script-kitty alert.
As someone who runs a team of 40+ developers, I would be cautious hiring graduates from this program. The worst candidates I get for dev positions are the ones who got in “because they heard it was a good career choice.” Development is a bit of an art as well as a science. You have the gift to be good or you don’t. I liken this to those “learn to be an artist” programs - you too can draw!
The truth is, folks who don’t have the natural inclination to code wind up being a burden to the IT world. There’s just way too much hand-holding.
It’s all about finishing off the middle class by flooding computer tech labor market with newbies, both foreign and domestic.
There’s a GIGANTIC difference between being able to “code” and to design and implement large systems. It’s the difference between writing “See Spot run. Run Spot, Run.” and writing “The Count of Monte Cristo”.
Not everyone can write a novel and not everyone can be a software engineer. Furthermore, you can no more teach someone how to write “The Count of Monte Cristo” anymore than you can teach someone how to design a high-level programming language or to write a C++ compiler.
I’ve spent my whole life in systems and software engineering, including teaching college classes, and I’m convinced that there’s a “programming” gene, and either you’re born with it or not. I assume likewise, there must be a novel-writing gene as well.