u/Possible_Employ1257 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I know the founder of the original Galvanize and my startup actually officed in the original space. About a decade ago, when Jim first came up with this concept, it was revolutionary. There was a huge developer deficit in the market and these schools solved a major problem for em
u/michaelnovati replied · · edited ★ FEATURED
From my perspective there are a lot ton of jobs available all over the spectrum. There are certainly fewer jobs that last year, specifically at large, brand-name companies. But there are some great opportunities are mid/late stage startups.
The problem we have right now is that bootcamps generally don't teach you much or support you as an individual with unique experience and passions. Instead many teach you how to play the resume game and all of the graduates look the same on paper as a result, very little individual passion comes out in resumes that I've seen and you end up with 500 people applying for a job. I've been on the other side and when that many similar resumes come in, you just ignore them because you don't have time to process them.
I've said this several times , but this year will be the end of a bunch of bootcamps. The ones that survive will have to adapt. Codesmith for example created a whole independent charity that students can "work" at to get more credible experience. While this sounds like they are trying to help, it's just exasperating the problem by aiming to legitimize small 4 week projects instead of actually supporting people demonstrate uniqueness and passion to make them standout. We'll see what happens, I have no idea, but I'll be watching!