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Who should and shouldn't go to software engineering bootcamps (in 2025). No matter how good a bootcamp seems - or how much you want to do it, these things are DEAL BREAKERS you have to consider before even thinking about doing one.

r/codingbootcamp

u/Boring-Following-443 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):

What doctor or mechanical engineer is going take 2 years of to dedicate full time to become a software developer?

u/michaelnovati replied ·
Good question, but it's funny how the ones that do tend to be the ones that succeed and they are taking a pay cut to do the transition. I don't think many would and it's another reason why bootcamps are closing left right and center now, I'm trying to dispel the myth that people making minimum wage as a line cook will go to a bootcamp and make $100K afterwards even though the advertising comes across that way.