[gravypod]

I think the question that I'd really love answered is why do all of the bootcamps focus on web development. Why don't some focus on systems development, operating systems, trading systems, and other things that won't be covered that I'd consider "important programming" stuff.

[coryl]

The purpose of a bootcamp is to take an inexperienced or new developer and get them job ready. This is possible with web dev, as theres a large market for it and its sufficiently "shallow" enough to be usefully productive in a few months.

The subjects you mentioned have much smaller, specialized job markets and take longer to learn.

[gravypod]

I don't think the job markets are smaller nor does it take longer to take someone and teach them how to be a deveoper on low-level systems. These fields are more about knowladge and tricks to learn to make your software efficent and an understanding of existing systems. This is very easily codifiable in a code-camp like course.

You can take students and build real products (embeded systems like example medical gear and such) and teach them all of the same programming-specific information they already learn.

Now granted this wont happen any time soon. I don't think it's impossible I just think the kind of people who go to code boot camps aren't the kind of people who are interested in low level systems development. Maybe that's just a stereotype but as long as it persists people probably won't attempt to build things like schools like that.