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Coding Boot Camps Challenge Traditional Educational Model
Posted on 4/15/13 at 9:05 pm
Posted on 4/15/13 at 9:05 pm
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This is terrific. I hope we see more focused practical training emerge.
Free enterprise needs an answer and a challenge to the bloated, inefficient, white-collar welfare systems that universities have become.
Institutions of "higher learning" do whatever they want to do, exemplify poor customer focus, and then pass on the resulting high costs and poor value directly to the consumer. This passes on the costs to the taxpayers as well in the form of grants, subsidized loans, etc.
Kudos to these guys and the others finding a profitable way to deliver value to both students and employers. Hopefully that wasn't too political of a rant , but I always root for financial efficiency and free enterprise.
This is terrific. I hope we see more focused practical training emerge.
Free enterprise needs an answer and a challenge to the bloated, inefficient, white-collar welfare systems that universities have become.
Institutions of "higher learning" do whatever they want to do, exemplify poor customer focus, and then pass on the resulting high costs and poor value directly to the consumer. This passes on the costs to the taxpayers as well in the form of grants, subsidized loans, etc.
Kudos to these guys and the others finding a profitable way to deliver value to both students and employers. Hopefully that wasn't too political of a rant , but I always root for financial efficiency and free enterprise.
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Posted on 4/16/13 at 12:30 am to Bayou Tiger
Totally agree with everything you said. 
Posted on 4/16/13 at 12:58 am to jso0003
Love it. I expect for the ITT Techs of the world to ruin this though.
Posted on 4/16/13 at 6:47 am to Bayou Tiger
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Instead, it asks for a 15 percent cut of the student's first-year salary. Graduates who can't find jobs don't have to pay, but so far nearly all of them have.
I hope this will be a game changer, and bring in a revolution with respect to how to fund job-specific training.
I would have gladly given up half my first year's salary to avoid going into debt.
Posted on 4/16/13 at 7:10 am to Bayou Tiger
I love this. Teaching valuable skills, eliminating bullshite, and focusing on applying those skills to a career. Is this available outside of California?
Posted on 4/16/13 at 8:09 am to Bayou Tiger
So people that don't have a degree get selected for these schools? The two examples they used had college degrees. That's a bit skewed. I love the idea, though.
Posted on 4/16/13 at 9:10 am to CoolHand
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So people that don't have a degree get selected for these schools? The two examples they used had college degrees. That's a bit skewed. I love the idea, though.
I think it's rare to find a software engineer without some kind of degree. Since the college has a stake in the success of the student, they probably want to make sure that they crank out the best job candidates possible.
Hopefully one day employers will be able to leave behind the idea that a four year degree is a prerequisite for everything.
Posted on 4/16/13 at 2:05 pm to Bayou Tiger
I work for a large IT consulting firm and we put our new college hires and some junior hires (1 to 2 years experience) into a technical bootcamps. It seems to really help.
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