Some thoughts on how to select the right coding school

I would add two general pieces of advice to 1 and 3 that I always give people as well (I’m the cofounder of Formation.dev which is not a bootcamp, but I worked with a lot of bootcamp grads a few years down the road) 1. Check who the instructors are and if they or the TAs are recent graduates. A lot the programs that have recent graduates teach while their job hunting have a lot of churn and the TAs leave the second they get a job. Second, a recent grad who doesn't have any professional experience might be able to help in some ways having recently gone to the program, but you won't be getting professional level code review from very experienced engineers that you're aiming to work with in the future. 3. I always strongly recommend people try to find alumni as you suggested, but focusing on those with backgrounds similar to themselves. There are always a few people who have prior experience who do incredibly well in the bootcamp and their outcomes might not be similar to someone who has absolutely no technical experience whatsoever. If you have prior experience, focus on people who had prior experience.