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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: 1) by jorl17 on Thursday October 16 2014, @09:56PM
You might be right. But do understand that, as I said, these people aren't meant to be asking that many questions. They'll mostly just act as tools to get the job done. They have to be given very specific orders and not have that many architectural decisions going on. The entities that funded this program know this, and they've been thrilled with last year's outcome because of that. Do note, however, that these people aren't the "average Joe". They're highly skilled people in maths, logics, etc who are harding a hard time finding a job here (Portugal). Some of them have PhDs!
But yeah, of course a year doesn't cut it either, except for very specific scenarios.
Actually, you are right. It's just semantics. They are coders, not programmers, nor engineers. They might become one or the other if they keep investing in their studies, but right now they're just coders.