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As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check

20 points by dwynings 9y ago

haihaibye 9y ago
https://cdn1.nyt.com/images/2017/08/11/business/00bootcamp3/00bootcamp3-articleLarge.jpg https://cdn1.nyt.com/images/2017/08/11/business/00bootcamp3/... Html / JS on the board is described as "Ajacks"
- tonvei 9y ago
  first thing I noticed also
- darrinmn 9y ago
  Teams pick names for their group projects. There name is clearly ajacks, playing of of "Ajax"... And possibly they have 2 people on their team named jack.
dmitrygr 9y ago
Good. Selling false hope for $26k is cruel even by my standards. And you're not going to become employable from a boot camp unless you either already knew a lot or are supremely talented.
erik_landerholm 9y ago
There is nothing special about learning to code. Learn the fundamentals, learn the math, learn how a computer works,practice, success. Seriously, if you want to be good at anything, it's always the same analogous steps.
- anaheim_ducks2 9y ago
  Are you a promoter for one of these boot camps?
flavio81 9y ago
"Even humanities graduates can learn how to code in a few months and join the high-paying digital economy. " How sad are things getting. A humanities graduate, with deep knowledge about interesting topics, encourage to become a cheap code monkey, just because it pays more than his/her original career.
- Trundle 9y ago
  Things "getting"? Uhhh what? In what time period was it not common for people to pursue the paths in life with the greatest material reward?
  - Sol-Savage 9y ago
    "with deep knowledge about interesting topic," is significant. It's funny how the trumple generation loves to ommit words. 'You know what I meant!' 'I know what you mean! '
    - flavio81 9y ago
      Care to explain? English is not my native language.
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mindhash 9y ago
The promise of a full time employment through any course is plain wrong.. a course is to save you time and effort .you can learn and get a job without course too.. just think course is 40 percent time saving ..

20 points by dwynings 9y ago

https://cdn1.nyt.com/images/2017/08/11/business/00bootcamp3/00bootcamp3-articleLarge.jpg https://cdn1.nyt.com/images/2017/08/11/business/00bootcamp3/... Html / JS on the board is described as "Ajacks"

tonvei 9y ago
first thing I noticed also
darrinmn 9y ago
Teams pick names for their group projects. There name is clearly ajacks, playing of of "Ajax"... And possibly they have 2 people on their team named jack.

dmitrygr 9y ago

Good. Selling false hope for $26k is cruel even by my standards. And you're not going to become employable from a boot camp unless you either already knew a lot or are supremely talented.

erik_landerholm 9y ago

There is nothing special about learning to code. Learn the fundamentals, learn the math, learn how a computer works,practice, success. Seriously, if you want to be good at anything, it's always the same analogous steps.

anaheim_ducks2 9y ago
Are you a promoter for one of these boot camps?

flavio81 9y ago

"Even humanities graduates can learn how to code in a few months and join the high-paying digital economy. " How sad are things getting. A humanities graduate, with deep knowledge about interesting topics, encourage to become a cheap code monkey, just because it pays more than his/her original career.

Trundle 9y ago
Things "getting"? Uhhh what? In what time period was it not common for people to pursue the paths in life with the greatest material reward?
- Sol-Savage 9y ago
  "with deep knowledge about interesting topic," is significant. It's funny how the trumple generation loves to ommit words. 'You know what I meant!' 'I know what you mean! '
  - flavio81 9y ago
    Care to explain? English is not my native language.

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mindhash 9y ago

The promise of a full time employment through any course is plain wrong.. a course is to save you time and effort .you can learn and get a job without course too.. just think course is 40 percent time saving ..