| | Jan | In July 2020 I opted for the "Full-Stack Web & App Development (fulltime)" course to make the most of the current situation (no trips, no events, fewer assignments, many training opportunities canceled). With an existing coding background after studying and working in the field of media information science for quite some years, I planned to brush up on my coding skills (mainly JavaEE and LAMP) and learn about modern stacks (MERN, MEAN, MEVN). I really enjoyed every day of it.
The WBS Coding School designed the course just like boot camps are meant to be:
+ short, intense, focused (750 hours in 15 weeks)
+ immediately applicable skills
+ modern stack, pipelines, teamwork
+ add real-world snippets/apps to your portfolio/repo
+ a high percentage of hands-on training
To add some personal impressions:
+ Our head instructor is a great mix of drill instructor and supporter, hard/soft skills, knowledge and friendliness (perfect pick, WBS!)
+ The small batch was great and intense
+ the staff (instructor to campus/hotel staff, junior instructor to principal) is really friendly and helpful
Some generic problems with boot camps:
The course is developed in a continuous evolutionary process, there were some minor "hiccups" and sessions that could have required more accompanying material or preparation. But to be honest, our instructor and the friendly staff have been open to suggestions and critique at all times. They reacted and adjusted so quickly and professionally that I cannot really list this as a "con".
A boot camp may not always cover a deeper theoretical background, but our instructor has found a great way to really combine fast-paced learning and "under the hood" questions. He also covered a wide range to evolve our capabilities to work as a team: from GIT code management and technical workflows to collaborative Kanban-style drafts and full project management pipelines, from working as a team with varying skillsets to a single-day cross-batch project (the following batch did the frontend, we did the backend).
From my experiences, there are junior coders with an information science degree less able to dig into code, work in real-world scenarios, team infrastructures, and code/project management tools than the juniors in my batch after 15 weeks of boot camp. I met great people and gained a lot of experience, what a ride!
A big thank you from my side! |
