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Originally Posted by leavesofliberty
Mine was prospectively The Software Guild, which had you take an intelligence test, and after you pass wanted you to complete all kinds of rudimentary work, very rudimentary, intro to HTML, making a list, intro the CSS, all stuff that you could've done in the late 80's to mid 90's.
I mean, lets make a list. Okay, lets make an unsorted list. GOOD! Okay, lets make a sorted list. GOOD. Okay, lets make this text look blue. C'MON ON TILT NOW.
The problem is, we're on HTML5/CSS3 now! I can see spending some time on CSS3 and milking everything out of the new features, and making apps that fit regardless of the screen. But if the other poster is saying 4 weeks on just CSS! C'mon that has to be a type of some sort.
They have high job placement numbers though, but I don't see the reason for the most basic **** for everyone.
Being a self-learner has it's positives and negatives, and is certainly not for everyone.
CSS is like barely a marketable skill as you're basically just expected to know some.
But, if you're coming out of bootcamp able to make CSS3/HTML5 responsive apps, then that's definately marketable. Industry seems to be moving that way.
add: What is there in Software Bootcamp that you can't learn from the YT channel thenewboston?
software guild has a great reputation in my area (northeast ohio). I work with quite a few of their grads. I considered attending there but it was bought by a large congomerate and some of their talent bolted (to the bootcamp that I went to actually). it may have fallen off since then but I know that my company still hired a few ppl from there recently.
anyway, I have posted a bunch about why I think boot camps are very worthwhile. certainly you can learn all of this stuff on your own but I think, broadly, bootcamps offer 3 important positives.
1. motivation. even if you are a self starter, being forced to work on coding all day, every day, for months just makes it so much easier to actually do the work to learn.
2. efficiency. the curriculum is designed to teach you the important concepts in such a way that they build on each other. when being self taught, it can be hard to figure out where to start or where to proceed after learning something.
by surrounding your self with other ppl learning and working on concepts and projects, it is much easier to learn.
3. job opportunities. most camps offer some sort of help with the job search. beyond that, by completing a bootcamp it gives companies a way to pre-vet you. anyone can claim they are self-taught but by completing the camp, a company can be reasonably sure that your skill and understanding is at a certain minimum level.
so yes, ofc it is certainly feasible to teach yourself on your own. I just think it will take a lot longer not just bc you dont have direct access to teachers and learners, but also bc it may be hard to motivate yourself and to understand the best order to learn things.
you also run the risk of neglecting certain concepts or design patterns that are important. are you going to learn dependency injection and functional techniques?
and surely you can understand that your visibility for companies will be much higher with a bootcamp completion on your resume rather than trying to convince them that you are self taught.
and I dont understand your objection with the pre-work for the guild. seems pretty standard. they dont want to waste class time teaching you html/css basics and want you to come in already understanding that stuff.