u/ChombusFarms wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Posts like this are rough for those of us prepping for a bootcamp. I’m not bashing the post op makes a lot of good points, but I’m the comment section people come out of the woodwork to make it seem like HR or any other course is an obvious scam and you’d be stupid to do it.
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
I've been consistently commenting on this, but in the past, bootcamps have always been not that great for learning and were being over credited for the results because of the hot market. We haven't seen bootcamps go through a tech downturn EVER.
All of the "There were a lot of challenges but I followed the advice to just stick with it because it works, and I got a six figure job!" .... are turning into "there were a lot of challenges but I followed the advice to stick with it because it works, and no one in my cohort is employed, what a scam!"
1. It's so important to learn HOW a bootcamp works to see if it's a good alignment for you. If people say "firehose", "hard learning", "just follow their advice" then you should start asking how it works at all and what people are actually learning. If they are "learning how to learn" or vague things like that, dig deeper and be honest! At Codesmith, people learn how to market themselves using patterns that work as 20% of the program and thats fine! That's part of the HOW it works well.
2. The impact engineers have is insane and it's why the jobs pay so much and the companies hiring them are still insanely profitable. When people talk here anonymously as equals, you lose sight of each person's path and journey. I've seen thousands of people go into the industry and they all take different times and paths to get there, there isn't one program or course or way that applies to everyone, yet Reddit is full of people making objective claims.