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If you are the type of person who needs an accountability structure to stay focused on learning then a bootcamp could be great to help keep your learning progressing consistently. It will not get you a job and you will need to put in more months of learning, doing projects for people, and applying to every job you can (hopefully some places where you know people), to have a chance in this market. Even then, chances may be low. On a side note “crossing that gap” is all mental, engineers aren’t rocket scientists and most of the job is learning the tools and getting experience so don’t feel you are at any intellectual disadvantage