Anyone here done any of the programming boot camps?

[fuzzybabybunny]

How did it go? Those things that promise to make you into an entry level web coder in 3 months, with lessons for 40 hours a week, usually for around $11,000.

 

[Jaydip]

How did it go? Those things that promise to make you into an entry level web coder in 3 months, with lessons for 40 hours a week, usually for around $11,000.

Why not take some quality free online trainings instead ?

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

Why not take some quality free online trainings instead ?

Eh, sometimes you just need an instructor to answer to and to keep you in check. Plus an instructor is always there to answer questions immediately instead of posting on forums, waiting for an answer, etc.

 

[cytg111]

".. in 3 months, with lessons for 40 hours a week, usually for around $11,000"

- Holy crap, thats so volatile on so many levels..

I'd say go with Jaydip's advice..

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/

pick one and do it your self.

Here is the kicker, development stuff is something that is highly self driven, that means if you cant stick to those tutorials by yourself you're problary not driven enough to be a dev even with a "boot camp". So. Take the tutorials, test yourself, and perhaps save yourself 11k .. or maybe even save yourself 11k..

 

[Albatross]

Get a book or a tutorial,build something simple and make an account over to stackoverflow,
11000$ seems expensive.

 

[Jaydip]

Eh, sometimes you just need an instructor to answer to and to keep you in check. Plus an instructor is always there to answer questions immediately instead of posting on forums, waiting for an answer, etc.

? the quality trainings will guide you, you don't have to post in forums to get answers at all.

 

[EagleKeeper]

A mid level college course for 3-4 months will also get you a good starting point and save $10000 dollars.

 

[Ken g6]

I'd agree with cytg111 except that Java is not the best way "to make you into an entry level web coder" IMHO. Lots of people will recommend http://www.w3schools.com/; but lots of people won't. I saw this mentioned in Popular Science and it looks decent: http://www.codecademy.com/learn

 

[Leros]

A mid level college course for 3-4 months will also get you a good starting point and save $10000 dollars.

The pace of college courses are ridiculously slow and far too narrow for somebody looking to jump into programming.

 

[DaveSimmons]

What about Khan Academy, a free MOOC, or a Teach Yourself X in 24 Hours book??

Paying $11K for a bit of structure seems excessive. And as said above, if you aren't self-directed enough to be able to work through a book or online lessons on your own then you might not be cut out for development work anyway.

FYI, decently written questions on Stack Overflow usually get answered very quickly, probably faster than an instructor will reply in that $11K course.