Zeno84

I would have preferred the name 'Costanza.'

Oh, bootcamps are certainly failing here, but if I were to google "Computer Science," or "Computer Programming," I'd eventually run into the concept of types.

As an analogue, I learned about the functional programming paradigm far before it was ever brought up in a classroom setting. Sure I knew what programming paradigms were, so maybe it's not a perfect example...

>Which is the last thing I'd expect out of Glenn Beck. I'm off to go read it now.

I was as surprised as you were.

>a bit thick on the disclaimers, but whatever

I, too, wondered when he would finally get to his main point which seemed endlessly prefaced.

Anyway, I was as shocked as you were. And I never thought I'd say the words "thoughtful commentary" and "Glenn Beck" in the same sentence.

>If a bootcamp doesn't even introduce its students to such concepts as classes, instances, OOP, and basic data types, then it has failed to adequately serve its students with fundamental knowledge and offered a shitty introduction to programming.

Honestly, if someone doesn't understand these very basic concepts, what's his/her curiosity level regarding computer programming? I would not want to hire him/her based soley on that.

I'm not sure if you're trying to discredit it because it's by Glenn Beck or not.

It's a thoughtful commentary regarding how conservative media has developed a victim complex akin to those they criticize.