I really dislike the comparisons between boot camps and college, as if they are substitutes for another. They’re not, and 100% depends on your goal. If your go

I really dislike the comparisons between boot camps and college, as if they are substitutes for another. They’re not, and 100% depends on your goal. If your goal is the fastest track to employment in any programming job, then web development/CRUD is probably the easiest route to get there, and a bootcamp is the most economical. However, you’re limited to only frontend web development or Rails or various js jobs. On the other hand hand, so many bootcamp grads have had astounding success transitioning from minimum wage jobs to 100k salaries in 4 months’ time. A CS degree, on the other hand, is a long-term investment. Done properly, it sets you up for success for a wide variety of roles, and gives you hard earned understanding of the big picture that comes with years of studying. The blog post specifically advises you to hire CS grads (or grads with academic CS backgrounds) for anything remotely more specialized than javascript, like databases, etc. but, it involves 3-4 years of full time studying. These are not substitutes each other: they are dependent on your goals! Each involves trade offs. Because I’m biased towards academic CS education, I’ll say this: tech is one the fastest changing industries, and I think it is crucial to be grounded in the fundamentals, not just for your future employability, but your overall understanding of CS and where your work fits in.