[hkarthik]

> It seems like these bootcamps, done well and with the right sort of student, would give a massive 'level-up' into the current dev world. For mid-career types where there is a need to minimize time away from a paycheck, a 12-16 week program is a good fit.

I actually think that's an important niche that is being under-served right now. We often get career Java devs or .NET devs at our Ruby user group here in Dallas and they want to "break into" Ruby. Most employers won't give them a shot and they are then stuck in the "need experience to get experience" treadmill.

I was in the same boat and got lucky in that someone took a chance on me. But it wasn't a very easy path at all. Having a bootcamp focused on experienced dev with job placement at the end would have been worth its weight in gold.