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> This does not leave bootcamp grads equivalently skilled to university grads. If you want to do hard algorithmic or low-level programming, you’re still better
by pbiggar 10y ago
> This does not leave bootcamp grads equivalently skilled to university grads. If you want to do hard algorithmic or low-level programming, you’re still better served by traditional CS eduction.
Or, if I may suggest, a low-level/algorithmic bootcamp.
- ammon 10y agoI think it's possible that these things just fundamentally take more time to learn well. I'd be happy to be proven wrong, however.
- pbiggar 10y agoJudging from my own experience, spending some time through the start of Skiena's Algorithm Design Manual, with a side of Programming Pearls or Practice of Programming, would do wonders and easily outstrip a CS education. I'd say you could do it in less than 200 hours, which is about 3 weeks of dedicated bootcamper time. Maybe dev-bootcamp should offer an optional extra module?
- adpirz 10y agoAs a bootcamp grad m'self who would love to do more deep dives into algos/data structures, I'm intrigued. Any other recs?
- bshlgrs 10y agoI think a low-level/algorithmic bootcamp would be great, and it wouldn't be that hard to make one.