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Should I even be considering a coding bootcamp in 2026?

4 of Michael's comments in this thread · View thread on Reddit ↗

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

Hot take but from what I’ve gathered…. Since you don’t have a college degree get a CS degree asap! Start at community college and go. It’s the ideal key pipeline from degree to internship to work. And from what I’ve gathered, after lots of research, if you have an unrelated deg

u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
I would recommend getting 2025 numbers from all options. Codesmith's last published numbers are from 2023 students and Launch School has some 2024 data. But the market really fell apart in 2025. My personal numbers observers are so bad overall that any bootcamp you join needs to be transparent. Some school bought some time by saying 'numbers are getting better don't worry' back in 2024, but the students that accepted that, joined, graduated, and are jobless, are feeling quite pissed off I imagine right now and the market now is even worse for bootcamp grads. There are valid reasons to go to a bootcamp but you really need to be going for the right reasons.

u/Super_Skill_2153 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):

I would love to know what those valid reasons are.

u/michaelnovati replied ·
You aren't expectingt to get a job at the end.

u/Super_Skill_2153 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):

Nothing about this post is suggesting he is looking for a job. So again I ask the same question.

u/michaelnovati replied ·
What's the question sorry? Is it "what are the valid reasons to go to a bootcamp?"

u/Super_Skill_2153 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):

Yes

u/michaelnovati replied ·
I stand by my posts over the past few months on the topic.