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Show HN: Help send Military Vets to code school (operationcode.org)
2 points by pla3rhat3r on April 22, 2015 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



I'm a military veteran who recently completed school using my Post 9/11 GI Bill, and I don't agree with this initiative. The Post 9/11 GI Bill is funded well enough to put someone through an entire 4 year education ending with a degree, paying for their housing and books along the way. While code schools are a useful way to get up to speed, they are a crash course and do not produce well-rounded students and someone with very little experience prior to a code school still may not be employable. I would rather see my fellow veterans be more encouraged to enroll in real colleges, and take advantage of the benefits offered to them, than hand their hard earned and well-deserved GI Bill money to a startup. That's my opinion anyways.


I agree to a point. However, if you've paid into the GI Bill you shouldn't be restricted on what path you can take.




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