I knew as soon as I checked the comments on this article there would be a barrage of negativity.

I knew as soon as I checked the comments on this article there would be a barrage of negativity. I just wasn't prepared for it to be unanimous. I've made similar comments on HN in the past but much of this griping seems to boil down to "I was interested in [thing] way before all these johnny-come-latelys just bum-rushed it for a paycheck!" It's an irritatingly hipster thing to do -- I did X before X was cool, but now X is sooooo over . I also wish people who complain in these comments would name the schools when they complain. Who are you worried about offending? Will you help everyone else by identifying degree-mill schools that turn out low-quality people? I hate that great programs like Hack Reactor or MakerSquare -- which never have people on the job market for more than a couple weeks and continue to have ridiculous industry demand -- get lumped in with fly-by-night HTML/CSS bootcamps in third-tier tech markets like Atlanta.

Posted by eastbayjake on Jul 28, 2015, 9:21 PM

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