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I investigated this space too and I realized in a recession, you could find good people to "convert" rather than "teach". I'm sure the offering will evolve as y

I investigated this space too and I realized in a recession, you could find good people to "convert" rather than "teach". I'm sure the offering will evolve as you they proceed and be able to take fresher students. Bloomberg LP, Zoho and Infosys all have very good versions of this in-house. Convert a economy major into a developer who knows C,C++,Fortran or Cobol in 4 months. Zoho does it with high school grads but their process takes like 2 years I think for them to be contributing engineers. I like the part where they get people to commit to atleast 3 hours. In my model I assumed you would need 8 hours of full commitment per day.

jmtame 14y ago
Dev Bootcamp requires 8 hours per day over 10 weeks, although I've met their students and they're an intense group--they usually stay longer and they go in over weekends too. It's probably the most immersive experience you can get out there, and it's totally worth it. We draw the line at 3 hours and weekends are required, plus you can't be gone more than one week during the 8 weeks. If people can't commit to any of those, we would rather try again with them in the future when their schedule works out better.
- keeptrying 14y ago
  the 3 hours is key ... people dont have to leave jobs etc ... That is what will crack this thing wide open. I figured out some other interesting business models. Especially applicable in NYC. Email me (in profile) if you want more info.