Do coding bootcamps help or hurt the job market?

While it’s unclear whether coding bootcamps significantly helped alleviate the developer shortage in the job market, hiring managers aren’t as impressed by bootcamps as they once were, said Ted Whang, a developer at Pike13 and a 2014 coding bootcamp graduate.

Do bootcamps really get you a job as a developer?

Some aren’t there to get a developer job, and some students are already professional developers who are just trying to acquire new skills. While the study doesn’t say who went from “zero to developer,” the surveys do cast doubt on many programs’ 90\% job placement claims. It’s not hard to find a litany of bad bootcamp experiences online.

Is there a stigma attached to bootcamp graduates?

Some developers even worry that a stigma is attached to bootcamp graduates, marking them as sloppy coders. Anyone can learn programming. Not everyone can gain enough coding expertise to be a good software engineer. When the learn-to-code movement arrived in 2012, the don’t-learn-to-code movement followed soon afterward.

Is it hard to find good teachers for bootcamps?

Basel Farag, an iOS developer with experience as a bootcamp mentor, admits that finding good teachers is hard. “You don’t get paid much, so you have to really love doing it,” he said.

Is a bootcamp certificate enough to get a developer job?

It’s important to remember that a bootcamp certificate alone won’t get you a job – but then, neither will a traditional degree or diploma. Industry-aligned skills, sound technical knowledge and a strong portfolio are the attributes you need to land the developer job you’ve always wanted.

Are bootcamps worth it?

In Course Report’s latest Outcomes Report, 80\% of respondents say they’ve worked in a job requiring the technical skills they learned in the bootcamp. So if you have aspirations of becoming a software developer or data scientist, or a tech-adjacent job like a product manager, a bootcamp may be worth it.