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Let's talk about the future of space tourism. I'm not ready to blast into space, but maybe you are.

Right now I'm going to talk about you blasting into a new career.

I have had a number of questions from people asking me about going to what are known as boot camps for computer training or coding.

And these boot camps tend to last three months.

The tuition tends to be right about 10 grand.

And so you're paying nearly $1,000 a week for the course.

And so people will call and say, you know, is this something I should be looking at?

Is this a way to a new career for me?

And this is one I've really been thinking through.

The reality is if you go to one of these computer training programs that are specifically targeted to get you into a company where you were able to help a company put stuff into computer code,

and you do if you do well in one of these courses, you're going to find work if it's a legit school.

And it's a lot of money to pay to get through a three month course.

But this does seem to be a way to a new career path.

The best of these programs allow almost nobody in who applies because they don't want people filling seats in the classrooms that can't do the work that don't have the aptitude to adapt to computer training.

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