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Re:What happens to tech workers when their skills become obs... by austenallred on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @10:37PM (#20947295)
Could you learn all of computer science in nine months? No.

Could you learn the necessary CS fundamentals that are included in a CS degree in nine months?

Nine months of Lambda School full-time is virtually equivalent to the amount of time you'd spend in the CS portion of a four-year CS degree.

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Re:What happens to tech workers when their skills become obs... by username90 on Thursday September 12, 2019 @03:44AM (#20949005)
Lambda school has 8 weeks of CS and the rest is just learning frameworks. At least according to this:

https://lambdaschool.com/courses/full-stack-web-development

Also notable that the CS block is last, right before interviews. It would have made more sense if you put that first and then refereed to that knowledge in the other parts, but now it looks like Lambda school just treats CS fundamentals as interview prep instead of necessary building blocks.

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Re:What happens to tech workers when their skills become obs... by bootlooped on Thursday September 12, 2019 @07:08AM (#20950118)
It may be just a difference of bottom up vs top down teaching methods.
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Re:What happens to tech workers when their skills become obs... by austenallred on Thursday September 12, 2019 @08:12AM (#20950519)
CS is interwoven throughout the entire curriculum, not just the final eight weeks.
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