Ask HN: What are credible bootcamps for a career change?

7 points·shreman··3 comments

I'm a 25 year old neuroscience grad seeking to change careers to become a software engineer. My concern is a lack of focus on strong fundamentals in coding bootcamps. Which bootcamps do you recommend and are they worthwhile to truly build a career in CS? Thanks.

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Udemy or other online courses are great. Also check out MIT OpenCourseWare. MIT level courses in CS for free.....

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-compu...

With Udemy, for ~$10 a course you can get 20+ hours of video tutorials. Take a course on the frontend and another on the backend. Try different languages. Super cheap and flexible so you can do it at night.

I learnt JavaScript (React.js) and Golang this way. I self-taught myself TypeScript and Node.js. The courses are a great way to get off the ground.

Andrew Mead on Udemy is solid. I took his 2nd edition React course and it was the best I've done. Way better than my intro to programming course at university. https://www.udemy.com/user/andrewmead/

Once you've learnt how to code then try and find good online CS theory courses from places like MIT or read books on it.

For starters check out:

MIT's Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python.

It's free or you can pay $49 to get a certificate.

https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-computer-science-mit...

Bootcamps can be viable if you want to be a computer programmer, but if you want to learn CS then a bootcamp will leave you ill prepared.

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