SXSW 2020
Making a murderer: how bootcamps killed college
Description:
It's a murder in the making. Tuition expense have resulted in a generation of college grads crippled by student debt. Despite the huge cost graduates arrive unprepared in their new jobs with practical skills. At the same time, tech companies are desperately in need of a new source of diverse workers. Enter bootcamps and online learning. Over the past five years, these new forms of training have emerged as a lower-cost, more equitable path toward jobs in technology. In this session you'll learn about bootcamps, and hear from industry professionals who have gotten on-trend, and take home practical tips for integrating bootcamps into your company's hiring pipeline.
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Takeaways
- Bootcamps come in many shapes and sizes. We'll teach you to identify bootcamps which produce the best graduates
- The advantages of bootcamps versus traditional colleges as a pathway into technology. We'll bring several real-world stories
- Bootcamps are the best tool for building a diverse hiring pipeline and ultimately addressing the wealth gap for underrprepresented groups.
Speakers
- Nicholas Caldwell, Chief Product Officer, Looker
- Ruben Harris, CEO, Career Karma
Organizer
Nicholas Caldwell, Chief Product Officer, Looker
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