I think the bootcamps are largely a scam, extracting money from desperate people and delivering far less than they promise. Yes, they should be called out on HN

I think the bootcamps are largely a scam, extracting money from desperate people and delivering far less than they promise. Yes, they should be called out on HN as borderline scammy. Against that is the fact that most junior dev jobs are about simple CRUD apps, which don't take all that much expertise to maintain, and add simple features to. The idea that someone with 14 weeks of focused training can be marginally useful in a real world start up job, (where the code is probably already a huge rats nest) seems somewhat valid.