coding bootcamps

Accelerated developer training

Coding bootcamps are intensive, short-term training programs that teach programming and software development skills, typically over several weeks or months.

They emerged in the 2010s as alternatives to traditional computer science degrees, promising rapid career transitions into tech: She landed a developer job three months after finishing a coding bootcamp.

Quality and outcomes vary widely.

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Graduate research degree tracks

PhD program · undergraduate education · graduate school

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Instructional clips online

independent learning · trial and error

pedagogical approach

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Broad, non-vocational scholarly training

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