Thousands of Veterans Want to Learn to Code But Can’t
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Thousands of Veterans Want to Learn to Code But Can’t
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Re: Thousands of Veterans Want to Learn to Code But Can’t
#2> I could not use my GI Bill to go to code school. That was the number one roadblock
Nobody needs a "code school" to learn how to write code.
Re: Thousands of Veterans Want to Learn to Code But Can’t
#3Whether you believe code schools are good or bad (I lean somewhat towards good), I wonder if we have not fully learned the lesson from the rash several years ago of fly-by-night for-profit colleges preying on vets and providing substandard education and inflated job promises, all on the GI Bill's dime. I worry that if the GI Bill was extended to code schools, we'd see the exact same thing happen again.
Re: Thousands of Veterans Want to Learn to Code But Can’t
#4expecting the government to take care of you? where did your personal responsibility go?
Re: Thousands of Veterans Want to Learn to Code But Can’t
#5> I could not use my GI Bill to go to code school. That was the number one roadblock Nobody needs a "code school" to learn how to write code.
True, but what does "writing code" mean? If it means learning some basic JavaScript syntax and writing a small text adventure, that isn't hard at all. Learning the mathematical fundamentals of CS on the other hand is a great deal harder, and getting up to speed with what technologies are considered standard is extremely difficult.
Re: Thousands of Veterans Want to Learn to Code But Can’t
#6Whether you believe code schools are good or bad (I lean somewhat towards good), I wonder if we have not fully learned the lesson from the rash several years ago of fly-by-night for-profit colleges preying on vets and providing substandard education and inflated job promises, all on the GI Bill's dime. I worry that if the GI Bill was extended to code schools, we'd see the exact same thing happen again.
I think established and accredited universities should set up two year coding programs that can teach the trade as opposed to pop up overpriced bootcamps that usually operate without much accountability.
Then the GI Bill can pick up the tab for such programs.
Re: Thousands of Veterans Want to Learn to Code But Can’t
#7Whether you believe code schools are good or bad (I lean somewhat towards good), I wonder if we have not fully learned the lesson from the rash several years ago of fly-by-night for-profit colleges preying on vets and providing substandard education and inflated job promises, all on the GI Bill's dime. I worry that if the GI Bill was extended to code schools, we'd see the exact same thing happen again.
I think established and accredited universities should set up two year coding programs that can teach the trade as opposed to pop up overpriced bootcamps that usually operate without much accountability. Then the GI Bill can pick up the tab for such programs.
A 4 year college program didn't teach me to code, what makes you think a 2 year program could?
I learned how to write my own linked list however..
Re: Thousands of Veterans Want to Learn to Code But Can’t
#8Time to start a coding bootcamp...
Re: Thousands of Veterans Want to Learn to Code But Can’t
#9Whether you believe code schools are good or bad (I lean somewhat towards good), I wonder if we have not fully learned the lesson from the rash several years ago of fly-by-night for-profit colleges preying on vets and providing substandard education and inflated job promises, all on the GI Bill's dime. I worry that if the GI Bill was extended to code schools, we'd see the exact same thing happen again.
I wonder whether it would be better to provide employers in tech money to train directly, on the condition that X% of them retain full-time employment of at least $XXX,000 for five years following "graduation".
The idea is to align incentives -- the employers get to try vets, and if they succeed, everyone gets more money.
Re: Thousands of Veterans Want to Learn to Code But Can’t
#10All the resources to learn coding are freely available. Anyone who tells you otherwise is trying to make a buck.