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Python/js. Pretty light on CS principles, mostly focused on getting everyone to the point where they could spin up a flask app & work with APIs without hitting any walls, with a really quick go at resource management, testing, etc. It was definitely bare bones, but fun

Python and JS are deceptive. JS more so because it hides so, so much from you. The transpiling garbage from post-2008 obfuscated even more. Python likes to pretend its civilized because it aims for the dialect instead of a purpose. All noobs should start on QBASIC, imo.

QBASIC has no practical application, other than showing the history of coding psychology. Hiding the evolution of programming from people only means making Taylorized data plumbers, not meticulous and critical programmers. Bootcamps make plumbers, not metallurgists.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ People who want to learn how to spin out web apps should go ahead and learn how to spin out web apps.

Lawyer bootcamp teaches people how to write words on paper. That's it. Surgeon bootcamp teaches people how to cut muscles. That's it. See the problem? Coding isn't just some "paint by the numbers" activity.

This... really isn’t what’s happening in some of these bootcamps. I imagine you think they’re memorizing lists of functions, or something? If that were the case, I think my friend would’ve done alright.

So... uhh... I've been a part of meetings at UCLA Extension where boot camps ask hiring tech companies what they need to do to meet market needs. Boot camps are selecting for pro-Taylorization and pushing for resume hacking because it's a number game.