I recently posted in another DevBootcamp-esque post on HackerNews but I'll echo what I said. I'm a current DevBootcamp student, and I've never been in an enviro

I recently posted in another DevBootcamp-esque post on HackerNews but I'll echo what I said. I'm a current DevBootcamp student, and I've never been in an environment more conducive to learning anything. As a student you're surrounded by 19+ other students that are highly motivated and highly intelligent. We've also got access to fantastic and experienced mentors that are available to answer our every question and help us solve every problem that we may encounter. I'll leave you with a quote from a recent thread on a Rails list from a fellow student (Ben Johnston): "The course itself has exceeded my highest expectations. A typical day starts with optional Yoga in the morning. After breakfast we have a 1-2 hour class given by Shereef followed by some pairing on exercises or a project. When we are working by ourselves Shereef and the mentors roam around answering questions. We sometimes have a second impromptu class after lunch where Shereef will go deeper on a subject he sees us struggling with during the morning session. Then we go back to the pairing stations and hack away for three or four hours. We have speakers come in once or twice a week to talk to us about what it takes to become a great developer, how they work on projects and what to expect in the industry. The background of the speakers vary, we've had developers from companies like ThoughtWorks and Pivotal Labs, CEOs from big companies like IGN or startup founders like Michael Staton from Inigral. Every Tuesday Twitter engineers come to the space to teach us Javascript. Most students stay late every night. It is not uncommon for half the class to still be coding at 11pm. DBC has been the hardest and most rewarding thing I have ever done professionally. I am inspired by my class mates everyday. They "lean forward into the problem" no matter how daunting it is. Shereef reinforces this attitude by relentlessly throwing us in the deep end and now we embrace that feeling of discomfort when something seems beyond our ability. I consider myself a developer now and know I can build really cool stuff. I can't begin to describe how good that feels and how grateful I am to Shereef for putting together such an incredible program. It has genuinely changed my life and was well worth the tuition (most of which will be refunded if we get a job from one of the 20+ employers coming to meet us). "