Web dev bootcamp vs self taught, I chose wrong

Spent $12k on a 12 week coding bootcamp last year and now I'm 8 months into a job where everything I learned there feels outdated. My buddy taught himself with free YouTube tutorials and landed a better role faster. Why does nobody warn you that the structured path can actually slow you down?

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noahhall3mo ago

Bootcamps sell speed but teach yesterday's tools.

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walker.robert3mo ago

Haven't most bootcamps shifted to React and Python in the last couple years though? A lot of them update their curriculum way faster than traditional schools do. The real problem is more about depth than old tools.

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