What’s happened in the last few years in the industry?

Everything has turned against bootcamps: 1. DEI efforts abruptly ended. Fewer apprenticeships, fewer slots. 2. AI replacing junior tasks (and the fear of) = less junior hiring 3. Bootcamps not doing well financially leave them with less resources to help people when they need more help then ever 4. Bootcamps grads lying and embellishing their resumes result in companies putthing them at the bottom of the pile of resumes to look at. 5. End of zero interest rates 6. COVID made remote work so viable that people offshored jobs around the world 7. Inequality continues to grow - big tech has most jobs, smaller companies not doing well and not hiring. Bootcamp grads have historically not done well at big tech as their first job.

Yeah, I think I could write a book on these in more detail, it's really a lot against people right now. But hey, starting somewhere is still a job.