Not in their traditional form now that the zeitgeist of the ZIRP tech boom is over. The waves of media stories about tech layoffs have probably dampened the hopes of those that would have been previously inclined, and the economical conditions mean that less have the luxury or means to spend months unemployed or part-time.
I have see a surge of bootcamp-esque places in tech destinations that seem to be offering a "find the spark again" (and/or "fill the resume gap after the layoff" if you're a cynical prick like me) that seem to cater to the already educated/experienced crowd, which I feel are potentially viable.
As someone who did a year-long bootcamp-esque program in web development at a community college, followed by employment in tech (during which I picked up a BSc and MS in Comp Sci part-time while working), I can say that a very good bootcamp program can teach you to code in a very skilled manner, well-and-above what you pick up in a BSc in CS.
And unless you work early on at a place with a big emphasis on properly educating and mentoring juniors off the bat, you can have a big leg up with raw coding skill imo.
I have see a surge of bootcamp-esque places in tech destinations that seem to be offering a "find the spark again" (and/or "fill the resume gap after the layoff" if you're a cynical prick like me) that seem to cater to the already educated/experienced crowd, which I feel are potentially viable.
As someone who did a year-long bootcamp-esque program in web development at a community college, followed by employment in tech (during which I picked up a BSc and MS in Comp Sci part-time while working), I can say that a very good bootcamp program can teach you to code in a very skilled manner, well-and-above what you pick up in a BSc in CS.
And unless you work early on at a place with a big emphasis on properly educating and mentoring juniors off the bat, you can have a big leg up with raw coding skill imo.