[firstworldman]

I completed a program sort of like this one. My opinion is that it is probably not worth it overall. I learned a lot about how to build things, but I am very lacking when it comes to CS fundamentals, and I would struggle to build something complex from start to finish. A technical interview would be a real struggle.

I benefited greatly from the structured curriculum, but it didn't go much deeper than Hartl's Rails tutorial. Once you've got the basics, you're really only limited by your imagination and your desire to make interesting things that have a range of practical applications that might get you job ready.

I'm still quite lost in any conversation with advanced programmers, but I'm doing alright helping my sister learn to code at the moment. I've got a lot to learn, and I'm doing that on my own now. The program was a decent jumpstart.

Midway through the course I adjusted my expectations for where I'd be by the end, so I'm not really disappointed with how it turned out. Now, I'm basically a marketer with much stronger than average coding chops for someone in marketing.