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So do you think the average person off the street (the random walmart shopper) can go through a coding bootcamp successfully? I don't think so.

I think the people who can go through a coding boot camp successfully have great arithmetic skills, great reading skills, and can easily solve 2x-7=11 for x in their head in a moment 100% of the time. (Basic algebra 1.) And can read any generic software manual easily, if the manual doesn't assume too much prior knowledge and is written at a basic level.

I don't think the average walmart shopper can do it.

Do you disagree? What do you think the baseline skills are for people who go through a coding bootcamp successfully? Maybe you have more experience with those people than I do. I think of them as intelligent, educated people with above-average SAT scores but without specialized programming training, who decide to go through a boot camp. They're curious, motivated, smart. But they're not programmers.



>I think the people who can go through a coding boot camp successfully have great arithmetic skills, great reading skills, and can easily solve 2x-7=11 for x in their head in a moment 100% of the time. (Basic algebra 1.) And can read any generic software manual easily, if the manual doesn't assume too much prior knowledge and is written at a basic level.

Anybody can do what you just described with practice and training. The typical high school education along with programming is achievable by the typical person.

>I don't think the average walmart shopper can do it.

Stop insulting walmart shoppers.

>Do you disagree? What do you think the baseline skills are for people who go through a coding bootcamp successfully? Maybe you have more experience with those people than I do. I think of them as intelligent, educated people with above-average SAT scores but without specialized programming training, who decide to go through a boot camp. They're curious, motivated, smart. But they're not programmers.

I don't even think you need to go through a bootcamp to get the baseline skills needed for your typical "glue code" job.

Anybody can learn programming. People who go through a bootcamp typically have enough skills to do the job but they likely may not have enough skills to pass a coding interview. Coding interviews are, unfortunately, harder and unrelated to the job.


You said "stop insulting walmart shoppers", but we're talking about intellectual labor. It's not an insult: I don't think given pen and paper but no google, the average person can solve 2x-7=11 for x. (Algebra 1.) I do think the average person knows their multiplication table and can add and subtract small numbers.

Anyway we clearly view people's baselines differently. Maybe you're the one who's right.


It's a biased term. Why would a walmart shopper be stupid? There's no causative connection.

>I don't think given pen and paper but no google, the average person can solve 2x-7=11 for x.

I'm pretty sure everyone on can do this.

>Anyway we clearly view people's baselines differently. Maybe you're the one who's right.

I think you're way off. Check your baseline. There is not one person in my high school who couldn't solve that expression in their head.




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