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> were more useful than any college grad I've interviewed, but had weak understanding of the fundamentals That's the issue with bootcamps, along with the cost.

> were more useful than any college grad I've interviewed, but had weak understanding of the fundamentals That's the issue with bootcamps, along with the cost. A local bootcamp (Wyncode) is 11 weeks at $10,000, which is ridiculous. 1-2 programming classes at a local school can probably supplement your fundamentals, honestly, Operating Systems, Parallel Programming, and Senior Project would probably be the most useful courses for a bootcamp grad.

itslennysfault 8y ago
I don't think you understand what a bootcamp is. The one I taught was 14 weeks of 40 hours per week classroom plus an additional 20+ hours of homework. It is BY FAR the most bang for your buck for practical hands on coding skills. A couple programming classes isn't even in the same universe. Beyond that, our course material was bleeding edge. When some new hottness came out we incorporated it into our curriculum. Colleges have too much bureaucracy to keep up with the latest tech trends.
- WrtCdEvrydy 8y ago
  There's nothing wrong with bleeding edge in course material, the issue with bootcamps has always been lacking of computing fundamentals.
- souprock 8y ago
  I think it's wonderful that a bootcamp leaves out requirements that involve stuff like sociology, art history, community service, political science, and similar undesired gunk. I think it is tolerable that a bootcamp leaves out 3 semesters of calculus, 3 semesters of physics, 2 semesters of discrete math, 1 semester of statistics, 1 semester of digital logic, more math, and more science. The value here is limited. What is terrible is that a bootcamp usually neglects anything outside of one narrow specialty that happens to be popular, typically web development. The typical bootcamp isn't teaching how to create a compiler, an OS, factory automation, life-critical software, or hard real-time software.

itslennysfault 8y ago

I don't think you understand what a bootcamp is. The one I taught was 14 weeks of 40 hours per week classroom plus an additional 20+ hours of homework. It is BY FAR the most bang for your buck for practical hands on coding skills. A couple programming classes isn't even in the same universe. Beyond that, our course material was bleeding edge. When some new hottness came out we incorporated it into our curriculum. Colleges have too much bureaucracy to keep up with the latest tech trends.

WrtCdEvrydy 8y ago
There's nothing wrong with bleeding edge in course material, the issue with bootcamps has always been lacking of computing fundamentals.
souprock 8y ago
I think it's wonderful that a bootcamp leaves out requirements that involve stuff like sociology, art history, community service, political science, and similar undesired gunk. I think it is tolerable that a bootcamp leaves out 3 semesters of calculus, 3 semesters of physics, 2 semesters of discrete math, 1 semester of statistics, 1 semester of digital logic, more math, and more science. The value here is limited. What is terrible is that a bootcamp usually neglects anything outside of one narrow specialty that happens to be popular, typically web development. The typical bootcamp isn't teaching how to create a compiler, an OS, factory automation, life-critical software, or hard real-time software.