[veza]

If you go to a bootcamp you loose the struggle.

  The struggle to choose your domain: Web, Mobile, Embedded, Databases etc.
  The struggle to choose the programming language(s) / technologies to learn.
  The struggle to choose in which order and from where to learn them (for free).
  The struggle to choose your Code Editor / IDE.

That's a lot of time spent learning about technologies to make the right decision for you, and googling for answers.

But guess what you'll be doing as a Software Engineer :)

I didn't go to one but I imagine those decisions are being made for you. But I know about the struggle, and I remember it with pleasure and satisfaction.

[fapjacks]

Let's face it: People that go to bootcamp on the whole are not in the same set of people that have passion for programming. Most of those people discovered very early on their passion for computers, and either went to school for it, or are self-taught and don't need a bootcamp. I'm not saying it's impossible to meet someone that didn't know they looooved programming until they were 35. I'm just saying that most of the people in bootcamp are after the promise of salary to the exclusion of having a passion for computers.