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Coding Bootcamps Already 1/8th the Size of CS Undergraduates

Posted by samzenpus on from the everybody-code dept.

First time accepted submitter Valejo (689967) writes "According to a study released today by Course Report, programming bootcamps are expected to grow by 2.8x in 2014, meaning that bootcamps will graduate a student for every 8 CS undergraduates. The survey (PDF) also found that 57% of the schools teach in Ruby and that the average tuition is $9,900. The authors collected responses from 95% of US schools, including General Assembly, Dev Bootcamp, and Flatiron School."

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  1. Ruby != computer science by Frobnicator · · Score: 5, Informative

    There is the ability to write scripts. And there is understanding of the field of computer science. The first is a miniscule subset of the second.

    There are jobs where people only need the subset of skills needed to write scripts. There are jobs where scripting is the main task but a knowledge of theory is useful. And there are jobs where the 'science' aspect of computer science is critical.

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  2. bootcamps by the_Bionic_lemming · · Score: 4, Informative

    The last contract I had I walked into the "star" programmer using hidden text files to store data on client machines.

    It took over two weeks to prove to him that SQL could store the data without errors.

    People who are tossed into a learning environment for a month or two can't program their way out of a wet paper sack, let alone analyze and create tested solutions for a business.

    But businesses will get what they pay for. If they want someone who can do a web page without a real back end (that's secure and actually usable) will end up paying the price.

    It's good business for me. I can charge 4 years salary (of the bootcamp idiot) for six months worth of work to fix boot camp idiots work.

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  3. If it works so well, why is it just CS? by moderators_are_w*nke · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why are there no civil engineering boot camps? I'm looking forward to driving over a bridge designed by someone who learned engineering on a boot camp. How could that possibly go wrong?

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  4. Bootcamps 1/8 the size of undergraduates... by flopsquad · · Score: 4, Funny

    What is this? A bootcamp for ants? How can we be expected to teach children to learn how to code if they can't even fit inside the bootcamp? I don't wanna hear your excuses! The bootcamp has to be at least... eight times bigger than this!

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  5. Re:do we need more shitty scripters? by Xest · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "Second: they teach Ruby because that's what's in demand today."

    In demand by whom and where?