California Cracks Down on Hacker Boot Camps

Re:California Cracks Down on Hacker Boot Camps by pavs on Monday February 03, 2014 @07:25AM (#7170264)

Exactly my sentiment. To me, coding is a highly skilled knowledge that is acquired through experience and practice. Doesn't matter how many 12 hour session (thats a stupendous amount of time coding per day for an experienced programmer) you have had in 3 months, I can't even imagine a person being job ready in three months. Unless that person is exceptionally talented and has prior programming experience.

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Re:California Cracks Down on Hacker Boot Camps by emmett on Monday February 03, 2014 @05:23PM (#7173954)

Empirically, you're wrong. Several of my friends have hired bootcampers to great success. Therefore, it definitely works for at least some of the graduates.

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Re:California Cracks Down on Hacker Boot Camps by pavs on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @01:07AM (#7175801)

Do your friends have prior programming knowledge/experience?

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Re:California Cracks Down on Hacker Boot Camps by emmett on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @08:30PM (#7181389)

...yes. They are mostly startup veterans with 7+ years experience hiring and managing engineering teams. And very good programmers themselves.

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