I don't think it has anything to do with bootcamp grads. The VC bubble is over and the only way companies can actually survive is to build and deliver solutions

I don't think it has anything to do with bootcamp grads. The VC bubble is over and the only way companies can actually survive is to build and deliver solutions that their customers pay actual money for and pay enough of it to turn a profit. Bragging about "engagement", telling (self-inflicted) war stories about your overcomplicated engineering playground at the next AWS conference, churning through the latest languages and frameworks for no pragmatic reason, or virtue-signalling about "diversity and inclusion" used to yield endless VC money which is how a lot of companies and entire careers started, but nowadays it's back to good old "deliver things someone finds valuable enough to pay for, or die trying".