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Is anyone else shocked at people's willingness to take on nearly six figures of debt with so little research? Accredited or not, there are a significant amount
by ngngngng 7y ago
Is anyone else shocked at people's willingness to take on nearly six figures of debt with so little research? Accredited or not, there are a significant amount of educational institutions churning out unemployed and underemployed graduates like it's their job.
- kevinml 7y agoIn almost all cases I recommend various free to inexpensive online options for people interested in learning to code. I taught myself web dev a few years ago and spent in total less than $200 on books, udemy/online courses and am now 5 years into my career. I can see that a mentored, fine tuned curriculum would be beneficial to someone not sure where to start but it feels crazy to charge someone more than a couple grand for what is essentially freely available information. I think this type of school is preying on people's conditioning to think a traditional college-like environment is more serious or worth it somehow.
- Ancalagon 7y agoSurprised you're being downvoted. This is a good response to OP, and I completely agree with it. I'd also like to add, I don't understand how the "credentials" earned from these bootcamps are rated so highly in some peoples' minds.