> Do you think there are smart people who would or could be good developers who did not major in computer science and later went on to attend a 'bootcamp'? Of

> Do you think there are smart people who would or could be good developers who did not major in computer science and later went on to attend a 'bootcamp'? Of course. I know someone that would fit that description, and I don't think he's unusual. > Do you think it's possible that developers who are not good could graduate from college with CS degrees? Of course. I graduated with some and work with some. Strictly speaking, learning to write software is just a side-effect of learning how algorithms, data structures, and all that work. Some people never get very good at writing software. I think you're missing the point, though. College vs boot camp isn't a matter of the skill of the resulting developers. It's more of a focus on different skills. Suppose a technician and an engineer are writing a program together. Maybe the engineer works on the "deep dive" aspects of the design (tough algorithms. the critical path of the program). Maybe the technician works on the overall architecture, wiring things up cleanly and producing an artful design. They're different focuses, and it's a division that doesn't currently really exist in SW dev, but does in some other fields (electrical engineers vs electricians, mech eng's vs various technicians, etc).