[moribvndvs]

I instructed for a bootcamp. Most of these places lie through their teeth about the quality, its meaningfulness in the job market, about job placement, about what their certificate is worth to employers, and charge way too much. There’s nothing I taught you couldn’t teach yourself with a Udemy course or just going your own way and it’ll cost you little to nothing. There were only two benefits, as I see it, as long as money isn’t tight:

- you learn better in a focused, scheduled program

- you want access to an instructor that can answer your questions 1:1

IMHO, that isn’t worth the $8k or whatever these places charge. Work on it yourself, get active in online communities, go to dev meetups, make friends with more experienced devs that are willing to help you with questions.

I enjoyed instructing and my students, but I quit because I felt like I was complicit in a scam and I didn’t agree with how they approached the curriculum.