While I tend to agree on the bootcamp side I would disagree in context of this post. This is teaching students in high school . I am guessing their aim is to get kids interested in CS where no courses exists in their school system. I don't think there will be a flood of kids hitting the market based on volunteering here.

If you feel your career is being threatened by high school students, perhaps you should consider "stepping up your game"?

Maybe you read too much into my statement, I am not a web dev. I was in a previous life (years before bootcamps even existed).

All of the above, AND - I think our community of staff, volunteers, etc. are thinking more along the lines of Toni Morrison..

"I tell my students, 'When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else. This is not just a grab-bag candy game.'"

My impression was that the demand for web devs (especially in the Bay Area) is still outstripping the supply. Maybe that's starting to change.

There is something to be said for exposing these high school students to some of the technology that runs their lives, and giving them the opportunity to learn something they would otherwise not have, regardless of whether they choose to pursue it as a career.

Care to explain what you mean?

OP is obviously concerned about competing with these web devs.

I'd have more faith in yourself OP!

Obviously? No, don't have so much faith in your ability to read other people on the internet. I am not a web dev. I was in a previous life (years before bootcamps even existed).

Sounds pretty self-evident to me.