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.

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u/Practical_Abroad_505 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):

For the first list number 2. And the second list number 5. Can you elaborate? It seems your specifying that the work experience must be a high paying job or a "desk" job. But i dont understand what the correlation is and what's meant by a desk job. Also I noticed you did not me

u/michaelnovati replied · Jun 29, 2025

I replied a bit for #2/5 here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/codingbootcamp/comments/1lnns0z/comment/n0hxrk7/](https://www.reddit.com/r/codingbootcamp/comments/1lnns0z/comment/n0hxrk7/) Degrees aren't a deal breaker so I zoomed out more to the professional experience aspect instead. And yeah things have changed in the past 2 years and they have been gradually getting worse and worse if you don't meet the criteria and go anyways. You might be "the one" who gets a job, but have to be realistic.