From what you’ve seen, has this lack of fundamentals hindered graduates in their job search? Or are they still able to build things, so potential employers don’t care so much about programming concepts? Or, as a result of skimming the fundamentals, are they left without being equipped to build real things as well? I’m not super familiar with the experience of boot camps myself, how much knowledge do graduates leave with about being able to build real-world applications?
I generally agree with the original post. That said, how much knowledge you take away from a bootcamp often… not always… is directly proportional to the amount of knowledge you came in with. If you have a mastery, not understanding, of Javascript then I think you'll have a great chance of leaving a MERN course with a lot of tools in your belt. If you don't then you'll likely spend a lot of time trying to play catch up; looking up terms, trying to memorize patterns, sifting through hundreds of tutorials & articles with conflicting opinions and instructions.
Bootcamps know all of this but have not taken ownership of the issue because an ignorant student is money in the bank just like a knowledgeable one is. It's no different than college. You can walk away from a major university with no degree and the school won't care. They got paid.
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From what you’ve seen, has this lack of fundamentals hindered graduates in their job search? Or are they still able to build things, so potential employers don’t care so much about programming concepts? Or, as a result of skimming the fundamentals, are they left without being equipped to build real things as well? I’m not super familiar with the experience of boot camps myself, how much knowledge do graduates leave with about being able to build real-world applications?
I generally agree with the original post. That said, how much knowledge you take away from a bootcamp often… not always… is directly proportional to the amount of knowledge you came in with. If you have a mastery, not understanding, of Javascript then I think you'll have a great chance of leaving a MERN course with a lot of tools in your belt. If you don't then you'll likely spend a lot of time trying to play catch up; looking up terms, trying to memorize patterns, sifting through hundreds of tutorials & articles with conflicting opinions and instructions.
Bootcamps know all of this but have not taken ownership of the issue because an ignorant student is money in the bank just like a knowledgeable one is. It's no different than college. You can walk away from a major university with no degree and the school won't care. They got paid.