Re:Ask HN: Why do coding bootcamps teach Ruby on Rails and J...
by wayn3 on Sunday January 15, 2017 @08:43AM
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because python is used by professionals and people who come out of science programs. math, physics, we all use python. and we have at the very least a rudimentary understanding of algorithms.
if you want to interview with us you better know at least a little bit about the foundations of CS.
you will not know jack, coming out of a 12 week bootcamp with no prior formal education.
on the ruby front, you are confronted with web hipsters who subscribe to this paradigm that formal training is a hindrance to "getting shit done" and "being pragmatic". way easier to roll with those guys. way easier.
thats the reason they teach you ruby instead of python.
- I'm not saying that the ruby crowd gets nothing done. they do. just a different mindset.
if you want to interview with us you better know at least a little bit about the foundations of CS.
you will not know jack, coming out of a 12 week bootcamp with no prior formal education.
on the ruby front, you are confronted with web hipsters who subscribe to this paradigm that formal training is a hindrance to "getting shit done" and "being pragmatic". way easier to roll with those guys. way easier.
thats the reason they teach you ruby instead of python.
- I'm not saying that the ruby crowd gets nothing done. they do. just a different mindset.