[kaslai]

This is why I think that the trade school model of teaching software development should really be developed further. Having been in charge of hiring software developers a number of times in the past, I have found that a Bachelors in Computer Whatever barely tells me anything about whether you can actually program. The most it tells me on paper is that you have seen some amount of code at some point in your life and know a few buzzwords.

This isn't to say that a College degree is worthless, but it is not a job training tool, and the sooner that people realize that the better. I would love to see a world where software development is treated more like some of the trades. Rather than insisting that all applicants have a BS in Computer Science or equivalent, we should hire promising kids fresh out of High School (Or college) and fund their 1 year education in programming + apprenticeship. I feel like that would lead to a healthier industry as a whole, and bring a lot more highly talented individuals into the world of programming.

And no, web dev bootcamps are not what I'm talking about. They are closer to my ideal than a college, but they have a lot of other problems that keep them from being useful in general.