Is a bootcamp still the best choice for me?

Yeah for the right people the mid-level senior thing is interpreted rationally and you can get by. I don't know if you have seen any info sessions or heard their outcomes person Eric do a talk, but if you did I think you get a sense of the vibe. It's not like 'we aim for mid level and senior' it's 'this is codesmith, it's obviously only for mid level and senior, so it's offensive to call it a bootcamp', you'll even see the leaders arrogantly chuckle if you call it a bootcamp, like 'ha ha, we don't like that work around here because we only make mid level and senior engineers'. If you've heard Eric K talk about his background, and then you've actually dug into and asked around, it tells a much different story... but he's fantastic at turning anything into something that sounds amazing! An alumni described him as having a "silver tongue who can make anything sound good". .... again, if you see this more as a theatrical performance that you choose to play along with for as much or little as you want, then you'll be in good shape. If you want to show up and have them tell you want to do and just check off the boxes without thinking about it, you'll go down the wrong path in this market. If the market picks back up those people might get jobs again.