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One thing I was surprised about was the price. Can you really get $10K per student in a boot camp/coding school? Googling I found [0]. It's looking like abou
by mikekchar 10y ago
One thing I was surprised about was the price. Can you really get $10K per student in a boot camp/coding school? Googling I found [0]. It's looking like about $1K per week. What kind of student to teacher ratio do they have? I assume they also take referral fees with their placement programs?
It occurs to me that I'm in entirely the wrong industry. I'll be honest, I work with a few people out of boot camps, and I really like them. Having junior people on your team that are driven and excited about learning is so beneficial to the overall team dynamic. However, the knowledge deficit is pretty large and it's pretty easy to fall into the trap of "this is good enough" (when it isn't) due to a lack of perception of the scope of the field.
Like I said, the people on my team who come from boot camps are really excellent and I would hire them again in a heartbeat. I just have a hard time believing these aren't the cream of the crop. I would feel bad taking $1K a week from general students knowing that they are unlikely to succeed.
[0] https://www.coursereport.com/blog/coding-bootcamp-cost-comparison-full-stack-immersives https://www.coursereport.com/blog/coding-bootcamp-cost-compa...
- lucidguppy 10y agoCode coming out of the universities isn't that great either. That's why you need summer internships / coop education. People need to learn how to take PR criticism the right way - and to learn. I wonder how much improvement you'd see if you handed out "Clean Code" by Martin to junior developers.