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This is certainly a possible route. To be honest, I'm not sure the poster has the ability to carry through a four month self-directed project like that; a boot
by x0x0 6y ago
This is certainly a possible route. To be honest, I'm not sure the poster has the ability to carry through a four month self-directed project like that; a bootcamp and/or working as a junior engineer provides far more structure and direction.
- aeoleonn 6y agoYou bring up a great point. I actually attended a bootcamp for 1 week, but thought it was over priced and didn't provide much instruction (25 students, 2 instructors, sometimes only 1 instructor. After a lecture on a topic, I'd spend 95% of the day just googling stuff. Also, the lessons were not structured in a pedagogical way in my experience there. That said, it was just after bootcamps became a thing-- I was one of the first cohorts at the one I attended). So, I dropped out after the first week and was refunded remaining tuition. I went back to the workforce and learned dev part-time. Bootcamps seem to be about 12 weeks (that's 3 months) plus about $12,000 or so. Whereas I took 4 months & paid zero. But that said, I already knew how to program when I started my project. The project was more about showing strangers that I had the skills I claimed to have.