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Discussion on: How Dev Bootcamps Are Failing Their Students

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Selino Valdes

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.