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Re:What happens to tech workers when their skills become obs... by hannibalhorn on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @09:11PM (#20946605)
> Lambda School co-founder Austen Allred envisions students coming back to his coding school every eight years or so to learn new skills.

Eh... While that might be a good story to sell to his investors, most anybody worth their salt won't need to go back to a "bootcamp coding school" every 8 years to learn a new language.

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Re:What happens to tech workers when their skills become obs... by track_me_now on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @10:07PM (#20947071)
you're right - it's kinda funny that boot camps are promoted because "university is a terrible way to learn programming", but they then try and sell boot camps as an effective way to learn the framework de jour.

Maybe if you finished an undergrad you'd be well equipped to stay on top of an ever-changing tech landscape?

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Re:What happens to tech workers when their skills become obs... by lonelappde on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @11:05PM (#20947492)
What is magical about undergrad that makes it exactly the correct amount of time to spend in school?
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Re:What happens to tech workers when their skills become obs... by krapht on Thursday September 12, 2019 @02:21AM (#20948579)
It's exactly difficult enough and requires enough work that for many people it's an effective sorting tool for general intelligence and work ethic.

If bootcamps take off it will be because they replace this function of university.

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Re:What happens to tech workers when their skills become obs... by barry-cotter on Thursday September 12, 2019 @03:39AM (#20948971)
It’s the standard way to do things so doing it signals conformity and employers don’t generally want non-conformists because they’re boat rockers.
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Re:What happens to tech workers when their skills become obs... by lonelappde on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @11:04PM (#20947485)
Why even have school at all if everyone can just learn everything on their own with a teacher or lab mates?
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