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I haven't an opinion on boot camps as they currently run (but am entirely self taught and having a great time architecting and building APIs and front end appli
by adregan 12y ago
I haven't an opinion on boot camps as they currently run (but am entirely self taught and having a great time architecting and building APIs and front end applications); however, I wish that the " Interested in learning to code, but not so keen on leaving your current employer?" section was the focus of the article and the boot camps.
A buddy of mine told me about the cascading discounts that he and his coworkers calculated by hand. They all know how to do it, but he wanted an quicker way. A little recursive function later and I made him a simple little calculator he could pull up on his phone. It saves him—and his coworkers—time and would completely be within everyone's grasp to create with a little bit of training.
I wish there was a push for practical programming and automation for everyone. Boot camps to help you improve your work through simple programming.
- RosieA 12y agoBut did he WANT to code that himself? Or was it really a job for you? I actually agree, but as a business of course you go where the interest market is most stable. If nothing else than for the sake of your investor's heart-rate. ;-) Jokes aside, I'm wondering if the increasing demand for education in school systems and traditional education is the long term solution to exactly this problem. We're working hard in Europe to participate as much as we can as we feel the skills-gap philosophy is actually an education gap it just hasn't been figured out yet.
- adregan 12y agoHe was banging away at excel for a while trying to come up with a way to do it, and he probably would have hit on something sooner or later but wanted something for the next day, so I figured I'd give him a hand. I figure, as programming is able to become more abstract and high level, "practical programming" will become a lot easier.