As a hiring manager, this is completely true. I've interviewed a lot of mechanical engineering / physics graduates as well as humanities & other non-technical p

As a hiring manager, this is completely true. I've interviewed a lot of mechanical engineering / physics graduates as well as humanities & other non-technical people who have gone through a boot camp. I am a self-taught developer with a humanities background, so I absolutely support people without technical backgrounds, but the reality is that rigorous math and science backgrounds are a good signal. That said, the other comments about having to deal with a year or two in a junior dev role are also correct. No way am I recommending someone for a senior role who hasn't had hands-on experience building and deploying software professionally. I will happily teach that person and argue for them to be promoted quickly once they prove themselves, but I can't just gamble and fill a role with someone who looks like they might have an aptitude for it.