u/fake-bird-123 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Why would you cofound a bootcamp in a time where bootcamps are well known to not actually make someone employable?
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
Hi, I didn't co-founder a bootcamp so I don't know. My partner started a bootcamp in 2017 and it closed in 2019 and we together started Formation to help people in the industry already prepare for interviews and level up, rather than trying to do 0 to 1.
I agree that bootcamps aren't working right now. Just this morning Turing School announced they are shutting down abruptly. Codesmith has lost most of it's staff and instructors and they say they aren't going anywhere, but things clearly aren't good. App Academy and Launch Academy are both still paused for all SWE programs.
To me, the bootcamp era is over and I agree with you.
That said, even though the bootcamp MODEL doesn't work, there are INDIVIDUALS that are gifted or have the work ethic to outwork 99% of their peers to succeed and those people don't need a bootcamp to transition into tech, but they just need something small to connect the dots and some bootcamps will survive by connecting the dots for this small group of people.
As SWE bootcamps close, I think AI programs are going to rise in their place but in a different shape and form. Starting mostly as B2B because of the employer demand exceeds supply and they don't even know what they want yet they just want something lol. As this gets fleshed out, we'll see where it lands