According to NPR, Coder Boot Camp "...arose as an elegant solution to a problem of supply and demand."
The author of the article, Anya Kamenetz, states:
This is one of the fastest-growing areas of the job market, and average salaries are high: from $62,500 for a web developer to $93,350 for a software developer. ... At the same time, in just the past five years, the nature of coding itself has changed. Programming languages like JavaScript and Ruby, essential for websites and web browser-based applications, are evolving to be increasingly powerful, even for novices.
She goes on to explain:
The application process for Dev Bootcamp is similar to a job application, and people complete a 9-week, part-time introduction online before they come to campus. And, Dev Bootcamp says, about 95 percent complete the program — that includes those who repeat the first six weeks, which you can do for free.
And she concludes:
All this helps explain their stellar reported job-placement rates.
No job-placement numbers were given in the article, other than stating that "the top programs say they are placing the vast majority of their graduates into jobs earning just under six figures in a rapidly expanding field."
So, 12 weeks to become a web developer, with coding thrown in to "boot"?
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