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Does joining a coding boot camp for full-stack JS still make sense?

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u/sheriffderek wrote (the comment Michael replied to):

I think that learning how to design and build digital solutions to problems is going to be timeless. Will a cursory overview of React and the condensed boot-camp style education get you there? It might give you some inspiration and get the juices flowing. But I think the longer a

u/michaelnovati replied ·
I would generalize this to: engineers solve problems and we aren’t running out of problems to solve. Whether code or AI or whatever is less relevant if you are an engineer. Now BOOTCAMPS teach people how to code more so than solve problems. And this is why bootcamps are so controversial and tied to outcomes. You aren’t learning anything long term in a bootcamp but you are learning just enough to try to get a job, and then your long future career will be steered by trends and changes, but will be stable as long as you are a problem solver.