India had similar code academy type institutions in the 90s (don't know if they still do) and they gave pretty much the same results. A very small percentage wh

India had similar code academy type institutions in the 90s (don't know if they still do) and they gave pretty much the same results. A very small percentage who "get it" and could think their way through a logical problem in a logical way; and a majority - those there strictly to find the path to a well-paying job - who could write code to the exact specification you provided, but with no independent thought. Only difference is that then, the token technologies used for study were out of MS's desktop stack. Source: worked with lots of outsourcing/offshore partners out of India during that time... edit: I should also add that in the US the same could be observed: uptick in CS grads who only started out in it for the money, had no real interest in the actual building blocks they were given -- and were predictably uninspired in the workplace. The percentage of 'good' programmers was higher, but that was only because there was a 4-year barrier to entry vs ~16weeks-1yr for the tech schools in India.