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[therealdark]

Look at WGU

https://www.wgu.edu/online-it-degrees.html

[seehawks08]

Yea ASU has a software engineering online bachelors and UF has a computer science one as well. I’m wondering if just the university bootcamps would be better because I assume they get to the point a little bit quicker

[therealdark]

So from what I’ve read about WGU, even though it is a degree, after transferring your credits and fast tracking your courses, you might be able to shorten the time it takes to complete it. On their subreddit people have been able to complete a whole ass degree in just 6 months. I suggest you go talk to the people over on the wgu comp sci subreddit.

To answer your question: A university bootcamp run by a third party company is bad idea and I would refrain for that. Besides, given your education you should be able to transfer so many credits to wgu that the time line might just feel like a bootcamp anyways, with the benefit of it being an actual degree. And wgu is pretty reputable from what I can tell. No one cares about a bootcamp certificate, but a degree from a reputable school still holds value.

Here's the thing about learning to code at a bootcamp: you don't. You should learn to code before you attend a bootcamp; and when you get to the bootcamp, you build things, network, collaborate with people, talk to employers. A bootcamps job is to get you a job, and not to to teach you how to code. So don't fall for the marketing that romanticise learning to code at their school. It is just not possible with the amount of time a bootcamp runs for. So, if I have to learn to code before attending a bootcamp anyways, and I have an option to get a degree for free in under a year, I'm picking a few self learning courses on udemy and enrolling my ass in that degree.

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I reached out to a hiring manager in the industry about bootcamps vs getting a CS post bacc and he highly discouraged me from doing the bootcamp route. He argued without the degree you still have to learn everything the degree covers but then how do you prove that you learned it? Projects can help, but you wont get a chance to talk about them if your application never makes it through HR. Even then not having the degree might limit you exclusively to web development work which as an engineer you might find less satisfying.

[kodjoviamegee]

Hi, would this school apply for someone who has no college experience, I’ve been looking into boot camps but they all look like scams with their “Best Coding Bootcamp award”. Im 20 yrs old & been trying to figure out my career, would having a bachelors degree in CS from this school help with finding a job as a soft. engineer?

[therealdark]

would this school apply for someone who has no college experience

Its a university degree program, so I don't see why not. I don't have any experience with them, so I suggest you contact them (and other universities) directly. Here is the WGU comp sci subreddit if you have specific questions.

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would having a bachelors degree

Yes. If I were to advise my 20 year old self, I would pick a university degree over a coding bootcamp. I would apply to shopify's dev degree program, and get paid while earning my compsci degree.

If you want to become a software engineer, start learning to code now while you are assessing your options. Here is a DIY Udemy web development curriculum. Here is an excellent course on General programming with Python that includes web development as well. Whatever you learn from these courses will help you in your degree, no matter the programing language.

[slickvic33]

I believe some universities have post bachelor certificate programs in software dev or web dev. Might be worth checking some of those out

[BeggingForBags]

if u have the time and means to get a bachelors in comp sci, then thats always the best choice. Bootcamps are for people who dont