u/Dramatic-Coast-5716 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I mean you look at the reports they generate on employment numbers, salary averages for grads, and a list of the companies they work at and it's a pretty easy choice. I mean there are certainly boot camp grads that are successful, and these programs thrive off of them. Telling th
u/michaelnovati replied ·
+100 to this. I try to call these out, when edge case placements are shoved in your face across TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, simultaneously... and when you look into the details you usually find something specific about their background. Like they were employed already before as a SWE, did tons of CS in college but had a different degree, had internships, their "placement" being highlighted was actually their 2nd or 3rd job, etc...
I totally understand everyone is unique and has their own story to tell, but why represent these as the norm?
Why not take a normal grad who thought they would get a job in 6 months, it actually took 12 months. They thought they would make $150K and they are making $85K. They are happy overall but want to make sure people are prepared and ready if they would consider a bootcamp....
Because if that message was shared NO ONE WOULD GO and spend $25K.
This is just Reddit, and not many people check it out relatively speaking, and based on bootcamp enrollments, I think people are smart enough to figure this out on their own hahaha.