You are missing out on the huge world of self-taught developers who run many of the massive companies out there. Many of them dropped out too.

Learning informally, or formally, in person, online, in groups is all valuable.

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tredre3 7 months ago | parent [-]

Someone who is self-taught is likely to have an interest in the topic of programming. Most bootcampers I've come across have no interest in understanding the fundamentals.

In my experience, the former produces much higher quality developers and it's not even close.

	▲	j45 7 months ago \| parent [-]
		Bootcampers can absolutely learn the fundamentals. I'd put that on the material being taught, how it's organized, and being presented. Why? Teaching adults is very different than teaching children, and universities mostly teach how to teach children as a degree program. In terms of teaching adults, there are ways that have existed for hundreds if not a few thousand years at least: apprenticeship, learning with and beside someone who knows how. Pro-tip for all bootcampers: run thru something like javascript30.com first.