2024 Bootcamp Predictions Mega Post. Revisiting my 2023 prediction post and exploring what I see ahead for 2024. 2023 was a rough year for bootcamps and the future doesn't look great for traditional programs - 2024 will be a year of caution, but I'm optimistically excited to see what happens!

Ah, I can't give an answer for you and my advice depends on you and your background/circumstances. Launch School Capstone will support you in building really good structured projects, optimized for the job hunt. I think this is something that Launch School, and Codesmith have really focused on (i.e. making these projects marketable and helping you market yourself in a super nuanced way). 100devs (i.e. an official cohort) is fantastic for free, and the approach isn't all thaaaat different, but there is a little less machinery involved in the resume part. Like Launch School/Codesmith/etc... will guide you through producing a very specific resume and many grads looks look the same. 100devs has a wider variance of resume outputs from the ones I've seen. If you do real client work, then that's also fantastic for a resume. I don't know that many people who officially did a 100devs cohort, but I know some who have followed Leon, list on resume, etc... and the downside is the inconsistent community over a long period of time. My observation is that there are amazing and dedicated peers that are just as dedicated as in the 12 hour a day immersive bootcamps, but there are also way more people who show up with crazy intensity for a week and leave and flake out. So pros and cons. If you don't have a long term deadline I would try Launch School's Core for like a month, and then I would try shadowing 100devs for a month or so, and see which one you gravitate more towards. Ultimately what you are paying for isn't a curriculum, it's the community, mentorship, guidance, and motivation that comes with putting your money where you dreams are. So you want to judge by those aspects.