>For me, I see benefit from structured learning and accountability.
I definitely do as well. The problem I see is that the ROI just isn't worth it with the common 12 week bootcamps. It's not that you couldn't come up with a bootcamp program that was worth it, it's that I don't think 12 weeks is long enough. Look at skilled trade apprenticeships--they all take much longer. Even something like cosmetology school is a year long program.
If you had a program that was a year long and was priced similarly to community college, I think that could be worth paying for.
>They are expensive, but going back to school for a 1 or 2 year CS masters is way more expensive than a bootcamp in both time and money.
The problem is that those things aren't remotely comparable. I think the problem is that bootcamps are what for-profit education ends up looking like. 12 weeks isn’t based on how long it takes someone to become proficient, it’s based on how long people are willing to go with no income.
I definitely do as well. The problem I see is that the ROI just isn't worth it with the common 12 week bootcamps. It's not that you couldn't come up with a bootcamp program that was worth it, it's that I don't think 12 weeks is long enough. Look at skilled trade apprenticeships--they all take much longer. Even something like cosmetology school is a year long program.
If you had a program that was a year long and was priced similarly to community college, I think that could be worth paying for.
>They are expensive, but going back to school for a 1 or 2 year CS masters is way more expensive than a bootcamp in both time and money.
The problem is that those things aren't remotely comparable. I think the problem is that bootcamps are what for-profit education ends up looking like. 12 weeks isn’t based on how long it takes someone to become proficient, it’s based on how long people are willing to go with no income.