Thinking of quitting my job as a SWE after completing a bootcamp to upskill.

I have seen a number of people in this position who have gone both ways. Note: I'm the co-founder of Formation, which you mentioned, that works with people with 1+ YOE as a SWE, you are the target demographic but I'm not commenting to talk about that and I'm purely trying to give you advice based on your post and wanted to preface with that before I get accused of ulterior motives. Genuinely trying to help here and I hope I have some useful insights. Overall advice: don't quit your job, but what you are experiencing likely isn't just you and is indeed a long term consequence of crammed/12 week bootcamps that focus on getting a job over fundamental skills (this is a bias statement but my opinion). \- having at least exactly 1 YOE or more at a single company is a good sign for recruiters that you weren't fired within that time so it's a sign you are a decent performer, so that's one good thing to note \- if you want to level up though, 2 YOE is the magic number, so if you can find a way to keep the job and "meet expectations" just enough, then you can try to upskill on the side instead, and expect to make a big jump at the 2 year mark \- Upskilling while working is indeed a lot and very heavy. Quite frankly, that's why Formation has a useful product and good business model - to manage that on your schedule and adjust as you go, but it is indeed a lot of work no matter what you do. **- If your gaps are more practical skills, I 100% think you should NOT quit your job and instead find ways to expand your skills on the job, be it in the same role/team with more mentorship, or on a new team.** \- If your gaps are fundamentals that are holding you back from passing interviews, then look into a disciplined interview prep program, leet code practice regimine, one off mock interviews, Structy, Exponent, there's full range of options I can go into. \- I don't think any product/program/etc... is going to help you be a better debugger directly (which was something you mentioned), but I think that comes from both experience, and from having systematic thinking. So the best thing to do is just do as much as you can on the job, fail over and over and learn each time. The thinking part can come from stronger fundamentals, so that might be an area you can upskill in.