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It's really worrying to read that these bootcamps hire instructors who have no experience and whose only relevant education is a different session of the same b
by giaour 11y ago
It's really worrying to read that these bootcamps hire instructors who have no experience and whose only relevant education is a different session of the same bootcamp.
- theseatoms 11y agoThis is exactly why I've been hesitant to try them out. Do they have any value beyond credentialing/signaling effects for a comfortably intermediate programmer?
- giaour 11y agoIf you're currently working, it's probably not worth the time or money you'd give up to attend. If not, maybe but be very careful about which bootcamp you attend. It sounds like xiaoma went to a good one (Hack Reactor from her comments) but the author of the article did not. There are no regulatory bodies, so caveat emptor.
- xiaoma 11y agoAt the "bootcamp" where I studied, the primary instructor was a very senior ex-Twitter engineer who had built their internal code class.
- rkho 11y agoHi fellow HRX!
- giaour 11y agoClearly, your experience was not universal.
- xiaoma 11y agoPeople who go to four year schools don't universally have the same experience either. That's the problem with talking about "these bootcamps" or "these universities" or "these" anything.
- giaour 11y agoThat's a fair point. But as someone who hasn't been to a bootcamp, I find it impossible to tell the difference between good ones and bad ones, as they aren't accredited or anything like that. Edit: for tone.