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Re:Dev Bootcamp Shutting Down by Tommyixi on Thursday July 13, 2017 @10:43AM (#14761636)
So I graduated from DBC 3 years ago and I agree with most of the sentiments already stated in this thread. However, I think the red flag for me was seeing some of my cohort graduate and then immediately after become instructors at DBC. I don't care what you say, you cannot teach programming after being exposed to programming for 12 weeks. For one thing, a "good" teacher isn't just someone who has been coding for a while (which obviously you lack if you have just graduated from the program); you actually have to understand pedagogy and take an actual interest in being a mentor or guide. If DBC had hired instructors with industry experience, I often found that they lacked the proper skills to make them effective educators.
Re:Dev Bootcamp Shutting Down by travisl12 on Thursday July 13, 2017 @03:51PM (#14764589)
I hear that, I remember being asked if I was planning on sticking around to teach at DBC and feeling inadequate at the thought of it. Mentoring perhaps made sense...

BTW I finished in 2013 as well (Pocket Gophers SF!).

Re:Dev Bootcamp Shutting Down by Tommyixi on Friday July 14, 2017 @10:36AM (#14770087)
Nice! I was in the Red Admirals.