Well said. I went through the whole article and it just seems to me that instead of asking .NET devs to build a react app, you could have just hired react devs and none of the problems would've existed. Or have the entire team go through a proper react bootcamp. As a dev, I can say for sure, devs not learning new things and keeping up to date are the worst. The ones you need are the ones who try new things and then create solutions that are best fit for the problem with a rational mindset. Pretty much everything else will slow your development eventually, be it react or something else.
Bootcamps are just ways to extract money from the pockets of Enterprises with more money than sense. I worked on a project with some COBOL programmers who went to through a "Java in 21 Days" program. They were decent COBOL programmers, I actually learned some useful things about that language and the IBM environment. But Java programmers they were NOT. https://thedailywtf.com/articles/The_Brillant_Paula_Bean
It actually depends. Sure there's plenty of ones that are complete garbage, but well structured ones work well, especially in two situations: 1. For people who have 0 coding experience to get introduced to how to start coding and where to look to learn more 2. Experienced devs who need a good overview of a new technology that they can further explore more on their own. It's not a bandaid, do a bootcamp and you'll be gods kind of a solution.
Yeah, but Enterprises with more money than sense aren't going to pick the good bootcamps, they're going to go with whatever gets the highest rating in Gartner's Magic Quadrant, or whatever one is run by the guy who golfs with the CEO.
