Coding Bootcamps: An Alternate Route to the Middle Class?

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For the past several decades, the traditional route that Americans embarked on to gain access to the middle class all but required a degree from a four-year college or university. But with the skyrocketing price of tuition leaving a generation of students saddled with debt, it's no surprise that many people are looking for an alternative route to secure a high-paying job.

As the technology economy continues to grow, several for-profit enterprises have established coding boot camps — short-term classes that advertise to potential customers the availability of high-paying programming jobs in as little as three months. Brett Caudill, an instructor at DevMountain in Utah, started out with only a GED before embarking upon his journey as a nascent programmer.

This segment is hosted by Todd Zwillich.