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Warning: That free coding bootcamp in Austin was a total waste of 3 months
Signed up for a free bootcamp they advertised as 'learn to code from scratch in 12 weeks'. The first 6 weeks were just basic HTML and CSS, stuff I could've learned from a 2 hour YouTube video. Then they rushed through JavaScript in 2 weeks and expected us to build a full app. The instructor kept saying 'just Google it' when we asked questions. I dropped out after week 8. Has anyone else had a bad experience with these free programs?
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kim_nelson25d ago
Week 8 of a 12 week program and you still got "just Google it"? That's not a bootcamp, that's a library with a guilt trip. I spent 10 weeks on a similar train wreck where the Python module was literally a YouTube playlist the instructor found that morning. Free is usually just code for "you get what you pay for" in this space.
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taylor_flores24d ago
Free bootcamps are just free YouTube tutorials with extra steps and zero accountability. You get what you don't pay for, plain and simple.
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