Students Say Holberton School Bootcamp Is Like 'Lord of the Flies' - Business Insider

Students Say Holberton School Bootcamp Is Like 'Lord of the Flies' - Business Insider

I'm not shocked by this. Friends tell me that the Holberton grads they've dealt with have generally been eager but ill-prepared. Learning to code -- learning how the syntax of a computer language works, how to use the development tools, how to build a running program -- is important, but it's not the same as learning how to solve problems or how to design and integrate large software systems involving multiple engineers.