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What Do Aspiring Coders Need?

r/codingbootcamp

u/sheriffderek wrote (the comment Michael replied to):

Michael says they need a job. That's probably true. But I’d work back and outline **the steps** to get a job (or at least increase the chances and widen the range of opportunities). I’ve interviewed and tutored hundreds of people during or after their boot camp experience. While

u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
I was being sarcastic, but people are paying bootcamps because they think App Academy or Codesmith will get them a $120K job in 12 weeks for $20 to $30K. So if that's what they are expecting, then what are bootcamps missing - well they aren't getting people jobs quickly anymore... haha. If people cared about HOW the bootcamp works they wouldn't have signed up in the first place to pay $20K to do a udemy-type course taught in large part by recent graduates.