Currently have a SWE internship & a very strong lead for a full time position with that company. If you were in my position, would you still go to a bootcamp?

Hey I think we might have chatted long ago (Reddit deleted legacy chats from before Jan 2023) but feel free to ping me. I think you should work with the manager to set yourself up to convert full time, take the position, give it 120% and don't do any bootcamp. I know I might seem bias here because Formation is intended to help people like the above to get that really amazing second job/third job, but I genuinely think you will accelerate your career by taking trying to convert full time as soon as possible. By the time you would have graduated a bootcamp + 3 months (super conservatively to find a job) you'll have accumulated actual work experience that cannot be replaced by anything. If you go to Codesmith and give that your 120% instead, you might get a $120K first job but you'll be starting from 0 at that job (don't let "mid level and senior" marketing influence this, you are starting at 0 experience unless you have worked prior to your internship), and you'll be 6+ months behind on your next job after that and the first few months are catching up because the company thought they hired a mid level engineer and really you had no experience. That said, I have seen people who just really want the highest ranked and highest paying job as their first job out of sheer competitive-achiever personality types and if that's you, I would go to Codesmith and do whatever it takes, follow the 'Codesmith way' and push as hard as you can for a high salary.