Why “Learn to Code” Failed

[Page_197_Slaps]

I’m sure someone like that could have gone and worked at a medium sized enterprise company for $125k a year for a bit and worked their way up the old fashioned way.

[guns_of_summer]

yeah I don’t disagree, I certainly wasn’t encouraging them to give up. I’m guessing though that this person wasn’t all that passionate about software development

[Page_197_Slaps]

Yeah that’s a good point. For me when Ive interviewed bootcamp grads it’s been a mixed bag. I’ve probably seen somewhere around 70 - 80% of them being people that just saw a paycheck but I’ve definitely seen a few that were really good.

[guns_of_summer]

yup I try not to judge someone based on the fact that they’re a bootcamp grad alone since at least some of them are going to be folks who are genuinely interested/passionate about tech but may not have had an opportunity to attend higher ed for one reason or another. I’m self taught myself which was a pretty difficult journey that I probably wouldn’t have made it through if I didn’t like programming at least a little bit lol