> Practically every other job I can think of at a similar salary level has entrance requirements (e.g. grad school admissions exams), extensive and expensive tr

> Practically every other job I can think of at a similar salary level has entrance requirements (e.g. grad school admissions exams), extensive and expensive training, a lengthy apprenticeship period and follow on licensure exams. It's the great strength of software engineering as a profession that formal barriers to entry are so low. You are right that good engineering is hard, and many people who went to these bootcamps didn't make it. But that doesn't mean we need more bureaucracy and paperwork to keep people out.