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I think boot camps are useful to programmers who are good self starters and want some credential to signal to hirers that they have some training.

I started coding in the 90s and learned solely from books, friends, web sites. I was lucky to get a job without a degree or anything on paper to show that I could do what I was doing.

I did some certifications and doubled my salary in a year. It was funny to me that they didn’t teach that much to make me 2x productive, but it fit into my org’s salary band structure because now I had some certs.

I think the challenge is that it sucks for people who need more help and actual experience. Now that so many people are taking them, the signaling is less useful.