u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
If you suddenly want to be a medical doctor, it's extremely hard to change your mind and go to medical school later in life. Only a small number of people who have the time, support and savings can.
The path that works is a top tier 4 year CS degree (top 10 schools) and for people who decided early only, like medical school, that CS was for them.
Bootcamps can help the late bloomers in adjacent areas find s path on a case by case basis.
While medical doctors are one thing, being a receptionist at a doctors office isn't or being a lab assistant, or a medical clerk, or x ray technician.
AI is going to create a plethora of new jobs at tech companies that are the "x ray techncian" of the SWE world.
Jobs that pay okay but not SWE level salaries, need a few months long certificate or bootcamp, and don't have the ssme prestige.
Codesmith's narrative of the modern engineer fits in this vain and I think the role of bootcamps will shift to these jobs.
Maybe the first ones were seeing is AI data trainer and Prompt Engineer.
You aren't going to become a millionaire training AI data or creating prompts, but they can be great jobs at good companies with great benefits and working style.