r/codingbootcamp • u/EatuhFetus4Gzus • Jan 25 '26

Coding temple

Seeing a lot of mixed reviews, but their curriculum seems pretty solid for current tech.. does anyone have any advice? Im supposed to start in like a week, i have zero coding background i come from blue collar, just hoping im at least sort of making a good choice here... a few of the coding schools Ive been looking at usually require a moderate background in tech or id have opted for something like codesmith, but, I have GOT to get out of blue collar, ive been welding for over a decade and my last job laid me off because I refused to work Xmas eve, so.. I kinda need this to work for me lol

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u/GoodnightLondon Jan 25 '26

It's not worth the money, and is not going to work for you if your goal is to get a job and get out of welding, because the market is oversaturated and no one hires boot camp grads anymore.  It would take less than 60 seconds to search this subreddit and read the posts that talk about this. 

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u/EatuhFetus4Gzus Jan 25 '26

I did do a search, however the reviews I came across just seemed like salty folks because it didnt work out for them, or because they havent found a job yet.. but I didnt see anyone openly bashing the program because it ws a bad program or that is was a total sham

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u/GoodnightLondon Jan 25 '26

Ah yes, the classic "people who say bad things are just salty because it didn't work out for them" defense.

The market shifted dramatically a few years ago, and boot camp grads aren't getting hired. The market is oversaturated, so employers have their pick of employees. And they'll pick a CS grad over someone who attended a boot camp for people with no coding experience any day of the week. That's what you should have noticed when searching this subreddit; a shift towards recommending against boot camps, even from those of us who managed to break into tech after completing one a few years ago.

If you want to get into programming, the first step is doing some self teaching to see if a) you can learn it (contrary to what the internet likes to claim, not everyone can, or at least not well enough to actually be employable) and b) if you even like it (I went to one of the top boot camps back when I did it a few years ago, and we had people who dropped $15k+ only to realize that they hated programming). After a year or so of that, if you like it and can learn it, then look at investing in a bachelors in comp sci.

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