I can see how this is true. I’m currently attending a coding bootcamp at the University of Miami. The thing I recently discovered is that some of the student have some misconceptions of the program. Maybe, I new what questions to ask when I was looking at the program. On average I’m about 20 years older then most of the students in the class. The first thing asked was; what are the actual expectations of learning all the concepts over 6 months. Will I really be able to learn everything you’re selling? Their answer: Yes, but on average you will need to allocate and additional 20 hours a week to truly get an understanding on these concepts. Fast forward a few weeks into the program and we are working on a group project. We are working with API’s and I’m good to go with these concept, but the two other students I’m working with have to idea on how to get a response from any API. Turns out they are still struggling with basic JavaScript concepts. They say it’s because the teacher doesn’t know how to teach. I ask them if they are doing anything outside of class to bridge the gap between the concepts they don’t understand. Their response: No, why they are supposed to be teaching those concepts during class. Maybe what you get out of it depends on what you’re willing to put into it.
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I can see how this is true. I’m currently attending a coding bootcamp at the University of Miami. The thing I recently discovered is that some of the student have some misconceptions of the program. Maybe, I new what questions to ask when I was looking at the program. On average I’m about 20 years older then most of the students in the class. The first thing asked was; what are the actual expectations of learning all the concepts over 6 months. Will I really be able to learn everything you’re selling? Their answer: Yes, but on average you will need to allocate and additional 20 hours a week to truly get an understanding on these concepts. Fast forward a few weeks into the program and we are working on a group project. We are working with API’s and I’m good to go with these concept, but the two other students I’m working with have to idea on how to get a response from any API. Turns out they are still struggling with basic JavaScript concepts. They say it’s because the teacher doesn’t know how to teach. I ask them if they are doing anything outside of class to bridge the gap between the concepts they don’t understand. Their response: No, why they are supposed to be teaching those concepts during class. Maybe what you get out of it depends on what you’re willing to put into it.