Over the course of my college career, I pleaded with three different computer science and engineering chairs to please please please update the curriculum to focus on project based learning and more recent developments in software engineering. My requests fell on deaf ears. Every chair wrapped himself in the "we're preparing you for the workforce, not training you for a job" rhetoric. The reality is that the field is rapidly becoming portfolio based... employers want to see what you've made, and there's absolutely no reason that theory can't be layered on top of practice.
I'm interested in the trajectory of App Academy, Catalyst Course, and others. I'd wager most graduates of those ~6 week programs end up better programmers than graduates of many 4 year institutions.
I'm interested in the trajectory of App Academy, Catalyst Course, and others. I'd wager most graduates of those ~6 week programs end up better programmers than graduates of many 4 year institutions.