I agree. I originally wrote this article "Are dev bootcamps a scam? A hacker's perspective."[0] which actually caused quite a bit of drama when I then had dev schools up in arms about opening up the books and proving their success/placement rates, etc.

Then I decided there should be a better way to find reliable, quality bootcamps so I built a review site for Dev Bootcamps.[1] The response has been great and what was once reviled by dev schools is now seen as a source of distribution and qualification for validation because we help so many people decide where to go.

[0] https://www.techendo.com/posts/are-dev-bootcamps-a-scam-a-ha... [1] http://schools.techendo.com/