[wayn3]

because python is used by professionals and people who come out of science programs. math, physics, we all use python. and we have at the very least a rudimentary understanding of algorithms.

if you want to interview with us you better know at least a little bit about the foundations of CS.

you will not know jack, coming out of a 12 week bootcamp with no prior formal education.

on the ruby front, you are confronted with web hipsters who subscribe to this paradigm that formal training is a hindrance to "getting shit done" and "being pragmatic". way easier to roll with those guys. way easier.

thats the reason they teach you ruby instead of python.

- I'm not saying that the ruby crowd gets nothing done. they do. just a different mindset.