u/michaelnovati replied · · edited
I generally agree. To make things worse in general Im seeing bootcamp grads from a few years ago getting laid off and having a hard time getting new jobs as well and compounding the negative sentiment.
Bootcamps can work for some people but successes are non-reproducible edge cases and not something you can look forward to as a typical person reading this. Any bootcamp promising generally good outcomes to any person walking off the street should be avoided.
Also agree it's not going to change any time soon. Interest rates dropping a tiny bit isn't going to open the floodgates.
We're seeing big tech rewarded to efficiency and hitting all time highs. Efficiency means hiring seasoned senior engineers, period.
There's no room to hire a bootcamp grad and nurture them for 3 years to maybe get to the same spot.
Finally, DEI is one of the big reasons companies even cared about bootcamps. They bring a more diverse top of funnel to the company that other sources. DEI is being cut left right and center and certain politicians are threatening more action to make gray area DEI efforts strictly illegal. I don't think anything will change until we'll after the election. Things might get way worse too depending on who wins.
It's not one, two, three things against bootcamps.... it's everything.
Unless you have hiring partnerships in specific industries that you are training people for (like apprenticeships) then I would seriously consider my future.