I taught for code camps. I think there's truth to this. Teaching programming is a lot like math. Ideally, you teach them how to follow things logically. But due to time constraints, you just give them a bunch of exercises, especially the ones that help them land jobs. Today it's probably harder to land a job than do the job, so why not optimize for that? It's hard to be able to code, so why not teach them to code and hope the passion clicks once they can build things?

But I suppose it doesn't work that way. These guys were not meant to shortcut people who have a Masters and get into Uber. It's surprising that my average 2-3 month bootcamp student makes a higher income than someone with an actual degree. I'd love to find a way to fix this, but I don't have the resources to, and most people who do don't want to give up the money.