Could it be possible to combine both worlds? Getting a university degree by spending four years with a strong focus on practical skills and intense workload[1].

Could it be possible to combine both worlds? Getting a university degree by spending four years with a strong focus on practical skills and intense workload[1]. To my knowledge only the top tier of american colleges (MIT, Berkeley, Stanford, ...) come close to that achievement. But, in France, where I live; I had the opportunity to go to a private school "specialized" in computer science (Epitech, 42, if you wanna look it up), that was mostly an "enlarged bootcamp" from year one to year three. It was kind of funny, for me, when my peers from traditional schools ended up discovering version control in their final internship. [1]: Once you replace the shitty paper exams by actual projects in programming classes, you'll be amazed by how much you'll increase student proactivity.