As a former instructor at a bootcamp, there are some massive pros to the bootcamp model, but low quality programs will typically produce low quality producers.

As a former instructor at a bootcamp, there are some massive pros to the bootcamp model, but low quality programs will typically produce low quality producers. Our program spent a considerable amount of time setting career expectations and preparing for interviews. High performing students would regularly find themselves landing mid-level software engineering jobs based on their interview performance, but we would try to maintain the expectation that an internship or a Jr dev position was really great. We saw some of our competitors get torn apart by past students who's expectations were higher than the reality of being a bootcamp grad. You can't tell someone they're going to make 100k/yr after 12 weeks of learning to code. People believe you, buy into your bullshit, and get burned. With so many bootcamps popping up, consumers have a lot of resources and choices to find a good program. Low quality programs are slowly being edged out by the market. It's becoming more competitive, which I think is good. Bootcamps aren't a silver bullet, but they help a lot of people get on a trajectory of a successful engineering career. They also help with diversity, a lot of folks can't afford to get a CS degree, whether it's because they have an aversion to crippling debt, or they're a single mother who has to work full-time, or they just don't thrive in a university-style environment. I know a lot of really unique engineers that wouldn't have been able to have the careers they do without a bootcamp.