u/swinetacular1 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Cant trust reviews... they are a business. Some of the ones where I am have get so many fake reviews done. And any money back guarantees are next to impossible to take advantage of because the criteria to qualify are insane. Also one camp near us has a budget for paying graduates
u/michaelnovati replied ·
I totally agree there are a lot of bootcamps taking advantage and misleading people. I don't think ALL are not to be trusted entirely. Some of them are non-profits, like Ada Academy in Seattle.
One counter point to "they are a business". So if a person completing any program that helps them transition to a new job paying $X more. Then there is value created by the transition. $X PER YEAR adds up to a lot, and it makes sense for a business to get a cut of that value that is created. I 100000% agree some bootcamps are not good intentioned, but in THEORY, I don't think a business making some money while you make a lot more money is bad if it truly works at generating that value for you.