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Originally Posted by pennsiveguy
The places turning out the best programmers right now are the "boot camps." They're intensive, immersive hands-on training programs that focus exclusively on building good software; no "Grievance Studies" courses anywhere to be found. The best ones turn out people who are way ahead of where the top university graduates are in terms of coding chops. Someone from one of these boot camps who's coming from a previous career that involved problem solving and tinkering - the building trades, auto tech, transportation - is a great candidate for an entry-level position. That's who I'd hire, if I hired entry-level staff.
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My nephew went through a 13-week boot camp run by Microsoft for cybersecurity coding. He had no previous coding experience at all. 13 weeks and he was done. Got hired by the first firm he applied to for over $100k. If I were 15 years younger, I'd be taking one of those bootcamps now.