Course Report "Best Bootcamp of 2024" awards appear to be a scam to me (in my personal opinion). Don't fall for it.

Currently not recommending any bootcamps overall for everyone and only recommending specific ones to specific people based on their personal circumstances. Unfortunately there have been so many downsizings and meetings that and layoffs that even a bootcamp that was good six months ago but be completely different now. Someone on YouTube just started Codesmith this week and said it seemed like a "cult" and their instructors can't answer basic questions and the CEO is never around and the person seemed very upset. And while I've always criticized Codesmith, it seems to be getting worse and worse the more they shed staff. I used to recommend them as a top bootcamp and paused when they made major cutbacks in February and promised tons of changes. Then officially recommended avoiding them after they didn't make many changes and started new marketing campaigns doubling down on their mediocre results instead and sent people to go after me on Reddit instead of addressing the legit criticisms. Launch School might be the only school who hasn't laid people off and is relatively similar sized throughout. I think many super fan Alumni from the past would find the old top bootcamps unrecognizable if they redid them today from scratch.