[ilostmykeys]

Let's not paint this subject with a broad brush.

Depends on the choice and depth of curriculum, length of time, the student and the instructor.

Having said that no bootcamp or hacker school can give you 20 years of experience writing and maintaining software. That's really the disavdantage. But natural talent in rare individuals can replace that with intuition, although I'm not sure how people like that do over the long range. I don't know ... But it's wise not to judge people in superficial manner without seeing what they can do.

[mikestew]

Having said that no bootcamp or hacker school can give you 20 years of experience writing and maintaining software.

Neither does a Masters from M.I.T. or Stanford. I only say this because I'm not exactly sure what your point is. What I hear you saying is, "it takes about two decades to code like you've been doing it for 20 years."

[onion2k]

Comparing a bootcamp graduate to an industry veteran with 20 years dev experience is ridiculous. No one expects them to have that skillset. They're junior level developers who compare with university graduates, often very favorably.

[ilostmykeys]

Your mind is playing tricks on you. You are angry and are seeing things in my comment that don't really exist. I understand you maybe an old developer who is threatened by young talent but where do I compare someone with 20 years of experience to a bootcamp grad? I simply said let's not stereotype and judge a whole segment of people and that talent is not age based. Only experience is.

[abustamam]

> Having said that no bootcamp or hacker school can give you 20 years of experience writing and maintaining software. That's really the disavdantage.

I can't see how that makes it a disadvantage. The only thing that gives 20 years of experience writing and maintaining software is... well, 20 years doing just that. No one is claiming that a university, bootcamp, or hacker school can give you that.