Ask HN: Graduating high school this spring, college or a coding bootcamp after?
Wanted to get some input from a community familiar with the tech world about a decision I'm trying to make. I want to go into software/web development for a career, and with high school finishing up for me it seems I have two fairly reasonable paths I could take. One would be attending university and obtaining a bachelor's or master's degree in CS, the other is attending one of the well-regarded bootcamps or similar schools such as Hacker School in NYC. I've applied to a few of the bootcamps and have a few interviews coming up, but I'm not sure if attending one of these and building up a coding portfolio of my own is equivalent to a college degree in the tech industry, even if it probably should be equivalent or better. Another factor is the time and money involved. 3 months in a bootcamp or hacker school and less than $20,000 cost vs. 4 years of university and probably $60,000-80,000 of debt upon graduation. What do you guys think? Any input is appreciated!