I was one of the students quoted in the article (you can probably guess who by my name). I went to a school that ostensibly costs that much but very few people there didn't have some kind of financial aid. Based on the wording of the article I don't think the person he mentioned paid full price, either.
I don't regret going to a liberal arts school one bit, and it wasn't as if there were no jobs available to me when I graduated. To be honest, I'm surprised at how one-dimensional this article reads, because he makes it seem like there is no gray area in what makes a good education.
One of the main reasons that these bootcamps are successful is that the majority of the students have some kind of college education (he mentions 70% in the article but that includes the less impressive camps who will literally take anybody). Boot camp grads are competitive because they have skills (communication-wise) that come with diverse degrees. The fact that the author is dismissing those skills makes me think he really missed the point.
I don't regret going to a liberal arts school one bit, and it wasn't as if there were no jobs available to me when I graduated. To be honest, I'm surprised at how one-dimensional this article reads, because he makes it seem like there is no gray area in what makes a good education.
One of the main reasons that these bootcamps are successful is that the majority of the students have some kind of college education (he mentions 70% in the article but that includes the less impressive camps who will literally take anybody). Boot camp grads are competitive because they have skills (communication-wise) that come with diverse degrees. The fact that the author is dismissing those skills makes me think he really missed the point.