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Most of this seems like a reasonable comment, but are you actually angry that people are learning to code?



Absolutely not! I do, however, think it's extremely questionable when VCs lobby for taxpayer money to fund for-profit bootcamps that they invest in to train people for the skills their companies need. It's outsourcing the cost of training to the taxpayer, all while driving up the value of their bootcamp investments. Instead, these companies should drop their "we're a poor startup that needs people who can hit the ground running", and actually train people themselves. These "startups" are funded by extremely well-off VCs who could afford it. They shouldn't ask the middle class to pay for it for them.

Democrats and VCs have a very tight nit relationship.

http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-obamas-1...

http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/114-15/mayor-bi...


One nit to pick: "tight-knit"




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