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0 pointspbhjpbhj9y ago0 comments

This thread is confusing me:

>"Boot camps have their place, but they are not a replacement for a traditional CS degree" //

Don't they teach different things. Boot-camps teach programming and CS degrees teach, well, computer science. Do boot-camps really address things [that I imagine CS degrees cover] like information theory and algorithm design, Turing completeness, language design and such? I imagined they chose one or two programming languages and taught the craft of program implementation?

I'm not a programmer but have learnt the very BASICs (lol!) of a few programming languages, in doing that I've barely touched on any CS worth talking about - normal forms in db design and comparison of a few different sort algos would be about the limit.

I always thought CS vs. programming was like physics vs. engineering?

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elliotec9y ago

You're correct, and people are being ridiculous for conflating the two. They are different things. If you want to get a job as a developer, a bootcamp is clearly the way to go as far as efficiency, cost, and pragmatism. Otherwise do a CS degree.

A bootcamp is absolutely unquestionably a replacement for a CS degree in the context of getting a practical job.

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