I'm not a student, but I do think it's in general a terrible idea to go to a coding school. It's not only quite a bit of money for something which you could get

I'm not a student, but I do think it's in general a terrible idea to go to a coding school. It's not only quite a bit of money for something which you could get for free online, but it's also a strong negative symbol on your job application. Most of the people who are hiring for tech positions either taught themselves or got a CS degree (frequently, both) and this leads to a significant anti-bootcamp bias which is compounded by the masses of incompetent bootcamp grads.