is all of this actually helpful in estimating the likelihood of positive performance? It&#x27;s all very hazy. Each thing bodes well, in ways, for the total, but most people are flawed, to some degree, if measured by other people. Myers-Briggs type personality profiling is rough pigeon-holing, but there is an underlying truth somewhere that different people will just resonate or &quot;dissonate&quot; with each other. Maybe one of the most effective things a person can develop, beyond their fundamental knowledge and technical acumen, is the ability to empathize with other people; to be able to bridge those personality divides.<p>That brings me back to how there are few better environments, potentially, to get hands-on experience in navigating personality and culture difference than well-integrated schools.