Interviewing the CEO of Nucamp Coding Bootcamp
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I invited on Nucamp’s CEO, Ludo, to address much of the feedback from my previous video where I brought on 3 graduates to share their experiences at Nucamp. Given that it’s such a cheap coding bootcamp, we dove into many of the tradeoffs he chose to make when forming Nucamp. I think this is an interesting window into a coding bootcamp CEO's philosophy on curating and managing a coding bootcamp.
Feel free to check out his coding bootcamp for yourself:
https://www.nucamp.co
Previous episode where 3 graduates reviewed Nucamp:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/948958/6757864
Questions/Topics:
0:00 - About the CEO and why the coding bootcamp is the way it is
4:04 - What have you sacrificed in your coding bootcamp to keep your tuition so low?
9:00 - If you don't have a sales department, how do you bring in new students?
11:17 - Pros and cons of a coding bootcamp not having a strict application process
14:55 - You focus too little on the fundamentals and students need to supplement outside the program (Student feedback #1)
18:16 - Is your coding bootcamp too short? (Student feedback #2)
23:01 - What he feels people are really looking for in a coding bootcamp, even if they don’t know it
27:32 - Is your coding bootcamp lacking in teaching people CSS? (Student feedback #3)
33:41 - Why are you considering introducing React Native into the curriculum?
36:43 - Here’s the big question - do you teach React hooks?
37:49 - Your students wish they had gotten more comfortable with git in the program. Why did you make it optional? (Student feedback #4)
41:43 - Why don’t your students have a portfolio to show employers once they graduate? (Student feedback #5)
51:03 - Some of your instructors have taken too long to reply to students. (Student feedback #6)
1:00:47 - Philosophy on career coaching in coding bootcamps (Student feedback #7)
1:07:02 - Final piece of advice for aspiring developers
1:11:47 - Outro
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