[konradb]

The company I work for took on some people from a bootcamp recently so I can perhaps offer perspective from the other side. The final decision came down to personalities and life stage: we knew that hiring people with relatively shallow experience (not a criticism, just true relative to others in the company) was going to be, initially, a large time sink and investment in development of these individuals. So the decision boiled down to: once this person is productive, how long do we think they will stick around? If that time is shorter, do. they have the increased energy and great attitude to make up for it? Are we a momentary stepping stone for this person or do they want to learn what they can from us and jump off to bigger and better things quickly? The main decision was around this. Whether our investment in the person would yield a payoff.

Also a big consideration but not as much: What are their strategies for learning, and will those strategies withstand the forthcoming onslaught? What are their instincts when something doesn't work?

Hope that helps.