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by SlipperySlope 5164 days ago
This post is spot-on.

During the boom cycles of software development, its not neccessary for someone to go back to university for the skills - online is good enough, more specialized, and much more cost-effective.

Why get in crushing debt to become an app developer? Or to program a startup's back-end, or to administer a cloud infrastructure.