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A comment on Ask HN: Does a bootcamp make sense for someone with 20 years experience?.

Re:Ask HN: Does a bootcamp make sense for someone with 20 ye... by derp_dee_derp on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @11:54PM (#20641702)
No. Boot camps are for beginners, not people with 20 years experience. Their existence is a direct response to a lack of qualified candidates and their sole purpose is to increase the labor supply.

It is a negative to go back to boot camp for you just like it would be a negative if a research professor went back to junior high.

However, if you could find a position TEACHING at a bootcamp that would be better.

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Re:Ask HN: Does a bootcamp make sense for someone with 20 ye... by rl3 on Thursday August 08, 2019 @02:24AM (#20642304)
>However, if you could find a position TEACHING at a bootcamp that would be better.

I disagree. From what I've seen of bootcamp instructor postings over the years, they usually pay terrible, and OP said they're already pulling in over 150k.

It would make more sense for OP to just deep dive on modern JS web stack, or Rust, or whatever new technology they wish to become proficient in on their spare time if they must. Side projects are a great excuse to do this. Then make the career change jump after they're proficient.

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Re:Ask HN: Does a bootcamp make sense for someone with 20 ye... by hackermailman on Saturday August 10, 2019 @12:01AM (#20660062)
Most I've seen will pay a lot of money for P/T instructors, exactly what Op should be doing with his massive amounts of experience then working the rest of the time on some research none of us can understand.
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