u/Zealousideal_Fee4626 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
You have to consider that a CS grad has put in anywhere between 1800 and 3600 hours attending lectures, studying, completing programming exercises etc. Not to mention they have a big advantage when it comes to landing an internship which will give them actual work experience prio
u/michaelnovati replied ·
Internships are key. Imagine being a bootcamp grad with a tiny 3 week project and competing with someone who did 3 months at Meta, 3 months at Google, and 3 months at Apple (which the top tier CS grads have on their resumes)... it's irrational to hire the bootcamp grad even if you have a gut feeling about their potential and the bootcamp grad will long term be a higher performer. Companies aren't gambling, they are trying to make rational scaling decisions.