I agree about boot camps. I didn't say it would make them good coders, just able to code. I've worked with code monkeys who did nothing but C/P from SO, who had

I agree about boot camps. I didn't say it would make them good coders, just able to code. I've worked with code monkeys who did nothing but C/P from SO, who had no idea how their code worked. I've worked with 'hardware repair specialists' who didn't know the how/why of hardware, they could only parrot what they saw on YouTube. Some (read- rich) schools are teaching programming early, but I agree 100% if we had all public schools teach it early it would remove much of the mysticism. Anyways sorry if I come across as heated on this issue, just some of the best people I've ever met made the least and had the most menial of jobs. edit to add- my mother (a horrible, evil person), was head of Sandia Labs IT(weapons defense contractors for the govt), she had a masters in accounting and knew nothing about computers and servers. This woman- who was on call 24/7 and still had beepers in 2010 as they are more reliable than cellphones, couldn't use a desktop computer and had Win98 as her OS when the rest of the world was on Win 7. I don't understand this world.