What we need is a relatively standardized degree that is like a Bachelor's minus the Associates. That is, we don't need the two years of useless filler classes. Taking two years (4% of career time, more of lifetime earnings) for that gunk is a huge opportunity cost.
I'm still waiting for my employer to ask me to do a Marxist literary criticism of a poem. When that day comes, I'm prepared!
These coding boot camps could have been what we need, but they are far too short and not at all standardized. I doubt the students ever write a boot loader, compiler, or kernel. I doubt the students do much analysis of algorithms or even know what a Turing machine is.
The same applies to non-coding careers that involve college degrees. We don't want surgeons with only a 14-week surgery boot camp, but cutting two years off of the lengthy education would increase the supply of doctors and reduce the cost (including opportunity cost) of their education. It's better than adding two years to every career.
I'm still waiting for my employer to ask me to do a Marxist literary criticism of a poem. When that day comes, I'm prepared!
These coding boot camps could have been what we need, but they are far too short and not at all standardized. I doubt the students ever write a boot loader, compiler, or kernel. I doubt the students do much analysis of algorithms or even know what a Turing machine is.
The same applies to non-coding careers that involve college degrees. We don't want surgeons with only a 14-week surgery boot camp, but cutting two years off of the lengthy education would increase the supply of doctors and reduce the cost (including opportunity cost) of their education. It's better than adding two years to every career.