I think the quality of these bootcamps varies wildly. I'm at Hack Reactor right now and we're doing far more than learning syntax...
No doubt a "real degree" can open doors, but I think I'll be able to find better jobs than half the CS grads from my college when I finish here at HR. This may say more about my college than HR, to be fair...
Anyone can learn how to program without any kind of "bootcamp" or an education at a 4 years university, but it is near impossible to learn computer science without a formal education.
Bootcamps are just wrong in my opinion, unless you are in it for the money from the current tech hype. I believe that most people need a formal education (working on problem sets, problem solving with algorithm paradigms, formally learn about NP-completeness) to do any kind of real software engineering, very few can do it by themselves without guidance.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 14.5 ms ] threadNo doubt a "real degree" can open doors, but I think I'll be able to find better jobs than half the CS grads from my college when I finish here at HR. This may say more about my college than HR, to be fair...
Bootcamps are just wrong in my opinion, unless you are in it for the money from the current tech hype. I believe that most people need a formal education (working on problem sets, problem solving with algorithm paradigms, formally learn about NP-completeness) to do any kind of real software engineering, very few can do it by themselves without guidance.