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Fair enough, but I don't see how any of this has to do with the topic at hand, which was boot camps are for suckers. I wouldn't consider the junior developers w
by justathrow2k 11y ago
Fair enough, but I don't see how any of this has to do with the topic at hand, which was boot camps are for suckers. I wouldn't consider the junior developers who are working out well in the parents reply suckers - sounds like they're employed and working out well.
- Kalium 11y agoThey bought a product (bootcamp) in the pursuit of a career in software engineering. Odds are they aren't equipped for more than a series of jobs doing webdev scut work. "Suckers" might be a bit strong, but their expectations may suffer a certain misalignment with reality.
- justathrow2k 11y agoThat's a bit presumption of you, perhaps all they wanted to be was someone who does 'webdev scut work'.
- Kalium 11y agoIt's possible! But I've also talked to a number of bootcamp grads and students. Most of them have dreams of doing more than basic webdev. Of course, it's possible that those were outliers. The population is clearly non-zero, though.