Ask HN: Are coding bootcamps a waste of time?

[quotz]

[mtmail]

Quite a loaded question (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question) Why do you think bootcamps are a scam? Reading past HN answers, e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16341716, I haven't seen somebody saying it was a total waste or they shouldn't have done it.

[quotz → mtmail]

Should have phrased it as a waste not a scam.

[nohnce → quotz]

I suppose it depends on what the focus is. I've heard of bootcamps cramming as many technologies as possible into their course to make people seem employable. It's definitely not worth it to have sporadic surface-level knowledge.