Was the boot camp I worked for a scam?

I taught at General Assembly, a coding "boot camp", for a year and a half. Some of my students went on to do well. Some didn't.

I'm self-taught, which means I sold something that I got for free.

What's the difference between someone who learns code through a class, someone who learns code on their own, and someone who can't learn code at all?

Is it a question of book smarts, teacher quality, student discipline, or destiny where some people are just "meant" to be programmers?

I'll draw on my experience to make bold assertions about why coding education is the way it is.

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