Re:As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check
by roel_v on Friday August 25, 2017 @04:09AM
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"There is a Physics PhD, undergrads in Mathematics and Physics, an acctuary Statistician from an insurance company, a Mom, and Biology grad, and a Veteran. An elclectic group I feel."
How can this work? I mean, I can understand those with a math background being there to learn the tooling and programming, but how can a mom (presumably with no prior education?) and a vet (also presumably without any other qualifications) keep up? Or, if they're teaching at the level of 'this is the slope in a linear equation', what's in it for the math guys? I just don't understand how this sort of thing works in real life.
Re:As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check
by upvotinglurker on Friday August 25, 2017 @12:35PM
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It's implied that the vet is the commenter themselves ("picked up a Veteran Scholarship worth half my $16,000 tuition"), who "came from a mix of technologies (approximate knowledge, but a master of none)" - hardly "no qualifications."
There's no reason to assume the mom isn't similar (many stay-at-home mothers in the US have college degrees).
Re:As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check
by mbrameld on Friday August 25, 2017 @06:13AM
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That sounds like it was written by Galvanize.
Re:As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check
by mikeklaas on Friday August 25, 2017 @01:28AM
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Why do you feel that the graduates will be ready to a junior dev if you haven't even finished the program?
I came from a mix of technologies (approximate knowledge, but a master of none) before settling into the data sciences (Python ecosystem).
Galvenize has been precisely the challenge I was looking for and so much more. I barely got by the interview process, but picked up a Veteran Scholarship worth half my $16,000 tuition along the way.
Quit my job as a Salesforce case jockey and currently trying to stay afloat with the curriculum.
It's intense. As it should be. I want it that way. Otherwise everyone would be doing it. A counter argument might be that; "every one and their mother is taking a 'Data Science' title for the pay." From 2013 to now, that may have a lot of truth, but they are eventually found out I hope.
As for my cohort. There is a Physics PhD, undergrads in Mathematics and Physics, an acctuary Statistician from an insurance company, a Mom, and Biology grad, and a Veteran. An elclectic group I feel.
At this point, half way through, we just want to survive and not wash out.
Finally, once capstone projects get rolling in a couple weeks and whom is left of us should be feeling pretty good about their accomplishment and competent to take on entry and junior level Data Science roles.