Some US coding boot camps stumble in a crowded field


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  • Friday, 11 Aug 2017

Competition has begun to squeeze out players in a field now crowded with nearly 100 academies in the United States and Canada, more than double the number just three years ago.

SAN FRANCISCO: The hype is fading for coding "boot camps," for-profit US schools offering graduates entry into the lucrative world of software development 

Closures are up in a field now jammed with programmes promising to teach students in just weeks the skills needed to get hired as professional coders. So far this year, at least eight schools have shut down or announced plans to close in 2017, according to the review website Course Report.

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