Could I get a decent job with just coding bootcamp and no college degree?

100%! Not that you have a 100% chance, but you can absolutely get a decent job with just a coding bootcamp. The top bootcamps typically need you to qualify by having some minimal coding skills first. The differences I've observed are more in attitude and perspective comparing the top CS students (MIT, Stanford, CMU, Berkeley, etc...) and the top bootcamps (Codesmith, Hack Reactor, etc...): CS DEGREE: Has dedicated 4+ years to programming and have a longer term point of view. They are thinking 10 years down the road - pre-FAANG, post-FAANG, a lot want to start companies, a lot are looking beyond FAANG to the next best things. They are typically super passionate about the underlying technologies and have the time to have gone on tangents pursuing random things. Likely has done 3-4 internships already before graduating. BOOTCAMP: People want a job and prioritize making themselves look as qualified as possible over pursuing their underlying curiosities. This is a side effect of the time pressure of a bootcamp. When you try to cram in as much as you can in 12 weeks, just not falling behind on the basics is all you can think about. Without having a multi-year exposure to a broad set of CS ideas, you tend to rely on the bootcamp to tell you what to do, and you have no other frame of reference. It's not a fair comparison, because a CS degree takes so long. Bootcamp grads 4, 5, 6 years down the road start to have that same kind of breadth and broad exposure, it just takes times. These are general observations. There are CS students who don't have the breadth above. There are bootcamp grads who have been self teaching since age 10 and have broad exposure.