Apprenticeships &lt;&gt; Bootcamps<p>And for a &quot;professional&quot; Job   its debatable  if using such a low status term is a good idea - in the UK Apprenticeships are seen as blue collar low status jobs at best.<p>Ask most people in the UK about Apprentices and they will think of the lusers on that ghastly TV Show.<p>Oh And I say this having followed the vocational track into IT