Unpopular opinion: Most coding bootcamps hide a key stat about job placement

I was looking into a local bootcamp in Portland and dug into their fine print. Turns out only 38% of grads got a job in tech within 6 months, not the 85% they advertise. They count any job as a 'tech role' including support desk or data entry. Has anyone else seen these numbers shift after actually enrolling?

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hollyl453d ago

Coding Dojo in Portland had basically the same thing when I looked at them a couple years back. I know a guy who graduated from there and he said their career services was basically a joke, like they just sent out a generic email blast with job leads and called it done. He ended up working at a Geek Squad for a year before he finally got a junior dev role and that was through his own networking. I saw their own fine print mentioned something like "placement in a related technical function" which could mean anything from fixing printers to entering data all day. It's so dishonest honestly, they count on people not reading the small stuff.

finley_price243d ago

I remember seeing a 2019 report from a bootcamp called BloomTech that had a 93% job placement rate in fine print. Turns out they counted graduates who got any job at all within six months, even if it was totally unrelated to coding. A buddy of mine did their full stack program and spent eight months working at an Amazon warehouse before he got a real dev job. Their career coach basically told him to "keep applying" and that was the extent of the help. So yeah, I feel you on the "related technical function" stuff. That wording honestly should be a huge red flag for anyone looking at these places.