What happens to tech workers when their skills become obsolete?
Flash was one of the first tools I ever started programming for. Today I work in AI.<p>This article is a thinly veiled advertisement for bootcamps, spouting this nonsense:<p><i>The “learning-by-doing” approach in the Flash workers’ scenario highlights the value of coding schools and boot camps designed to teach students in-demand skills in as little as eight weeks. And whereas traditional educational environments tend to view their curriculum as having an end date (generally aligned with their students’ graduation), Lambda School co-founder Austen Allred envisions students coming back to his coding school every eight years or so to learn new skills.</i><p>No. What will give you longevity is a degree in CS. Frameworks and technologies change, but CS concepts stay consistent.<p>If you have a good grounding in CS, you have longevity. Couple that with a good math background, and then you have even more possibilities.<p>Bootcamps are rubbish in the long term. They try to lure you in with quick results from little time investment by teaching you how to hack with the hip framework of the week.<p>I have been there, done that, having gone to a polytechnic school where I learned Flash + web dev. I later made the switch to a university to study CS. One of the best decisions I ever made.<p>Don&#x27;t fall for the trap of instant gratification. Learn CS (and math) with a formal education, and you will thank yourself years from now.