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I think the rise of these development 'boot camps' is causing more harm than good. It devalues programmers skills and worth as well as give people false hopes. I am all for people wanting to improve their skills or learn something new, but these bootcamps overpromise, and under deliver.

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Agree, we get a lot of 'boot camp' graduates at work and sadly they don't fare well in the interview process. The ones that do are typically CSS/JavaScript web developers, but even then their knowledge is superficial.

How do the bootcamps devalue skills and worth? They might give an impression that it's easy---but unless they find a way to make good programmers, which would be great!---they take nothing away from the value of skills.

They may skew employers expectations of what they can pay for developers.

It's similar to the classic "What do you mean $XX an hour? My nephew said he can make a site for $20"

Seems plausible.

Fortunately, we don't need to care too much about the expectations of underinformed potential employers. There are companies around that pay enough, and drive the market price for talent.

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