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Feb 5, 2020 β€’ 11 tweets β€’ 2 min read
Here are my thoughts on "bootcamps".

Unlike, say, surgery, not all computer work is doctorate-level. Of course, plenty is.

One needn't have a bachelor's to start. I certainly didn't when I was a kid futzing with an Amiga 500. It was me, the computer, and a book.

1/X Look at any legitimate software project team. It's always varied abilities. Senior engineers and "architects" guide the work of the more junior "individual contributors". This is what I do at work all day -- half coding, half guiding.

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