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Coding boot camps are thriving / and also - everyone everywhere is sick of hearing "is it worth it."

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u/michaelnovati replied ·
1. I would say that it's a possibility that almost every single bootcamp - intensions aside - shouldn't exist. I'm not arguing that, but it's a possible outcome. 2. I would be 90% of the ads you saw were general online schools that offer 100 different programs in all kinds of areas, not limited to programming. 3. Patterns over time - if this sub follows 10 schools over time very closely, then even if it's missing complete industry perspective, if you see trends impacting all 10 of those schools, that's a good signal.

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

RE: 1) I imagine that in SF at the time, GA and I think hack reactor were all seeing the need for quicker training. My friend (a painter) went to GA and immediately got a great job and makes a great living. So, I think for those people - the school / the student -- they think it

u/michaelnovati replied ·
1) what if all those schools were exploiting a market inefficiency and the market corrected itself and the inefficiency doesn't exist anymore