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by harabel 3535 days ago
Former student here, left before the instructor disappeared. Prior to joining, I had been learning to code on my own for 2 years and was 4-5 months into my first development job.

The only reason why I signed up for this bootcamp is because it promised 50 private pair programming sessions with a mentor, one that I thought was a "seasoned programmer", which turned out to be fake. It was either that or Code Mentor's Long-Term membership option. With the private sessions and group sessions which didn't count towards the 50, I assumed I would be getting a better deal.

Other than one on one feedback and mentoring, maybe if you need a more structured curriculum and you are a complete beginner to the world and you would rather pay someone than stumble around for a bit until you learn the basics, a bootcamp would be a good option.