The Dark Side Of Coding Bootcamps: Why They're Failing Developers
Coding bootcamps' promise of "job-ready" devs in 3-6 months is falling apart. The industry has changed, but bootcamps haven't adapted, leaving grads struggling to compete with experienced engineers and AI-generated code.
A few years ago, coding bootcamps were seen as the golden ticket to breaking into tech. Three to six months of intense training, a portfolio of projects, and boom—you’d land a job as a software engineer. Except now, that promise is falling apart. It’s not that coding bootcamps don’t work at all—some people do land jobs. But if we’re being real, for a lot of graduates, bootcamps are setting them up for failure. And after watching layoffs hit developers left and right, seeing junior devs struggle to break into the industry, and witnessing the way hiring expectations have changed, I think it’s t...