For the last 8 months, I’ve taught at a bootcamp for UX/UI Design at Flatiron School. I’ve also been a hiring manager of junior designers for years, so I’ve seen the impact bootcamps have from both sides.

在过去的8个月中，我在Flatiron学校的 UX / UI设计训练营中任教 。 我也曾担任初级设计师的招聘经理多年，所以我看到了训练营对双方都有影响。

What is a bootcamp?

什么是训练营？

A number of companies offer immersive training courses in tech jobs. They are known as bootcamps because they accelerate learning, taking students from beginner level to qualified for a job in weeks, rather than years.

许多公司提供有关技术工作的沉浸式培训课程。 之所以称为“训练营”，是因为它们可以加快学习速度，使学生从初学者水平提高到数周而不是数年的工作资格。

Let’s examine why bootcamps exist.

让我们检查一下为什么存在训练营。

训练营填补了传统教育方面的空白，以满足行业需求 (Bootcamps fill gaps in traditional education to meet industry demand)

Tech job opportunities are growing and tech changes all the time. Universities struggle to offer courses teaching the skills required and keep those courses up to date. In the university teaching model, lecturers publish research and work mainly within academia. Yet tech job requirements are constantly re-defined by those working in industry.

科技工作机会不断增长，科技一直在变化。 大学努力提供讲授所需技能的课程，并使这些课程保持最新。 在大学教学模式中，讲师主要在学术界内发表研究和工作。 但是，行业中的工作人员会不断地重新定义技术工作要求。

What people expect from a designer now is different to 5 years ago and without working in the field, it’s impossible to keep up. That’s why bootcamps employ industry practitioners like me as teachers. They bring recent experience of real life design challenges to their teaching.

人们现在对设计师的期望与5年前有所不同，如果不从事该领域的工作，就不可能跟上这一步。 这就是为什么训练营聘请像我这样的行业从业者担任教师。 他们将现实生活中设计挑战的最新经验带到了他们的教学中。

教育必须无障碍 (Education must be accessible)

Where they are able to offer relevant degrees, universities are now prohibitively expensive for many. In England university fees can now reach up to £9,250 per year, leaving graduates with sizeable debt and no guarantee of a job at the end. Obviously this situation is much more pronounced in the US where many bootcamps originate. People need faster, cheaper ways to learn new skills.

在能够提供相关学位的地方，大学现在对许多人来说实在是太贵了。 在英格兰，大学的学费现在每年可以达到9250英镑，这使毕业生背上了巨额债务，而且最后没有工作保障。 显然，在许多训练营起源的美国，这种情况更为明显。 人们需要更快，更便宜的方法来学习新技能。

That’s not to say that university courses aren’t still a great option for some, but times have changed and we need more options. Bootcamps offer flexible learning such as online and part-time options, with a higher chance of a well-paid job after. This widens access to tech professions.

这并不是说大学课程对于某些人来说仍然不是一个不错的选择，但是时代已经改变，我们需要更多选择。 训练营提供灵活的学习方式，例如在线和兼职选项，之后获得高薪工作的机会更高。 这拓宽了技术专业领域。

通过实践培训促进职业转变 (Facilitating career change with practical training)

Whether you have a degree or not, the job market is competitive. Employer-run training schemes, such as graduate schemes for design, are few and far between. Employers expect practical experience and a portfolio of case studies, which are difficult things for those looking to get their first design job or to change careers.

无论您是否拥有学位，就业市场都是竞争激烈的。 由雇主经营的培训计划，例如设计学的研究生计划，很少而且相差很远。 雇主希望获得实践经验和大量案例研究，这对于那些寻求获得第一份设计工作或改变职业的人来说是一件困难的事情。

Bootcamps teach students how to work on projects and follow a process in workplace environments. At Flatiron School, students solve different design challenges leading up to a real client project. This prepares them for the realities of design work where briefs can be fuzzy and users difficult to recruit.

训练营教学生如何进行项目工作，以及如何在工作场所环境中遵循流程。 在熨斗学校，学生可以解决不同的设计挑战，从而实现真正的客户项目。 这使他们为设计工作的现实做好了准备，在这些情况中，摘要可能很模糊，用户难以招募。

Team work is a huge part of the learning. It’s common for bootcamps to help students work through the phases of team development, resolving conflict and working with personality differences to get the job done. All this is very practical learning, the types of competencies employers look for when hiring.

