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I think all paid education as we know it fails to well-defined free MooCs. It's just a matter of credibility and the lack of Georgia Tech-level free MooCs at this point

Because being a junior dev isn't very hard. And certainly doesn't require 4 years of education on computer science minutiae

There isn't the same demand for European software engineers though. Obviously part of it is the value proposition, but I think a lot of said proposition is about the time just as much as the cost

I didn't want to waste 2-3 years getting an additional degree, and a bootcamp filled in nicely (simply a personal anecdote but it worked fine for me)

It's a cultural issue with Americans. There seems to be a belief there that equality is not really equality but a battle of the genders imo. Women and men alike obsess over the differences and have very traditional dating structures/marriages. Gender equality in Europe makes the states look like a joke