I know some people who have done bootcamps in their senior years and it's a mixed bag.
I would recommend these:
- I would first consider a Post-BACC, like University of Oregon
- Take as many CS courses as you can in your final year, or consider adding a fifth year athat's all CS
- Start a major project now, that will serve as something better than a capstone project at a bootcamp
If none of these make sense for you, then I would consider a top bootcamp and dive deeper there.
u/bvictor05 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
That Post bacc is interesting but at 60 credits - that would come up to around 30K. Thoughts on WGU?
u/michaelnovatireplied·
WGU vs bootcamp is a toss up to me. I don't think WGU is particularly comparable to a "good or top tier" CS degree, but it might be better than a bootcamp in terms of raw instruction and content consumed.
u/bvictor05 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Do you have bootcamps recs?
u/michaelnovatireplied·★ FEATURED
Rithm, Launch School, and Codesmith are the three I always suggest looking at as a wide range of styles and types of learning. I'm currently NOT recommending Codesmith because they had 1/3 to 1/2 layoffs, and announced a number of changes and I want to let those settle in before resuming recommendations. I've heard that instruction is stabilizing as those laid off depart, but it will take a bit more time.
u/simplebutelegant9 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Can you give me a few examples of what you would consider major projects?
u/michaelnovatireplied·
Anything you work on for 3+ months full time and launch publicly and get real people using it, giving feedback, and iterating. (Getting people to use it can be hard and it's part of the learning experience)
u/simplebutelegant9 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Are you suggesting the 3 month+ project cause it looks good on a resume or cause its a great learning experience?
And another question do you think multiple midsize projects or one big project is better from a learning perspective? Assuming you got the basics/fundamentals of co
u/michaelnovatireplied·
Learning experience! I think one big project that's almost like a "startup", like a live product that has users and maybe even makes money.