I don’t know how I feel about programming bootcamps because my autodidactic method was mostly a consequence of having access to a computer and some books during an early age. What I do know is that people with similar biographies who talk shit about them should generally stfu.
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Alice: “I’m going to learn to program at a bootcamp!” — Bob: “Bootcamps are a scam. Real programmers learn by reading the books I read and coding their own operating system in emacs.” — Carol: “That’s great. ‘Hello, Carol!’ LMK if you need help!” — Be Carol.
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*"Hello, Alice!" Dammit.
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Bootcamps are totally a scam (except for a very select few) and my answer to that is community college + in-person mentorship + MOOCs. Learning on your own is super hard and I think it should be part of the process but not the whole answer.
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My hot take is that they make the idea of programming accessible. Like, they wildly over-promise and are expensive and your Rx is better, but I don't think they are valueless because the fantasy party helps you overcome initial reluctance for some things.https://twitter.com/generativist/status/960226500816510977 …
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That said, community colleges are wildly under-used and we should do way more of them.
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Also, the conclusion to this thread was kinda, Data Science Bootcamps are manipulatively wrong, so... ...yea, I'm nothing if not ever-contradictory.https://twitter.com/generativist/status/960226510178152448 …
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