Re:California Cracks Down on Hacker Boot Camps
by mquander on Monday February 03, 2014 @02:23AM
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The difference between running your own tutoring business and volunteering for a hacker school is that N dollars go into the school's pocket, instead of yours. Why would society care about that difference?
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Re:California Cracks Down on Hacker Boot Camps
by michaelt on Monday February 03, 2014 @04:52AM
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I don't know much about bootcamps, but there's a lot of hand-wringing in the UK about people working for free ("unpaid internships") in newspapers, high arts, TV and politics. Because it ends up that you can't get into those industries without spending a year working for free, and the only people who can afford to spend a year working for free are people with rich parents, so newspapers, high art, tv and politics end up dominated by the rich.
Admittedly, in the SV programming climate this is not currently much of an issue.
Re:California Cracks Down on Hacker Boot Camps
by afterburner on Monday February 03, 2014 @02:36AM
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People getting taken advantage of?
Re:California Cracks Down on Hacker Boot Camps
by maaku on Monday February 03, 2014 @03:26AM
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Because it becomes harder for potential teachers/tutors to compete with free?
Re:California Cracks Down on Hacker Boot Camps
by snitko on Monday February 03, 2014 @04:16AM
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There must be a reason why people volunteer to do something. People wouldn't volunteer unless they thought it's good for them too. If it makes harder for someone to compete - great. Compete better.