As a former instructor at a code school I always told students that learning to code would put them on a successful trajectory more than make them instantly val

As a former instructor at a code school I always told students that learning to code would put them on a successful trajectory more than make them instantly valuable. It's not an on/off situation. A good engineer is always learning and improving. Code schools too often make it look like you attend and then succeed, there's a lot more than goes on in between.