u/Fabulous_Sherbet_431 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I think you may have misunderstood what I wrote. There were women in our cohort, and it wasn't aggressive bros. It was a bunch of people who were in it together, and healthy competition was a part of the collaboration. 2023 was miserable for everyone, even those with experienc
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
Sorry, was also not implying you said that either and didn't fully explain what I was talking about.
Tech is still largely dominated by men and it was even worse back then. The big tech IPOs attracted a demographic that previously went to wall Street out of school.
Mothers are statistically the primary care giver in the USA and doing a 11 hour a day bootcamp - in person back then - was not at all inclusive. We still see this today in intensives like Codesmith which have been majority men as well (prior to all the recent changes, don't know anymore).
In person bootcamps were - perhaps unintentionally - made for unattached people who could move to SF or NYC and do 11 hours days in person for 3 months and then hustle their way to a job.