tech bootcamp
Intensive programming course
A tech bootcamp is an intensive, short-term training program that teaches practical technology skills—typically coding, web development, or data science.
Unlike traditional degree programs, bootcamps compress learning into weeks or months and emphasize job-ready skills over theory: She landed a developer job three months after finishing a tech bootcamp.
The term borrows from military training's connotation of rapid, rigorous preparation.
- codingWriting software instructions
- code reviewExamination of written software
- startupNew business enterprise
- intensiveConcentrated and thorough
- careerLifelong occupational pursuit
software · developer · programmer · hustle · career change · cohort · curriculum · skills · job placement · mentor · laptop · imposter syndrome · whiteboard · debugging · portfolio · final project · networking · pivot
- bootcamps
- tech educationcoding class, computer lab, computer literacy, computer science, computer teacher
- startup eventshackathon, pitch competition, demo day, startup pitch, accelerator
tech bootcampfour-year degree
computer science degree · bachelor's degree · graduate program · master's degree · PhD program
tech bootcampself-taught
Educated without instructors
trial and error · autodidacticism · independent study · YouTube learning · learning by doing
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