I completely agree here.
The problem was that there was a shortage of developers, and that most universities still only had CompSci degrees, not Software Engineering degrees, coupled with those degrees were 3-4 years long... So enter the code bootcamp, where you're basically given a hammer, and taught that every problem can be solved with it..
Now those bootcamps aren't all like this, and there were and are good ones out there..
...but from what I've seen (I want to stress that this has happened rarely compared to the rest) a graduate of one of faster bootcamps, that learned a single language, like JavaScript, and try and solve every problem with whatever answer they found someone else upvoting.. without any amounts of thinking if it's the right solution for this specific problem.
The problem is as your professor said. Do you want an education or training... And also as you said, that you can't turn out effective software engineers with a quick or short amount of education.
The problem was that there was a shortage of developers, and that most universities still only had CompSci degrees, not Software Engineering degrees, coupled with those degrees were 3-4 years long... So enter the code bootcamp, where you're basically given a hammer, and taught that every problem can be solved with it..
Now those bootcamps aren't all like this, and there were and are good ones out there..
...but from what I've seen (I want to stress that this has happened rarely compared to the rest) a graduate of one of faster bootcamps, that learned a single language, like JavaScript, and try and solve every problem with whatever answer they found someone else upvoting.. without any amounts of thinking if it's the right solution for this specific problem.
The problem is as your professor said. Do you want an education or training... And also as you said, that you can't turn out effective software engineers with a quick or short amount of education.