On: Finding New Pastures: Big Nerd Ranch's Next Chapte...

[natch]

Did I miss the why? Or was it not stated?

Closest I see is that “the landscape of tech education has evolved.” I agree but it would be interesting to hear more of their take.

[downrightmike → natch]

Bootcamps don't have anywhere near the quality employers want and they all get lumped together. Its worth less that the University of Phoenix.

[sircastor → downrightmike]

Big Nerd Ranch was running boot camps long before the crop of web dev camps that came up in the last little while. It really was a way you could get into Mac OS X and iOS dev early on. Beyond that, it felt like the best way was to have already been an OpenStep developer.

[wordToDaBird → downrightmike]

They used to be a wonderful place for a company that needs to upskill their employees on a tech stack quickly.

But, those books though. There books seduced my soul to the depth of knowledge and intricate nature to the mobile ecosystem.

I legitimately can’t think of books that were better on mobile.

[musicale → wordToDaBird]

Agreed - their books were/are inspiring. I think we need books more than ever for iOS and macOS since Apple's documentation doesn't seem to be as good as it used to be.

[dlachausse → musicale]

It seems that Apple intends people to mostly use WWDC videos to learn their newest tech.