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I think this is still true of a solid CS curriculum.

But it’s also true that your son will probably end up working with boot camp grads who didn’t have that education. Your son will have a deeper understanding of the world he’s operating in, but what I’m saying is that from what I’ve seen it largely hasn’t mattered all that much. The bootcampers seem to do just fine for the most part.

Yes, they remember the concepts, mostly. Not the details. But that's often enough to help with reasoning about higher-level problems.

I always considered my education to be a "Table of Contents" listing for what I'd actually learn later