Katelyn

A bit more info... I'm a self-taught self-made mobile PM with UX chops, a bit of design tricks up my sleeve and strength in business/strategy. Over the years, I've felt paralyzed, inferior and, dare I say it, 'stupid' because I can't program and wouldn't know where to start.

One of the most compelling reasons I want to do this 12-week bootcamp is I think it might be a good return on investment. Putting on my resume then I have experience in web development, and the ability to build projects and prototypes that express my ideas...would be amazing.

I also strongly believe programming teaches you how to think.

On the other hand, a lot of people are discouraging me from this program (bloc.io's 12 week bootcamp). It is definitely expensive--over my budget, it's a lot of work (which I"m willing to do), and the skeptics wonder what this course will even bring me as far as value. Will I even learn to be a web developer? My goal isn't to be the best developer, it's simply to learn how to program--whether it be slow/fast, good bad. I may never even use the skills I learn professionally, but is the journey and knowledge I gain not worth it?

The company I work at evaluates candidates using problem-solving rounds where the candidate is asked to spend an hour solving a problem, and another hour presenting the solution.<p> The catch is that the questions we ask are directly related to problems our company is facing. Whether we ask about storing data locally vs on the server, or how the candidate would gain exposure for a payments feature, the answer will be valuable to us, whether we hire him or not. Is this unethical or completely reasonable?