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Re:Ask HN: I just dropped out of college, should I do a coding bootcamp? on Saturday December 07, 2013 @05:24PM (#6867966)
Northeast, but I'd like to move to the west coast when possible.
Re:Ask HN: I just dropped out of college, should I do a coding bootcamp? on Saturday December 07, 2013 @04:26PM (#6867746)
I hear what you're saying, but I feel the issue is that I'm not really learning the engineering basics or methodologies in my CS program. Basically, the program is geared to churn out mediocre Java developers, and it does a pretty good job of that.

It's incredibly frustrating to work on abstract coding projects only to have them reviewed by the TA and then thrown away. I'd much prefer to be working on real world stuff with impact, where I could learn by doing. And when I consider the amount of time in classes, it just seems incredibly inefficient compared to what I could be doing on my own or with the help of a bootcamp.

Re:Ask HN: I just dropped out of college, should I do a coding bootcamp? on Saturday December 07, 2013 @04:22PM (#6867730)
That's a really good idea. I'll look into that, thanks.

Ask HN: I just dropped out of college, should I do a coding bootcamp?

Posted by cantremember on Saturday December 07, 2013 @03:45PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I recently dropped out of college (I was a CS major). Without getting into too much detail, I know that leaving college is the right decision for me personally and I'm ready to move on to new things.I want to work for a startup and eventually start my own (or start my own as soon as possible), because the corporate life doesn't appeal to me. The problem is that my CS program was woefully...

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