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From my experiences interviewing candidates from Hack Reactor, GA, Code School/Academy, et al, i'd say, results not typical.

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To be fair, you don't really know what his beginners are "banging up". It simply doesn't take much skill to use a web framework to generate database-backed webpages (witness the rise of the "javascript programmer").

The bootcamps are cranking out a commodity product for a commodity world.

That is interesting, because I am a CS student and that's exactly want I want to start my career with (web development). I do a lot of React on my own and have some Rails background.

It seems like entry-level jobs in that area, between other CS majors, bootcamp grads, and self-taught developers, are going to get tough to get.

Actually, IMHO, it's easier than ever. Supply can't keep up with demand, and anyone who can show demonstrable skills via a portfolio of relevant personal projects and the demonstrable practical knowledge is on the fast track.

That's good to know. Thanks!

It's not like it is the first time this has happened. EDS (remember them?) had so much demand for programmers back in the mainframe days that they resorted to hiring people with no knowledge of computers, pushing them through a three/four-month course in programming, and them putting them to work as junior coders.

I guess it may also depend on the individual. Some people will do better and learn better from those camps. Majority probably get suckered into it as some holy grail of career change, not knowing what they're getting themselves into.

Ideally, you will learn from a bootcamp how to self-teach yourself, so you would not need to spend more money on a second bootcamp.

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