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Coding Boot camps

• AnimalMuppet 9y ago
  ... which are not at universities.
  • inopinatus 9y ago
    And will also not prepare you for a job in computer science.
    • enraged_camel 9y ago
      They might prepare you for an intro-level job in software development though, if you actually continue learning things and honing your skills after completing them.
      • djellybeans 9y ago
        For what it's worth, these bootcamps are the current "trade schools" for software jobs where the barrier to entry is lower. They're accelerated programs that use job placement as a strong selling point. It's almost like they rose from the death of many for-profit technical schools (DeVry, WestWood et al.) and took their ecological niche. But in contrast to bootcamps, these for-profit schools were too big, slow, and ineffective.