“…why do you think there are so many coding bootcamps in those tech hubs, like nyc, sf, seattle, making employment guarantee that if their graduates can't get a job 6 months after, they refund their tuition or they will take a cut of their graduate's 1st year salary for tuition?
It’s a win-win for the Bootcamp. While the person is in the program they get paid MONEY. When and if person gets a job they get % of salary. Never said you CAN’T get a job, said that your salary won’t be 100K+ outside of Silicon Valley…said that the industry is riddled with H1-Bs, outsourcing, and the “consultant” temp hires. Also of note, while the bootcamp can cost thousands of dollars (20K+) financial aid 99% won’t cover bootcamp tuition…so that’s all cash upfront baby..for them!
“…And now they are making well above 6 figures and buying million dollar single houses,
instead of what you say "live out of a van”.
If you make 100K you won’t qualify for a million dollar house unless you come with a substantial down payment (buying a million-dollar property will require a 20% down payment). And single family homes in Silicon Valley are well above 1Million.
As for living out of a van:
1- Tables Turned: High-Paid Techies Priced Out of Silicon Valley
2- High rents force some in silicon valley to live in vehicles:
“My friend's wife graduated from nursing several years ago, and she haven't yet found a full time job”
LPN, BSN, RN, NP are all referred to as “nurses.” There are different levels of nursing degrees and job postings require different requirements. I HIGHLY doubt your friends wife is a nurse practitioner, finding employment shouldn’t difficult and if worse comes to worse and you can’t find a job (again very unlikely) as an NP, you are free to open your own practice, so no problem there.
Also, PA working/prescribing independently? They are only trained for 2-3 years and you think they would be allowed to prescribe?
Yes, PAs do prescribe.
PA Prescribing Authority By State
Research the market and talk to real people before you make claims.
I have… immediate family members are in tech. in various roles from IT manager to applications developer.
They are called physician assistant and if they can work independently, what's the use of a physician they are supposed to assist? Please, have some common sense.
The AAPA (American Academy of Physician Assistants) is very much moving forward to “eliminate the formal supervisory relationship between physicians and PAs.” You can read all about this on AAPA site.