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Developer Bootcamps - Be a Programmer in Two Months!

posted by LaminatorX on Wednesday October 15 2014, @03:06PM   
from the considered-harmful dept.

Thexalon writes:

The New York Times has coverage on the phenomenon of Developer Bootcamps, that claim to do in a matter of a couple of months what used to take at least a couple of years for an associate's degree. These cram courses are apparently getting about a 75% job placement rate.

Have any Soylentils either gone through these programs, or worked with others who have? If so, what are your experiences?

• Don't panic (Score: 2) by Sir Garlon on Wednesday October 15 2014, @05:48PM

  by Sir Garlon (1264) on Wednesday October 15 2014, @05:48PM (#106334)

  I remain convinced that software is the critical infrastructure of modern society and there will always be a place for professionals who can design and implement reliable software. It's just that there is also a place for slapdash "coders" who throw together crappy Web apps or iPhone apps and then move on to the next thing.

  To draw an analogy with the building trades, I see a lot of builders who do cheap work on houses hiring low-skilled crews who can't (or don't) make the floors level and the walls plumb. Those contractors are not the same contractors who do heavy construction: bridges, dams, large buildings. The fact that a lot of houses are thrown together as cheaply as possible does not threaten the careers of the civil engineers and licensed welders and architects and electricians who work on the big projects.

  If you are an engineer or a craftsman who finds himself working for a fly-by-night company, then your only problem is that you have to move to somewhere that will respect your professionalism. But that's in your best interest anyway.

  --
  [Sir Garlon] is the marvellest knight that is now living, for he destroyeth many good knights, for he goeth invisible.

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