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Re:Let me give you a list of the top scams coding bootcamps ... by slumdev on Monday January 06, 2020 @03:12PM (#21972741)
Parts of the medical field are done in a similar manner.

We call them nurses, PAs, and paramedics.

And every single one of them has a training program already more rigorous than most bootcamps.

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Re:Let me give you a list of the top scams coding bootcamps ... by gowld on Monday January 06, 2020 @03:26PM (#21972920)
Entry-level Emergency Medical Response training is 90 hrs.

https://www.emergenthealth.org/ems-education/ems-licensure-c...

This is equivalent to coding bootcamp.

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Re:Let me give you a list of the top scams coding bootcamps ... by slumdev on Monday January 06, 2020 @03:59PM (#21973239)
An EMT-Basic's scope of practice is so small, there isn't an analogy applicable to software.

If a doctor is equivalent to a software engineer, than an EMT is equivalent to a business analyst who can only work on 3% of your projects and is only present a few hours per week.

I have nothing against EMTs. I earned an EMT-Basic license a number of years back.

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Re:Let me give you a list of the top scams coding bootcamps ... by _JC_Denton on Monday January 06, 2020 @03:23PM (#21972871)
You are right, and even doctors learn most of their practice on the job. It makes you wonder about the value of 4-year medical school relative to the high cost.
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Re:Let me give you a list of the top scams coding bootcamps ... by jki275 on Monday January 06, 2020 @11:56PM (#21977000)
Nurses get BS degrees, PAs go to med school. EMTs don’t have a high bar to entry, but their scope of work is very limited.
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