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Bootcamps vs. College

ammonb on April 03, 2019

Programming bootcamps seem to make an impossible claim. Instead of spending four years in university, they say, you can learn how to be a software ...
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Kyle Johnson

I have over 20 years of experience in software development and if I could do it over again I would go to college.

Why?

  1. The material is taught at a slower pace than a BC
  2. Learning all that CS stuff builds a good programming FOUNDATION. Some might say learning how to write five different sorts is a waste of time but remember programming is 90% logic. Those sort algorithms develop your logic.
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Jason Espin

Sounds like an exception to the rule or your metrics are wrong. Bootcamps are in no way on par with a university educated developer who learns the fundamentals of programming not just how to implement one tiny feature in a specific language. Anyone can do that.

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Xing Wang

What are some of your example "practical programming" questions?