u/frenchydev1 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
There's a lot of CAPS and bold and ! in here hahahah. It's an interesting view point. I'd argue that the following is true: 1. A CS degree isn't possible for a lot of people - in the US especially a 4 year degree can put an average student massively into debt if they don't have
u/michaelnovati replied ·
Yeah I was a bit long haha. I don't think a CS degree is inherently better but I do think these two things need to be addresed:
>A) Internships = Work Experience. B) 4 years spent engulfed in software. Both of these CANNOT BE REPLACED with a bootcamp.
While they can't be replaced with a bootcamp, they CAN be replaced by other things.
1. Apprenticeships
2. Self studying for a couple years (and building personal projectS)
3. Freelancing and contract projects
4. Volunteering (e.g. Hack4LA)
5. Doing a bootcamp as one of the pieces
6. Moving to SF and going to tech events and parties and engulfing yourself in the tech scene
7. Doing a part time online CS masters degree or post-bacc