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Totally.

Just getting enough context to know what you don't know is often unattainable for those who have been in the field for years.

I have mixed feelings about bootcamp/codecamps, mostly because I think they are Web 2.0 University of Phoenix that preys on people that are in a disadvantaged state. My experience with people who have bootcamped is that they exist in an uncanny valley, some stimulus responses they react to, others result in a blank stare.

Wanting to learn how to code so the IT guy can no longer fsck with you, great! Make awesome macros in Python for Excel, cool. Learn SQL so you can reduce your own data, all the more power.

But to say that someone can learn "to code" in even three months is preposterous and potentially very damaging. Only use codecamps that take payment after you have been hired.