I think boot camps are great for the practical side of things, but yes, fundament CS theory REALLY helps.
The difficulty, as I see it, is balancing between CS theory and just plain ol' building stuff.
College was super practical but at the same time learning about memory management, parallel programming, distributed programming, etc. are things that have been super helpful in any programming endeavour I've been on.
The market seems over-saturated right now, and given the popularity of boot camps, I think building a reputation is at least one way to make sure you can stay hire-able and growing in general.
I have been quite lucky as I am now working as freelance dev over the summer, with the same team. Which should help me gain more experience with industry practices and workflows. In addition to the theory from uni. Actually me and a friend are working on a podcast where we plan to talk about computer science from a student perspective and compare our own experience in in the industry with our experience at uni. We also plan to blog some of projects.
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I think boot camps are great for the practical side of things, but yes, fundament CS theory REALLY helps.
The difficulty, as I see it, is balancing between CS theory and just plain ol' building stuff.
College was super practical but at the same time learning about memory management, parallel programming, distributed programming, etc. are things that have been super helpful in any programming endeavour I've been on.
The market seems over-saturated right now, and given the popularity of boot camps, I think building a reputation is at least one way to make sure you can stay hire-able and growing in general.
I have been quite lucky as I am now working as freelance dev over the summer, with the same team. Which should help me gain more experience with industry practices and workflows. In addition to the theory from uni. Actually me and a friend are working on a podcast where we plan to talk about computer science from a student perspective and compare our own experience in in the industry with our experience at uni. We also plan to blog some of projects.