How Dev Bootcamp Is Transforming Education To Focus On “Extreme Employability”

For the record. Devbootcamp would not have been possible without HN.<p>Just over a year ago I posted this: <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3267133" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3267133</a><p>And this community's response is what convinced me to ditch my startup and start devbootcamp.<p>I only know very few of you people in person, but I'm sincerely grateful for the impact you've had on my life. Thank you!

I fully support the focus on education and I really hope this next decade could be the start of the "Golden Era of Education".<p>To me DevBootcamp is CCE, and CCE has been around for years (what is cce: <a href="http://www.ccc.edu/programs/pages/web-design-basic-certificate.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.ccc.edu/programs/pages/web-design-basic-certifica...</a>). Unfortunately I don't believe CCE is at all effective in training people on being programmers or designers.<p>So here's my throwdown: Is DevBootcamp really effective or is there a participant bias? Would DevBootcamp's employment percentage be just as high when applied to the general population that would take CCE; unemployed, unskilled?<p>Disclaimer: I was involved in CCE with two colleges for about 7 years and frankly I see the whole thing as a scam. I would love to see that industry get shaken up.<p>edit: wording, formatting

Its pretty crazy that students can learn more practical skills in 2 months there than by majoring in CS for 4 years at many colleges.<p>I wonder though if there could be a more independent model for this kind of thing. Perhaps like the "N-reduce" of programming bootcamps.

$50k for a bootcamp probably* beats the ROI for a similar stint at a for-profit college. Those colleges are able to finesse government-backed loans for their students though.<p>* Citation needed