Dev Bootcamp Shutting Down
So, three years ago, I was attending DBC and getting my first exposure to web app development. Today, I write code for a living and am enjoying the work I do much more than what I had been doing before.<p>Did DBC give me an education equivalent to a computer science degree? No.<p>Did they teach me everything I need to know about data structures and algorithms? No.<p>Did they help me get my first programming job? Sort of, but not really.<p>But I did learn an enormous amount of practical knowledge in a very short time (basically: &quot;How to build and deploy a database-backed CRUD app with a reasonable UI while working as part of a small fast paced team&quot; and &quot;How to research stuff you don&#x27;t know the answer to and figure out how to do it on your own&quot;).<p>They taught me what I needed to know to teach myself the rest of what I needed to know to get where I wanted to be. And for that, it was worth it for me.<p>But I do have mixed feelings about the bootcamps in general.<p>They can be really helpful for people in certain circumstances (in my case: career changer who needed to jumpstart the learning process and get some practical guidance), but they sell themselves as something else (&quot;Learn to be a computer programmer in 6 months!&quot;).<p>Sorry to hear they are shutting down. I suppose it was Kaplan&#x27;s decision and the space has become so crowded that there must be pricing pressure on the programs and a limit to how many graduates the job market can absorb. Will have to go look into this some more and see what I can find out.