Kind of blows my mind that people pay $20k for amateur programming instruction at bootcamps.
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Shouldn’t lots of people be willing to pay min-wage to take on apprentices and accomplish the same thing?
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Strong class-based norm against taking minimum wage jobs for many people who'd be great programmers; class-based norms favor education
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FWIW, my cousin just graduated from one of those and it was well worth it; regardless of overall economic rationality :)
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I totally buy how it could be worth it to a smart, driven person, particularly "just technical enough to not quite be a dev."
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I have a standing offer to fund participation if my siblings/cousins who are in "allied trades" ever want to get into dev.
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