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by bradwood 1494 days ago
Not great. They generally only have a veneer of knowledge and lack the depth of understanding algorithms, bigO, data structures, etc.

There are always exceptions but I generally try to steer clear unless I just need someone to knock out CRUD APIs or simple react frontends.

If someone has a strong math/science/philosophy education, however, combined with the bootcamp then I'll sometimes take a punt.