Many bootcamps are terrible and promise things that aren't possible. (People generally can't learn how to code professionally in 12 weeks.) The bootcamps that t

Many bootcamps are terrible and promise things that aren't possible. (People generally can't learn how to code professionally in 12 weeks.) The bootcamps that tend to deliver do so because they only accept people who already have put significant work into programming before they start the bootcamp. I organize a programming club in Berkeley that meets twice per week (over 4,000 members on meetup.com), so I meet a lot of people who go through various bootcamps. I think that I could help demonstrate how to fix many of the problems with the entire bootcamp model, if we could obtain funding for opening a physical space in Berkeley. I've been doing it for over three years and have a pretty good idea about how to find people who will succeed, without limiting opportunities or even charging a lot of money.