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I think soon that this sentiment will start to apply to Universities. It seems inevitable at some point in the near future there will be an online 'university' (for lack of a better word) who's graduates will be considered equal or even better than a standard university education, particularly for tech related degrees.

Universities have been a centralized source of accreditation for a long time. All it takes is for someone to figure out how to restrict graduation and filter good candidates using testing or some other means to gain accreditation and acceptance of its graduates by industry.

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That's exactly why a lot of bootcamps have come into existence, along with a guaranteed job in the industry at the end of it. Though many employers hire university grads as a sort of "signal" for people who can work hard, think critically, finish what they started etc. And I'm not saying one is better then the other, just noticing this trend of bootcamps popping up everywhere to replace university CS/CE education.

anecdotally most people I know who have gone through bootcamp have had major issues getting hired and the ones that did were hired into support/saleseng rather than software engineering.

I've seen the same as well, more so that most of them were taught one structured way to look at problems and only how to use specific tools, rather than why. There's definitely tradecraft learning necessary beyond a bootcamp.

It already has for me, I won't hold it against someone but it no longer indicates any basic level of knowledge.

This is based on my last batch of interns that had masters degrees but couldn't handle hello world. Their spoken english skills made it clear that they were completely incapable of understanding the lecturers.

Universities are a business, they are paid a lot to provide a piece of paper, so they provide it.

> near future there will be an online 'university' who's graduates will be considered equal or even better than a standard university education

http://www.uoc.edu since 1994

Western Governors University is a choice in the US, too. I am currently attending, and it's different from any other college I have gone too. All of the classes are competency based and self-paced, meaning theoretically you can get a Bachelor's degree in 6 months.

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