Another hacker's perspective: no, they are not a scam. Right now, demand is high enough in the bay area, that I believe these schools are a great value for som

Another hacker's perspective: no, they are not a scam. Right now, demand is high enough in the bay area, that I believe these schools are a great value for someone who wants to start a career in iOS or web development. The tuition for Hacker Bootcamp is ~$12k, and they claim that 88% get job offers after graduating, with an average salary of $79k. I recently met 2 people who graduated from hacker bootcamp. The first guy had a great attitude, seemed very curious, motivated, and interested in learning. He had multiple offers in the $80-90k range. He kept talking about what a great time he had interviewing with one company, which I'm pretty sure is the company he would eventually pick. The other guy had a worse attitude, no offers yet and seemed like he almost felt entitled to a senior level job because he finished hacker bootcamp. Considering that I've been doing this stuff for 10 years now, it was hard to see someone with such high expectations for 6 months of effort not being met. They won't guarantee you a job, but they are not a scam. This may be a little extreme, but I was reminded of this Vonnegut quote: “Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way.”