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You a developer man? I never knew that.
How beneficial are programming boot camps? I've considered signing up for one. I would like to change career fields, but I feel like I would need years of experience to be considered for a programming job.
Any tips or suggestions on where I should look to get started? I used to do a lot of HTML back in the day.
I've seen some of those.
UC Irvine is offering an accelerated course 3 days a week for 12 weeks, I think.
Considering it, but not sure yet.
I completed the UC Berkeley full time program last summer, I think the UCI course is definitely worth considering. Let me know if you have any questions about the course or the process because the two curriculums are identical. The curriculum, instruction, and a good chunk of the career services at both schools are all provided by Trilogy Education Services, Inc. The schools just provide facilities, administrative support, and some minor career services work of their own.
Overall I was impressed with Trilogy. The cost of the Berkeley program was 12K which is a few g's less than the other mainstream Bay Area boot camps. Overall seemed like really good value for the money in comparison to other programs, but I do think every individual should ask themselves a few questions before determining if the cost of coding bootcamp is a good value for them personally.
I think the most beneficial aspects of the Trilogy coding bootcamps are the career services, which might make the money spent worth it alone depending on the circumstances, and the range and scope of the curriculum. The latter has its own pros and cons though. Covering so much material in such a limited amount of time is more conducive to gaining exposure and light experience across a range of languages and technologies opposed to any kind of deep learning or understanding of any one technology or computer science fundamentals.
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