[cjaro]

I graduated from my bootcamp in early 2017 and am angling for a promotion from Jr. Developer to Associate by the end of this year. I think most everyone from my cohort is still at their dev jobs.

This part of your reply stood out to me:

"I think a lot of people don't become competent after these bootcamps because they just aren't technical enough to grasp the concepts at the pace they're introduced in class."

because I think it's 100% accurate. I had a lot of education to carry out alongside my job, where I was learning a ton of programming concepts in the real world and let me tell you, it's not easy stuff. But, luckily for me, with the right supervisor or mentor or peers, you can climb the mountain a little easier.

[geogra4]

I think bootcamps work best for people who are already technical but aren't specifically trained as programmers.

I have a friend from college that was a biochemist for a while, took a bootcamp course, and is now a dev at Microsoft.