[bjornsteffanson]

I strongly disagree - 900 hours is plenty of time for the right candidate. Granted, you couldn't put my mom or dad in this course and turn them into a front end dev in 12 weeks, but for the right candidate - absolutely. The program runs from 10am - 9pm, six days a week. That's a lot of commitment, and whoever applies is going to want it. So 12 weeks, absolutely.

It's my opinion that front end devs are born front end devs and don't realize it until they learn to program. The position requires a certain attitude and effective decision-making process that not all programmers possess, and it seems like the Catalyst organizers are screening applicants. A good developer can master any API just by reading the documentation - I guarantee they'll teach them that.