It's not solely a programmer thing. You might like to consider people who have been trained to solve problems eg Engineers or Mathematicians int al - they will probably give you more bang for your buck. They will probably have some rudimentary or rather better programming skills as well.
Well, my current concern is for my cousin, who is in a CSCI program by an ex-Math prof...
The problem is that they're teaching her syntax, but not really about how to solve the problems...
I don't remember being taught either... but it's certainly something I learned... She's incredibly frustrated because she sees her classmates breezing through class, because they've been programming for years and have learned the general problem-solving skills to get through class... she is having to learn both at the same time.
But, since there's so much focus on bootcamps lately, and it's a problem they ALSO have, I was hoping there was a solution there.
(my point being... colleges aren't doing a better job at this inherently... it's likely just that students have 4 years to figure it out or drop out, before joining the workplace)
It's not solely a programmer thing. You might like to consider people who have been trained to solve problems eg Engineers or Mathematicians int al - they will probably give you more bang for your buck. They will probably have some rudimentary or rather better programming skills as well.
Bugger bootcamps ...
You pays your money and takes your choice.
Cheers Jon