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Developer Bootcamps - Be a Programmer in Two Months!

posted by LaminatorX on Wednesday October 15 2014, @03:06PM   Printer-friendly
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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?

 
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  • (Score: 2) by strattitarius on Thursday October 16 2014, @01:54AM

    by strattitarius (3191) on Thursday October 16 2014, @01:54AM (#106500) Journal
    That is interesting. But by that standard, wouldn't you expect those that do well with foreign languages would do really well with programming? Or vice-versa? But I have never noticed a very strong correlation between those two. It certainly doesn't exist for me.

    What's your take on ability/proficiency of learning foreign languages and programming?
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  • (Score: 1) by khedoros on Thursday October 16 2014, @03:08AM

    by khedoros (2921) on Thursday October 16 2014, @03:08AM (#106516)
    My take is that someone with an aptitude for understanding the structure of language (whether foreign or not) would be more likely to also have an aptitude for programming. That doesn't mean that this theoretical person would have an interest in both pursuits, and I think that that's an important part of what makes someone successful at something. Either here or on the green site, there was a recent article about how curiosity aids learning. So often, programming is considered in its relation to math, and languages are considered in their relations to softer studies. I'd posit that the lack of correlation between aptitude that you've observed is more due to social factors than to a lack of a relationship between them.