dtlokee wrote: I own a school and we offer bootcamps. Why? Not because I think they're a good delivery method, but that is what the industry wants. Most companies will jump at the chance to send they employee off to a bootcamp for 12 days and come back CCVP certified. The reality of most bootcamps is that unless you're 85% of the way to passing the exams anyhow, the bootcamp is going to do little for you. The ones that say different are using marketing numbers (look at the fine print where it says we have a 100% passing rate if you follow our methods, the "method" being 10,000 hours of study and scoring 100% on all of the quizzes and tests you are given in the camp) or they are simply doing 3-4 hours of lecture and then the remainder of the 10+ hour day is studying ****. Overall the person that gets hurt by most bootcamps is the student. They go to the camp, get completely overwhelmed by the amount of material, then go back to work and the employer expects them to get certified. No matter what training path you may take, the majority of the work still comes down to the individual. You need to put in the study time, and practice the labs until you can do them in your sleep. That is the reality of certification. Any shortcuts are only going to hurt you in the long run.
