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Computing boot-camps Risks and rewards
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LIBERAL-ARTS degrees and computer savvy rarely sit comfortably together. But computer-programming is increasingly where the jobs are. This logic guided Adam Enbar and Avi Flombaum in 2012 to found Flatiron, one of many coding boot-camps sprinkled across America. The camps offer intensive courses in web development, usually lasting three to six months. They aim to prepare students for software-engineering jobs, while offering career advice and the chance to network: in short, vocational school for the information age.
They have emerged to fill a pressing demand for coders. Software-engineering jobs will grow at a rate of 18.8% by 2024?nearly triple the rate of overall job growth, according to the Bureau of Labour Statistics. So boot-camps are multiplying. In 2015 more than 16,000 students graduated from them, a 138% increase from the year before, according to Course Report, an organisation that tracks the industry. They are also big business: publicly traded for-profit education companies are crowding in.
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