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Ask HN: Are coding bootcamps a waste of time?

• mtmail 8y ago
  Quite a loaded question (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question) Why do you think bootcamps are a scam? Reading past HN answers, e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16341716 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16341716, I haven't seen somebody saying it was a total waste or they shouldn't have done it.
  • quotz 8y ago
    Should have phrased it as a waste not a scam.
    • nohnce 8y ago
      I suppose it depends on what the focus is. I've heard of bootcamps cramming as many technologies as possible into their course to make people seem employable. It's definitely not worth it to have sporadic surface-level knowledge.