Is it recommended that you self-learn for a month or two before doing a bootcamp?

So one of the "industry secrets" (don't quote me on this) with bootcamps is that their strongest placements are typically people who already have some related professional experience (e.g. PM at FAANG), previous education (e.g. CS degree), self teaching for a few years with great projects. To answer the question: yes, you should be pretty decent at programming before a bootcamp is a "recipe for failure" as u/jppbkm said in this thread. If you don't know any programming at all, I would highly recommend self studying for more like six months before doing a bootcamp.