Is anyone doing a boot camp as well as SL?

Question

Looking into coding boot camps but they are really expensive and there's only 1 close to me. I have been reading online a lot and would like to know if it's worth it? Or keep learning on my own 👍

Answer 1

Here are some top resources for programming:
- Coursera
- Udacity
- Edx
- Solo Learn
- Udemy
- Team Tree House
- Codecademy
- Free Code Camp
- CleverProgrammer.com
Hope this is useful.😀

Answer 2

if you're a beginner and not familiar with almost all tags, css and some Javascript. I don't suggest you to do them both at the same time, else you might just learn the basics in boot camp (to think it costs alot of money, it's not worth it right?) instead of focusing in honing your skills given its a limited time.... Therefore , I suggest to finish html css javascript jquery and some php here in sololearn then create some coding projects which will allow you to start creating your portfolio and improve it in case you want to attend bootcamp. 😊 just my 2 cents 😊

Answer 3

You could try out https://www.freecodecamp.org. It's a bit like SL but you actually have to code instead of filling snippets in.

Answer 4

I'm doing a data science bootcamp right now. In the hope of changing my career path from business-marketing-finance side to machine learning/neural networks.
🤓🖥️🔬📈📊⚗️

Answer 5

Practise on code playground as much as you can, learning from videos are more effective than from books, I am learning through youtube and then practise on code playground.

Answer 6

I'm going to be attending a boot camp later this month, so I've been using SL to help me prepare

Answer 7

@Rebeca Anytime! 😊 It's my pleasure to help.😊😊😊

Answer 8

@CC I'm quite pleased with the bootcamp so far. It is an overwhelmingly high amount of new information which surely I could intake myself, if... I had the time and enough freedom to actually do it. Having a family and two kids I have no doubt - I could never motivate myself and/or find free time if it weren't for the bootcamp :)
It still requires a lot of work and sacrificing precious free time and mind, but with the time passing I feel more and more confident that this is actually something I will love to do for a living. So, to sum up, it's totally worth the hardships! ;)

Answer 9

Yannick Thank you I will try that website soon :)

Answer 10

@Hun9ryg05t most of the free stuffs are just the basics, the reason why the world wide web is there, we just need to explore it. Alot of people are kind enough to share intermediate/advance practical lessons. YT specifically is really good resource to upgrade with the fundamentals that we learnt here. There are other free boot camp that is really good we just need to research.😊 Else if you got money you can pay for a mentor to help you or join a good boot camp after learning the basics. 😊

Answer 11

@Kuba thanks for letting us know about your experience in a way it gives us some insight on how to deal with bootcamp in the future. 😊👍

Answer 12

Thank you everyone who commented, I have been reading all the comments! Very happy to be part of Sololearn and to be able to ask questions and get helpful feedback. 😀 For now I won't go to a boot Camp as I found a lot of free resources online. 👍keep practicing and learning.

Answer 13

I think you don't really need to do bootcamps to get successful. It's far more important to get real life experience in coding. Just start on Upwork or other freelancer websites. (Just my opinion)

Answer 14

I have done one boot camp..

Answer 15

@Cipher: I think this happens because they don't worry or pay much attention to upvotes when they post a doubt, actually we don't need to be a high-level-player in SoloLearn to be able to ask a good question. I guess SoloLearn's community manager thought this could be a helpful information to other people.

In fact, this question just made me think of a new way of seeing SoloLearn, I mean as an online bootcamp! The moment they add a feature, like a Code Editor for real time collaboration, I mean, an in-app editor that lets us collaborate with other programmers, SoloLearn could achieve this. In my opinion it would be wonderful! Given the fact that I live in a country where there aren't many developers and bootcamps are not popular :(

@Rebeca: I recently heard about this "University 42" in the US, you might want to check it out, they sell themselves as "the coding school where students live and learn coding for free, in a teacher-free, peer environment", here's a video about it:
https://youtu.be/vg7yBVLapZ0

Answer 16

CC Calvello that's really good advice thank you! I appreciate it.

Answer 17

I will be enrolling in a bootcamp later this month as well. It is while searching Ruby in playstore that I found SoloLearn and had been using it as part of my prep work.

While it's certainly possible to self-learn, it usually takes a long time to learn on your own (on free time only). Imo, by joining bootcamp, it will be fast-track, more hands-on, have the support and guidance from fellow students and instructors, alumni network, future job prospects (bootcamp links to startups or companies), etc.

In my situation, I'm taking a leap of faith (change career). I knew that I would regret if otherwise. Quote: you miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

Answer 18

@Pαolα -- I wasn't trying to make it seem as if I worried about upvotes, lol. I was noting something I've seen many times that seemed strange to me.

When it comes to bootcamps though, I know that people are likely to regret it if they choose to pay $12000 up front before traveling across the country to live off of what finances they have left for 18 weeks straight to only be awarded a pair of plastic dog-tags, a few friends, and a better skillset. (I'm talking about popular in-person camps that were once big but aren't anymore). Having a certification is worth nothing unless the organization that awarded & signed it has been legally credited by the state, etc (in the US at least). Anything else is a gamble when a person spends large sums of money.

Now when it comes to online bootcamps.. I can't really offer much of an opinion on the topic. I haven't looked into them as much as I have with other bootcamps. If a site prompts for money though, I encourage everyone to research that particular site thoroughly before continuing. My advice is to gather all of your options together, gauge the worth/promise of each option, and act within your best interest.

Answer 19

I've wondered the same question. Although I learn some basics here I don't think it's enough if I want to turn this into a career

Answer 20

You can go as well in boot camps. At the same time you can learn on SL anytime anywhere. As they also said you can learn in videos. I am also a beginner and knows nothing about programming.
Cause my field isn't about computers. But SL made me more interested in learning CODING cause of challenges, quizzes and comments, and sharing codes by the other players. 😊