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Re:Are Dev Bootcamps a scam? A Hacker's perspective by malloreon on Wednesday October 16, 2013 @03:46PM (#6561734)
"I think if a dev bootcamp is confident, they won't charge their students unless they land a job."

App Academy in SF/NYC does this.

Note: I attended App Academy.

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Re:Are Dev Bootcamps a scam? A Hacker's perspective by james1071 on Thursday October 17, 2013 @05:48AM (#6564382)
I wouldn't draw to many conclusions from what is happening now with 'dev bootcamps'.

They are a new segment of the education industry and many players are fighting for their share of a market that is under-exploited.

Strategies such as charging students only when they get a job should be regarded as short-term moves to establish the reputation of the provider.

What will probably happen as the 'dev bootcamp' sector matures is that it will become more like that of other education providers.

Providers will inevitably have a trade-off between maintaining the quality of developers that they produce and the amount of profit that they earn.

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