> Everyone assumes these were full of like, bartenders chasing money (which there is nothing wrong with that either) but in my experience it wasn't true at all. It was mostly late 20s-early 30s professionals who were looking to change to another skilled career, mostly due to burnout, poor fit in the first one, or more autonomy.
Yeah I was surprised when I realized most of the bootcamp grads I met were elite school graduates in things like BioE or Industrial Engineering who wanted to transition to tech. They had worked in their fields and wanted a change so they had the money saved up to do a bootcamp. It was no surprise to me that they did well in tech as they were already from STEM programs in great schools anyway.
I've heard anecdotally (no real proof) that later cohorts started drawing more of the "bartender chasing money" types (again nothing wrong with them) which made the competition for the schools a lot harder.
Yeah I was surprised when I realized most of the bootcamp grads I met were elite school graduates in things like BioE or Industrial Engineering who wanted to transition to tech. They had worked in their fields and wanted a change so they had the money saved up to do a bootcamp. It was no surprise to me that they did well in tech as they were already from STEM programs in great schools anyway.
I've heard anecdotally (no real proof) that later cohorts started drawing more of the "bartender chasing money" types (again nothing wrong with them) which made the competition for the schools a lot harder.