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> Lambda School co-founder Austen Allred envisions students coming back to his coding school every eight years or so to learn new skills. Eh... While that mig
by hannibalhorn 7y ago
> Lambda School co-founder Austen Allred envisions students coming back to his coding school every eight years or so to learn new skills.
Eh... While that might be a good story to sell to his investors, most anybody worth their salt won't need to go back to a "bootcamp coding school" every 8 years to learn a new language.
- track_me_now 7y agoyou're right - it's kinda funny that boot camps are promoted because "university is a terrible way to learn programming", but they then try and sell boot camps as an effective way to learn the framework de jour. Maybe if you finished an undergrad you'd be well equipped to stay on top of an ever-changing tech landscape?
- lonelappde 7y agoWhat is magical about undergrad that makes it exactly the correct amount of time to spend in school?
- krapht 7y agoIt's exactly difficult enough and requires enough work that for many people it's an effective sorting tool for general intelligence and work ethic. If bootcamps take off it will be because they replace this function of university.
- barry-cotter 7y agoIt’s the standard way to do things so doing it signals conformity and employers don’t generally want non-conformists because they’re boat rockers.
- lonelappde 7y agoWhy even have school at all if everyone can just learn everything on their own with a teacher or lab mates?