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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?
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Developer Bootcamps - Be a Programmer in Two Months!
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(Score: 2) by clone141166 on Thursday October 16 2014, @12:44AM
I think both education AND experience are necessary to be truly great at anything.
I've heard a lot of people claim that degrees are useless and that they were educated by the "school of the world" or some rubbish. There are certainly a lot of holes in the current tertiary education system, and I'm sure there are some very motivated people who can just pick things up very quickly without much formal education. But for 99% of humanity, to be good at anything you need to learn about it first and then experience it.
Degrees expose you to a lot of great ideas and ways of thinkings that you may not otherwise ever encounter. But at the same time they can be filled with a lot of junk that you will never use ever again. On the other hand just working a job really only gives you a very narrow perspective. You might become exceedingly good at your particular specialised field of work, but without a formal education I think you would really miss out on a lot of opportunities to apply knowledge and ideas from other areas to your particular specialisation.