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> Most of the people I saw get successful were people were people doing like... extra stuff outside of the classes. They were taking what they learned and applying it.

Is this a knock on Lambda School, though?

You can go to MIT but if you never apply your learnings you won't be a good engineer.




Going through the motions of a CS degree is probably sufficient to land a decent job if you're getting good grades, not cheating, and you get an internship (or similar).

At least from what I've heard of bootcamps, you need to really go above and beyond to have similar chances with that route.


Well there are many many students at schools with CS programs who never get internships (because they don't apply or have an empty resume).




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