团队合作是学习的重要组成部分。 训练营通常可以帮助学生完成团队发展，解决冲突以及处理个性差异以完成工作的各个阶段。 所有这些都是非常实用的学习，是雇主在招聘时会寻找的能力类型。

It’s certainly not the case that all bootcamp graduates are inexperienced. One of the best things bootcamps offer is a path to career change. I’ve taught former architects, soldiers, and even MDs who are changing careers to become designers. Accelerated learning lets them integrate what they already know about business, creativity, idea generation and collaboration with the latest in user-centred design.

当然，并非所有训练营的毕业生都没有经验。 训练营提供的最好的东西之一就是职业转变的道路。 我教过的前建筑师，士兵，甚至是医学博士，他们正在改变职业成为设计师。 加速学习使他们能够将自己对业务，创造力，想法产生和协作的了解与最新的以用户为中心的设计相集成。

是风格重于实质吗？ (Is it style over substance?)

Like many of my peers, this was a worry I had when bootcamps first emerged. Senior practitioners are often concerned by claims you can learn a profession in a short time period. Is there depth behind the shiny portfolios? Do bootcamp graduates compete with seniors for the same roles?

像我的许多同龄人一样，这是我在首次出现训练营时所担心的。 高级从业人员通常会担心您可以在短时间内学习专业。 闪亮的投资组合背后是否有深度？ 训练营的毕业生是否会与老年人竞争相同的角色？

Firstly, we should value both newcomers and veterans in any industry and there should be roles for both. The best teams I’ve worked in had a blend of backgrounds, breadth and depth of experience.

首先，我们应该珍视任何行业的新人和资深人士，并且两者都应发挥作用。 我工作过的最好的团队融合了背景，广度和经验深度。

Secondly, it’s important to examine the length and curriculum of bootcamps. Ours for example is 24 weeks long and covers many facets of UX and UI design. Students specialise in one of these, honing the techniques and software usage repeatedly in multiple projects. It’s an intensive and rigorous training scheme.

其次，检查训练营的长度和课程很重要。 例如，我们的研究长达24周，涉及UX和UI设计的许多方面。 学生专门研究其中之一，在多个项目中反复磨练技术和软件使用。 这是一个严格而严格的培训计划。

Many claim that designers still need to learn over time on the job, which I agree with. Graduating from a bootcamp is a little like passing your driver’s license. You’ve trained enough to get behind the wheel but each time you drive, you’ll be encountering new scenarios and adding to your knowledge. That’s ok, in fact that’s professional development.

许多人认为设计师仍然需要随着时间的推移而学习，这一点我同意。 从训练营毕业有点像通过您的驾驶执照。 您已经受过足够的训练，可以跟上方向盘，但是每次开车时，您都会遇到新的情况并增加知识。 没关系，实际上就是专业发展。

什么是训练营学习？ (What are bootcamps learning?)

This is a new model of education. Most bootcamps are still working on how to offer consistent experiences. Staff turnover can be high, which is partly due to teachers also being industry practitioners. Scaling can be tough. And delivering training online is changing all the time as we find new ways of engaging people remotely.

这是一种新的教育模式。 大多数训练营仍在努力提供一致的体验。 员工流动率可能很高，部分原因是教师也是行业从业者。 扩展可能很困难。 随着我们发现与人们互动的新方式，在线提供培训一直在变化。

But despite all this, bootcamps are delivering value by filling gaps in traditional education with practical and accessible learning. In time, hopefully they will move from the bootcamp label to simply being alternative education.

但是，尽管如此，训练营仍在通过实用和可访问的学习填补传统教育中的空白，从而创造价值。 希望他们能及时从训练营的标签过渡到单纯的替代教育。

NB: If you’re interested in hearing the bootcamp graduate perspective, read this unvarnished account from Flatiron School graduate Christian.

注意：如果您有兴趣了解新兵训练营毕业生的观点，请阅读Flatiron School毕业生Christian的未作记录的叙述。