u/jhkoenig wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I suggest that you evaluate your options assuming that "lifetime career services" has a value of zero for both options. Maybe in a few years when the tech market settles down the career services offered by both the camps and the traditional schools will get some traction again, b
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
1. +1 the Lifetime career services at bootcamps aren't helpful because they are meant to help bootcamp grads get jobs. When you have a job and want to get a better job, they don't support you as much as you could. I've heard people say "\[my bootcamp's career services\] helped me negotiate my next offer and it's a gift that keeps on giving".... but what they don't realize is that if they sought help from others that specialize in experienced engineers (disclosure: co-founder of Formation which helps and hence I'm very biased) that you might have made wayyyyy more. The average person placed after Formation increased their first year TC by $96K (see website for how we calculate). So if you are super thankful for "free" help to you increase you compensation by $50K, you could have paid $10K to make almost $100K more... Anyways, this isn't an ad for Formation - Formation has lots of concerns and caveats you need to consider and is not for everyone, but I'm just pointing out why lifetime career services at bootcamps aren't super useful later on.
2. The cost of career services is baked into the program costs and is a part of the tuition. So you are paying for "lifetime career services" in your tuition that as a result of #1, aren't that useful.