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Re:Coding Boot Camp Enrollment Soars as Students Seek Tech Jobs by LaurensBER on Monday June 15, 2015 @02:28AM (#9717818)
The guy is 24, ambitious and perhaps a bit desperate. Given the choice of call-centre/fast food jobs or a three month grind I would have preferred the boot-camp.

Now the costs are just crazy, for that kind of money you could get a bachelor degree in Europe.

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Re:Coding Boot Camp Enrollment Soars as Students Seek Tech Jobs by enraged_camel on Monday June 15, 2015 @03:08AM (#9717930)
>>Now the costs are just crazy, for that kind of money you could get a bachelor degree in Europe.

I think the point is that bachelor's degrees are not very useful these days in terms of getting a high-paying job. That's what is attracting people to these boot camps.

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Re:Coding Boot Camp Enrollment Soars as Students Seek Tech Jobs by eru on Monday June 15, 2015 @03:13AM (#9717943)
Also, the bachelor degree takes longer.
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Re:Coding Boot Camp Enrollment Soars as Students Seek Tech Jobs by thekevan on Monday June 15, 2015 @03:43AM (#9718018)
"That type of mentality is healthy"

He doesn't say something along the lines of "yeah, it will be a tough grind but there's light at the end of the tunnel", he seems to accept that's just how things are and what you do.

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