The best bootcamps (in terms of placement rates with SV companies) are equivalent to 12 week long interviews that the interviewee pays for. They screen for peo

The best bootcamps (in terms of placement rates with SV companies) are equivalent to 12 week long interviews that the interviewee pays for. They screen for people who already know a good bit, and are really good at interviewing in general. Then they put those people through an intensive 3 month long coding interview and place the people who make it through. The problem with this business model is that there is a small supply of people that are capable of making it through, are willing/able to pay $10k+ to do it, and are willing/able to go 3 months without pay. It's a joke to think that Joe JobChanger is really going to pick up all the skills and knowledge he needs to get a job at Google in 3 months. Professional programmers with years of experience regularly spend that long just practicing white board problems to get try to get a job at Google. The amount of students who can do that is just too small to build an industry around.