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I just want to say that, as is usually the case for any label or collection of people, you have to end up judging bootcamp grads on an individual basis. At my c

by alanh 7y ago

I just want to say that, as is usually the case for any label or collection of people, you have to end up judging bootcamp grads on an individual basis. At my company, we have interviewed and hired quite a few bootcamp grads, most of whom were previously bootcamp TAs. And yeah — a lot of them are very mediocre, you know, the kind of engineer you would never select to be on your dream team, but at least one is a really amazing hire, a great co-worker, extremely conscientious and forever learning on and off the job, pushing the rest of us forward, etc.

Bartweiss 7y ago
"Many bootcamp grads are unqualified" is sort of a weird complaint in a field where it's common (and I think accurate) to complain that many degree-holders with a decade of experience are unqualified. It's not obvious to me that this is any special weakness of bootcamps, rather than just another consequence of the fact that programming doesn't have much standardized education or trustworthy credentialing.