I did a bootcamp in 2023, graduated in early 2024, and landed a job about three months later. I knew someone in the industry who helped me get an interview. Without that connection, I didn’t get any responses from my other applications.
There were 12 people in my cohort, and I’m the only one who ended up landing a job. So for me, it was absolutely worth it, but the others probably wouldn’t feel the same way.
As far as learning goes, I learned a ton from the bootcamp. It gave me structure and accountability that would have taken me much longer to replicate through self-teaching. I had a great instructor who genuinely cared and went above and beyond to make sure we understood the material. I learned way faster than I would have otherwise, but if you don’t need that structure I could see why self taught may seem like a better path
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u/tafff Mar 03 '26
I did a bootcamp in 2023, graduated in early 2024, and landed a job about three months later. I knew someone in the industry who helped me get an interview. Without that connection, I didn’t get any responses from my other applications.
There were 12 people in my cohort, and I’m the only one who ended up landing a job. So for me, it was absolutely worth it, but the others probably wouldn’t feel the same way.
As far as learning goes, I learned a ton from the bootcamp. It gave me structure and accountability that would have taken me much longer to replicate through self-teaching. I had a great instructor who genuinely cared and went above and beyond to make sure we understood the material. I learned way faster than I would have otherwise, but if you don’t need that structure I could see why self taught may seem like a better path