Anything teaching AI is new and there are no AI experts, so it's a gamble for sure.
I'm not advising people spend a lot of money on AI bootcamps from previously SWE bootcamps because most are grasping at straws to adapts and far too early to know if the program is useful or not.
I'm a fan of cheap or free programs offered by these places.
I'm in the interview prep space - different but vaguely related - and it's not so easy to just launch AI courses, so that's why I'm super suspicious of $5K+ AI programs with slick marketing pages. It's not that they are scams or anything, just no way to know if they are worth it.
u/Educational-Cut9911 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Would you say that it's worth it given that it is $0 up front? You only pay once employed (not necessarily a tech job, but still)
u/michaelnovatireplied·
ISAs have fine print. Either they have loopholes to get their money, or the success rate is baked into the cost (i.e. you pay $38K if you get a job because you are covering the costs for 3 other people that don't pay anything). In the former case, you need to expect to pay no matter what, and in the latter case, if you are the exceptional case then you should fine a cheaper option for 1/4 the cost.
u/Educational-Cut9911 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Well I'm more figuring it out myself, but the way that Pursuit post on social media, it seems like vibe coding is > than software engineering now. I'm not knowledgeable enough to tell
u/michaelnovatireplied·
omg no - if they are showing that in their socials run for the hills and it's probably a sign of the end for them. I'm not an anti-vibe coding or a pro-vibe coder but that sounds out of touch with the reality.