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I think community colleges are great, and if you can get one on one instruction anywhere it is fantastic. The challenge is that bootcamps are really designed fo
by raiyu 7y ago
I think community colleges are great, and if you can get one on one instruction anywhere it is fantastic. The challenge is that bootcamps are really designed for people who are changing careers. Which means they have already gone through college or actively working. So it becomes an issue because they are reliant on income to survive and they aren't living with their parents.
Basically it's unplanned and so much harder to able to commit two years.
Certainly do-able, but challenging when you are thinking of it from a consumer perspective. Spend two years working towards a career shift or get it done in 6 months.
Maybe community colleges can do a better job of marketing themselves.
But ultimately I think the fact that computer science isn't a requirement in all education is criminal. We study "Math" and "English" in school. "Computer Science" is the equivalent of math 100 years ago, it needs to be a mandated requirement.
- BlueTemplar 7y agoOne issue might be how complexity analysis (amongst other computer science concepts) already requires a not insignificant math background...
- superduperuser 7y ago"" Computer Science" is the equivalent of math 100 years ago..." Would mind expanding on that?
- raiyu 7y agoYou can't live in the modern world today without understanding math. You also can't live in the modern world without language and the ability to communicate. To me math is a language. Different than our verbal languages, but it is still a language none the less and essential. Programming to me is also a language. And it is as essential today as math was originally. There was a long period of history where lower economic classes were prevented from learning and educating themselves and the fact that we have education that is subsidized by the government to various levels in all major countries is something that we take for granted, but it wasn't a right that our ancestors had. The way schools force all kids to learn math, I feel is how schools today should force all kids to learn programming and computer science.