I work at CourseReport.com - a directory of coding bootcamps with reviews, blog posts etc. We often do Q&As with coding bootcamp instructors and many of them ar

I work at CourseReport.com - a directory of coding bootcamps with reviews, blog posts etc. We often do Q&As with coding bootcamp instructors and many of them are industry professionals. We see very experienced people becoming instructors - often they want to give back to the community after some years working in the industry. Many coding bootcamps also have a policy of not hiring their grads unless they have a number of years of experience. I agree with an earlier comment that coding schools do often hire their grads as mentors, but not usually as instructors. Examples of experienced instructors: Jarryd Huntley of We Can Code IT has 10 years of industry experience: http://bit.ly/Jarryd-WeCanCodeIT-instructor http://bit.ly/Jarryd-WeCanCodeIT-instructor Liz Howard of Galvanize has industry experience & teaching experience: http://bit.ly/Galvanize-instructor-Liz http://bit.ly/Galvanize-instructor-Liz Austyn Hill of The Software Guild went to MIT and worked for Microsoft: http://bit.ly/Austyn-Software-Guild-Instructor http://bit.ly/Austyn-Software-Guild-Instructor I totally agree that who you learn from is as important as the curriculum. An experienced instructor will not only be able to teach you the course material, and explain how you would use it on the job, but will also be able to give you industry advice and maybe help you find a job.