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I mean, really, so what? Yes, anybody coming out of a boot camp program is going to be pretty junior to start with and will only be able to do simple things without guidance. I'm not sure that makes them so different from new grads or interns (sure, let's make a few exceptions for genuinely skilled kids).

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I've never liked that programmers in general seem to imply that there is only room for the very best that develop for love and not money. The world needs a lot of mediocre programmers banging out CRUD sites for at least the near future. And some of those mediocre developers will eventually turn into good/great devs, and the ones that hate it or give up will be pushed out.

No one tells the person going back to school for accounting that they really have to love accounting or they should find a new line of work.

I completely get that, but that's not what I'm saying - if we're just in the coding for money (which there is nothing wrong with), let's just be honest about it, like we would be about the accounting gig: "Yeah, I don't love it, but they pay's great".

I like programming, but if I could do literally anything and be just as financially secure maybe I wouldn't choose it.

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