Coding Boot Camps Get the Boot: Why the Industry Is Shutting Down

Re:Coding Boot Camps Get the Boot: Why the Industry Is Shutt... by skewart on Friday September 08, 2017 @12:48PM (#15201794)

Any idea what's causing the revenue problem? I assume it's getting harder to attract students willing to pay for a bootcamp? Is that because fewer people are looking to learn to code than a few years ago? Or because they're learning in different ways other than bootcamps? Or is everyone only wanting to go to the most prestigious bootcamps? Or something else?

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Re:Coding Boot Camps Get the Boot: Why the Industry Is Shutt... by stanleydrew on Friday September 08, 2017 @01:09PM (#15202020)

This is speculation, but I assume there are fewer employers willing to hire bootcamp grads.

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Re:Coding Boot Camps Get the Boot: Why the Industry Is Shutt... by bdcravens on Friday September 08, 2017 @01:33PM (#15202290)

There are employers willing to hire them, but not at the amounts bootcamps suggest in their marketing. A bootcamper is at the point they can just start to learn, so if the industry standard for a role is $100k, a bootcamper would do well to earn $40k.

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Re:Coding Boot Camps Get the Boot: Why the Industry Is Shutt... by zelos on Friday September 08, 2017 @01:31PM (#15202261)

Perhaps there was a backlog of people who'd wanted to go to a bootcamp? Once that backlog is exhausted, it would be natural for applications to drop.

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