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Re:Some Colleges Will Soon Charge $100k a Year. How Did This... by strix_varius on Friday April 05, 2024 @08:25PM (#39948888)
> A bootcamp gets you the requisite education to be an entry-level engineer at a place like Google or Facebook.

Absolutely not. A bootcamp gets you the requisite skills to be an entry level employee at the local web design agency. Or, more often, the "#lookingforwork" ring on LinkedIn.

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Re:Some Colleges Will Soon Charge $100k a Year. How Did This... by pclmulqdq on Friday April 05, 2024 @09:16PM (#39949132)
Perhaps I have an even rosier view of bootcamps than I should. It used to be that Lambda School was a decent way to turn your humanities degree into a job at a decent tech company, but I guess those days are over.
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