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Before You Learn to Code, Ask Yourself Why (underdog.io)
13 points by brettlangdon on Sept 23, 2015 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



Really great breakdown of the pros and cons, I have two cousins who went the "Code school" route, but with a company sponsoring the cost and a job to "graduate" right into. Takes some of that risk out of it for sure, but to date - 2+ years, they are still building their skills and learning on the job.


Given the varying lengths of these immersives, I'd love to see a per week price comparison (or some sort of common unit $ comparison). That, plus non-inflated placement rates, would be helpful.


I threw this document together quick trying to break down the "unit" (per week) price of each coding school mentioned in the article.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wKfEzO860nn_2AuKx5fD...

The main issue I found is that some schools include other services in the tuition, like career services, housing, etc. Where others are simply just the course.




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