THE SHOCKING TRUTH ABOUT CODING BOOTCAMPS IN SOUTH AFRICA | EP 23

[@OlebogengKolwane]

Feeling inspired and thanks for transparency on the topic. Great episode.

[@NdumisoPhelembe]

I am currently enrolled in the ALX Data Science Program while pursuing a BCom degree in Marketing Management at UNISA and running my side business. Despite the workload, I am able to manage everything. The Data Science course is incredibly detailed and insightful. I chose this program because it’s taught by Explore AI Academy in partnership with ALX. I’ve been following ALX for a while but wasn’t planning to join until this partnership with Explore AI Academy came up. Although the content can be overwhelming at times, it's truly worth it and the explore guys they really teach ,i dont remember having to go outside the learning portal to get clarity.with that being said dont think its the same with all of their programs but if you want to get into data science you wont go wrong since its not taught by ALX...thanks for the insights guys and i hope this comment might help someone.

[@Larreth]

Thank you for this incredible insight! This will really help someone since the guests did not do ALX Data Science

[@alexisgono1729]

Probably one of my favourite episodes thus far 👌🏼

[@israelmbuyu4487]

This channel has been helping me so much in my self-taught development journey.

[@Larreth]

I'm so glad to hear that!!

[@AedenManell]

Great Episode

[@MelsoftAcademy]

Interesting views!!

[@johnn8669]

Will you guys please make it live next time

[@Larreth]

This is a great idea

[@dfatherproduction3286]

TVET colleges don't have adequate funding to keep up with the upcoming trends in technology.

[@Larreth]

thats a shame because their mission is really good

[@mxolisiprincehlela]

informative.

[@Larreth]

I'm glad you found the video informative! Knowledge is power, and I'm here to help you grow!

[@wisemanmabusela6524]

I know the tick tock guy who is always hating and saying bootcamps are "Fast Food Education" 😂😂 nx that guy is really annoying

[@wisemanmabusela6524]

New Sub here

[@Larreth]

Welcome aboard!

[@chasep402]

Subscriber 709!

[@Larreth]

Welcome 🙏🏽

[@sirduck6544]

wait, why do people think that Uni is all theory and no practical work? The dude from Zimbabwe got scammed, and it's kind of fault

[@Larreth]

because of the university graduates we come across in tech

[@Larreth]

It also depends with which university you graduated from. If you went to Stanford CS then you're obviously the G

[@ostianrepeaters1202]

ALX is not a bootcamp nor does it have a bootcampe. ALX was formely the Holberton School of Computer Science, founded in Silicon Valley and then acquired by Fred Swaniker and then rebranded as ALX. So at this point you're gonna look up The current Holberton School of Computer Science and see that it still exists... well it does but it is now licensed under ALX. You're misinforming the people. Do your research and ALX offers no IT courses or fast tracking to IT so you already misinformed the people with your opening statement. ALX is a computer science institution, far better than what you get at varsity and this is coming from someone who enrolled in Computer Science at UCT.

[@Larreth]

Thank you for your comment. Our intention is not to mislead anyone but present information the way it is. Our guest studied at ALX and simply shared her experience there. ALX is regarded as a BootCamp by the South African tech community and I know it has helped thousands of people get started in the tech field. It's an incredible institution and I have huge respect for Fred and his work

[@ostianrepeaters1202]

​@@Larreth the student was at ALX a few weeks as she said herself. She speaks about backend stuff at ALX which is a specialization that comes into play 3 months to completion. Where did she learn backend in her first week? 😂 Her few weeks at ALX would have been bash scripting. She further complains about documentation, unfortunately ALX is a computer science academy and if you do computer science you have to read documentation... on your own. It's a necessity bc Com Sci is built on research papers. So little to do with software dev. In varsity there are text books, which is documentation in itself. No KZbin videos, just a lecturer quickly going through slides and you have to go home and read. No difference from ALX in that regard. So how can you trust what this person says about ALX if they never even tried to to do basic bash(ls, pwd, mkdir, etc) I mean she didnt even do bash conditionals. Let me be clear also, I'm not against this episode. It's very informative and at least someone is taking their precious time to educate people. I just feel like for this episode, you could've been better prepared with your guests bc the source is not credible. WeThink code makes it clear about their bootcamps. ALX doesn't offer them nor any IT courses. However, their full stack course covers a bit of IT and DevOps but mainly core computer science concepts from low-level to high-level porgramming, networking, devops. That's a 13 month course with hours equivalent to university but remember in varsity you'll be taking Maths, Chemistry and Physics, prolonging the time it takes to get your degree when you could've dedicated those hours to just SE. No need for maths unless you go into Neural Networks, which ALX doesnt offer yet.

[@thatomashigo5664]

@@ostianrepeaters1202 I completely agree with you, ALX is great and really in depth, however I understand the guests viewpoint. Sometimes spoon feeding can help us really understand what we're trying to achieve. I personally feel like they could've done better in tems of walking students through it. I would like to belive she just meant she would've appreciated more guidance. Which I completely agree, it would make the program so much more valuable. I am in the 13 Month S.E Program and I really had to fight Tooth and Nail to get to where I am. But then again, I am of the idea that the program offers just an introduction into S.E and students would far better benefit by taking the content and implement into your own personal projects to really understand the concepts.