Ep. 30 - The Not-Bootcamp (Jeff Casimir)
At a time when people are lining up to get accepted by a programming bootcamp, Jeff Casimir decided to start one that is non-profit. We talk about why he decided to make the Turing School non-profit and how it approaches its programming curriculum.
At a time when people are lining up to get accepted by a programming bootcamp, Jeff Casimir decided to start one that is non-profit. But he doesn't like the term bootcamp -- he prefers "program." We talk about why he decided to make the Turing School non-profit, the complications of quantifying students' skills, and how Turing School approaches its programming curriculum.
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Jeff Casimir
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