johnreddington

Not the op but I'll comment on this. I have no degree. I have applied to all of the big names and never got any further than a rejection email (even that is rare). I get interviews from startups and medium size companies so my resume can't be that awful, and I know they aren't looking at my portfolio or repos (because that can be easily verified).

If you think the only role of a truck driver is to steer and press the pedals you are terribly mistaken. That is the easy part to automate.

This was a big reason for me to do a coding bootcamp. I was switching majors out of engineering and into CS. I didn't want to spend 2 years slowly learning CS to find out if I liked it. It was faster and cheaper for me to do one of these schools to see if I really did want to do this for a living. Now I'm employed and do do it for a living and love it. I still push myself everyday to learn and do more learning outside of work. Unfortunately this style of teaching just doesn't fit the mould of traditional universities, but I think it's a great way to find out if you really want to pursue a career in this field.