u/wyattbarger wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Just graduated an EdX part time cohort in November. I have a "you get out what you put in" outlook on bootcamps personally (as of yet still looking for my first job, take this opinion for what it is worth), but I personally am curious about how the sentiment is on these part time
u/michaelnovati replied ·
Hi, thanks for sharing too, I didn't talk about this in the post, but I expect more people to want to do part time programs and slower paced programs. Because of the market, it's very hard to quit your job and spend 3 months 12 hours a day at a bootcamp with job prospects that change day to day and seem unpredictable.
That said, part time programs (like Springboard and TripleTen) have much lower completion rates of people who start (Springboard 2021 report, TripleTen dropout rates anecdotally reported to me but not officially confirmed), because of changing life circumstances, interests, goals, and all kinds of reasons that are often not the program itself's fault (and sometimes are too...)
So I see the trend of what people are asking for shifting to more part time and more self paced but there is also a need for intense immersion.
Anyways, these are random thoughts, and I don't have a strong stance on how this will play out in 2024 but I do expect it to be an important consideration for bootcamps and students alike.