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Re:The Joys and Challenges of Hiring Developer Bootcamp Grads by aaronbrager on Monday January 18, 2016 @02:42PM (#10926414)
"Bootcamp Grads" is a pretty broad phrase; we might want to start using more precise language. An grad from an 8-week bootcamp will have a different skill set than someone who spent 18, 48, 72 weeks in a bootcamp program.

Also, Thoughtbot has a somewhat good guide to running an apprenticeship: https://github.com/thoughtbot/apprenticeship

It could be adapted without much work to hiring bootcamp grads.

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Re:The Joys and Challenges of Hiring Developer Bootcamp Grads by xiaoma on Monday January 18, 2016 @09:34PM (#10928553)
Just counting the number of weeks is pretty misleading too. Some schools are only 9am to 4pm or even just evenings five days a week. Others, such as Hack Reactor are 11+ hours per day, six days a week.
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Re:The Joys and Challenges of Hiring Developer Bootcamp Grads by sdenton4 on Monday January 18, 2016 @08:14PM (#10928243)
Hmmm.... If you're doing 48 or 72(!) weeks, I wouldn't call it a bootcamp so much as an unaccredited master's program...
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