Coding Boot Camps Vs. College Courses: Who Gets Results?

The Truth about Whether 'Coding Bootcamps' That Can Get Graduates $100,000 Exit Salaries Actually Prepare You to Be a Programmer

Nathan McAlone | Mary 19, 2016

“Coding bootcamps” have earned friends in high places, including President Obama, who called them a ticket to the middle class.
These programs are designed to take in students with minimal coding knowledge and shoot them back out a few months later as employable software engineers.
And the top bootcamps have enjoyed outstanding success, boasting over $100,000 in average exit salaries and up to 99% employment rates.

"At Dev Bootcamp in San Francisco, group lectures focus on teaching students to teach themselves." (December 20, 2014) Source: http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2014/12/20/370954988/twelve-weeks-to-a-six-figure-job

<more at http://www.businessinsider.com/coding-bootcamps-vs-computer-science-degrees-2016-5; related articles and links: http://www.businessinsider.com/coding-bootcamps-are-replacing-cs-degrees-2015-11 (Coding bootcamps are making computer science degrees obsolete. November 8, 2015) and https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/03/17/why-students-are-throwing-tons-of-money-at-a-program-that-wont-give-them-a-college-degree/ (Why students are throwing tons of money at a program that won’t give them a college degree. March 17, 2016)>