Could you not argue that the move towards hiring developers from bootcamps is not a step towards on-the-job training? I know of very few examples of knowledge

Could you not argue that the move towards hiring developers from bootcamps is not a step towards on-the-job training? I know of very few examples of knowledge industries where you can go from nothing to "able to pass an interview" within 2-3 months of intense study. The same goes for self-taught developers that learn on the side, and then use those skills to build a portfolio. I've worked at places where they hire heavily from bootcamps, and a small team of senior developers are tasked with mentoring and training these entry-level developers. From my experience (in the UK), the issue is that people "are" hiring juniors, but the market has become flooded with entry-level and junior-level developers. Bootcamp graduates have become the entry-level, on-the-job trained types, whereas university graduates are expected to have an acceptable level of knowledge to be able to hit the ground running in a junior capacity.