California regulator seeks to shut down 'learn to code' bootcamps

Re:California regulator seeks to shut down 'learn to code' b... by ericd on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @07:12PM (#7148159)

If they buy one of those books and work through it but don't get a job, they're out of some time and maybe $30, but they have some skills now. If they go to one of those boot camps thinking they're going to get the same job as someone who did a 4 year degree at an elite school and did a ton of side projects, they're probably now out of >$10k with arguably less skill than the person who went through the books.

I'm all for the government preventing fraudulent advertising. That's one of the things they're there for.

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Re:California regulator seeks to shut down 'learn to code' b... by Crito on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @07:16PM (#7148176)

What is the bar here?

If I sell a self-help book for many thousands of dollars and people mistakenly ascribe undeserved value to my books, is California going to attempt to step in to protect the poor chumps?

I suspect not.

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Re:California regulator seeks to shut down 'learn to code' b... by ericd on Thursday January 30, 2014 @12:57AM (#7149267)

There's always more to focus on than can be focused on, but if you're doing a lot of damage to people via fraudulent claims, I would hope that regulators would come down on you hard.

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Re:California regulator seeks to shut down 'learn to code' b... by minddog111 on Saturday February 01, 2014 @05:04PM (#7163652)

yep then what about 4 year factor,s they just pose a threat to degree mill,s who do the same thing the fact is you can learn to code in12 weeks to some degree i am teaching my 4 year old to code ror and he is getting it

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