Re:Flatiron School settles for operating without license, em...
by busterarm on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @03:30PM
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I did AppAcademy, which seemed to deliver on the job placement rates when I attended (early 2015).
They spend about a week on SQL, mostly going through SQL Zoo, and later on you build your own toy clone of ActiveRecord.
For me, it was probably the best part of the whole curriculum -- it was the only part that I didn't already have experience in.
That said, I have sort of mixed feelings about that bootcamp and the industry as a whole right now. For the right people, on a short schedule, it's great. If you gave those same people the same curriculum for self study, they'd probably get the same out of it though. If your employee is motivated, I'd spend that same money on books and time in their schedule (or pay them for the extra study hours) and the promise of a pay bump if they can get through it and show competence.
They spend about a week on SQL, mostly going through SQL Zoo, and later on you build your own toy clone of ActiveRecord.
For me, it was probably the best part of the whole curriculum -- it was the only part that I didn't already have experience in.
That said, I have sort of mixed feelings about that bootcamp and the industry as a whole right now. For the right people, on a short schedule, it's great. If you gave those same people the same curriculum for self study, they'd probably get the same out of it though. If your employee is motivated, I'd spend that same money on books and time in their schedule (or pay them for the extra study hours) and the promise of a pay bump if they can get through it and show competence.