| Coding Boot Camps; Land in-demand job in weeks! | |
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| Topic Started: Apr 12 2013, 09:01 AM (290 Views) | |
| VoiceofReason | Apr 12 2013, 09:01 AM Post #1 |
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http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/12/3339907/coding-boot-camps-promise-to-launch.html
Coding boot camps promise to launch tech careers Student David Wen works during a class at Dev Bootcamp in San Francisco, Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Dev Bootcamp is one of a new breed of computer-programming schools that’s proliferating in San Francisco and other U.S. tech hubs. These “hacker boot camps” promise to teach students how to write code in two or three months and help them get hired as web developers, with starting salaries between $80,000 and $100,000, often within days or weeks of graduation. Jeff Chiu / AP Photo BY TERENCE CHEA ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO -- Looking for a career change, Ken Shimizu decided he wanted to be a software developer, but he didn't want to go back to college to study computer science. Instead, he quit his job and spent his savings to enroll at Dev Bootcamp, a new San Francisco school that teaches students how to write software in nine weeks. The $11,000 gamble paid off: A week after he finished the program last summer, he landed an engineering job that paid more than twice his previous salary. "It's the best decision I've made in my life," said Shimizu, 24, who worked in marketing and public relations after graduating from the University of California, Berkeley in 2010. "I was really worried about getting a job, and it just happened like that." Dev Bootcamp, which calls itself an "apprenticeship on steroids," is one of a new breed of computer-programming school that's proliferating in San Francisco and other U.S. tech hubs. These "hacker boot camps" promise to teach students how to write code in two or three months and help them get hired as web developers, with starting salaries between $80,000 and $100,000, often within days or weeks of graduation. "We're focused on extreme employability," said Shereef Bishay, who co-founded Dev Bootcamp 15 months ago. "Every single skill you learn here you'll apply on your first day on the job." These intensive training programs are not cheap - charging $10,000 to $15,000 for programs running nine to 12 weeks - and they're highly selective, typically only admitting 10 to 20 percent of applicants. And they're called boot camps for a reason. Students can expect to work 80 to 100 hours a week, mostly writing code in teams under the guidance of experienced software developers. "It's quite grueling. They push you very hard," said Eno Compton, 31, who finished Dev Bootcamp in late March. Compton is finishing his doctorate in Japanese literature at Princeton University, but decided he wants to be a software engineer instead of a professor. "For people who are looking to get involved in software in a big way and don't want to set aside four years for a computer-science degree, this nine-week program is a terrific alternative," Compton said. One San Francisco school called App Academy doesn't charge tuition. Instead, it asks for a 15 percent cut of the student's first-year salary. Graduates who can't find jobs don't have to pay, but so far nearly all of them have. "When I started it, people thought we were crazy. Why would you do something like that? But in practice it's worked out well so far," said Ned Ruggeri, who co-founded App Academy last summer. Dev Bootcamp has trained about 400 students, and 95 percent of them have been hired as software developers with an average salary of about $80,000, Bishay said. It's now opening a campus in Chicago. The school doesn't just teach technical skills. It teaches students how to work in teams, communicate better and interview for jobs. On graduation day, it invites tech recruiters to meet students at a "speed-dating" job fair. "Finding engineering talent is a big challenge right now, and Dev Bootcamp is addressing a really important problem," said Felicia Curcuru, who was recruiting engineers for FundersClub, a San Francisco company that connects investors with tech startups. "There are not enough people studying computer science." Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/12/3339907/coding-boot-camps-promise-to-launch.html#storylink=cpy Edited by VoiceofReason, Apr 12 2013, 09:42 AM.
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| VoiceofReason | Apr 12 2013, 09:27 AM Post #2 |
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In today's technological boom, how can students not be studying computer science? I want it added in elementary school. |
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| VoiceofReason | Apr 14 2013, 02:19 AM Post #3 |
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Bump! |
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| Snidely Whiplash | Apr 14 2013, 02:43 AM Post #4 |
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Well I can attest to the high salaries in that particular field in the silicon valley area. We still need plumbers and electricians though. |
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| VoiceofReason | Apr 14 2013, 03:56 AM Post #5 |
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One school offers a tuition discount to underrepresented groups in this field - like African-American. Another school, instead of tuition, is paid 15% of your first years salary after completing their program. Yeah. We still need plumbers and Electricians. We also need more blacks in well-paying, high tech fields. |
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| Snidely Whiplash | Apr 14 2013, 04:51 AM Post #6 |
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No disagreement here truthie. I haven't seen any African-Americans here doing hi-tech. In general, even in my home town, we a few and far between. |
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