u/Any_Squirrel_8243 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
It honestly all goes back to shitty fundamentals. I should've spent way more time diving deeper into the basics before committing to such a fast-paced bootcamp. Looking back now I finished with a really shallow understanding of how everything worked and I probably retained less t
u/michaelnovati replied ·
Honestly I think this is something that bootcamps are paying the price for now, wtih shrinkage and layoffs.
It's just impossible, even working 16 hours a day, to learn in a bootcamp in 12 weeks.
It's not your fault you absorb 40% - most people absorb LESS. I absorbed less the first time I did a programming class haha.
Given the option of 4 year CS degree and 12 week bootcamp, like really the ideal might be 1 year bootcamp if you think 4 years is too long.
WGU and Launch School are two of these "slower but not 4 years" options and they are doing ok still so we'll see!