Thank you for your comment.
First of all, I've made my usual search on Google to skip cross posting and I confirm that the previous discussion didn't appear in the results :
By the way, as you earlier mentioned, the author seems to have little legitimacy on the topic :
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11419443
However, his post is really insightful. On my side, I attended in one. Especially, I consider having tasted a coding bootcamp to be the most insightful and transformational experience in my entire life. Or simply said : a life-changing opportunity. But this one mostly teached Ruby. And I needed more, I wanted more. Mainly, JavaScript is the de facto language for the Web. Hence, the Web naturally led me to the best (and moreover Open Source!) bootcamp according to me : Founders & Coders. Clearly, after having quickly benchmarked all the other ones (including Hack Reactor), they have to my knowledge the highest requirements among all :
http://www.foundersandcoders.com/academy/#apply
Even after my first bootcamp, I still needed a few weeks to reach 5 Kyu Codewars :
I have never been so proud of myself and at the same time it was a lesson of life by teaching me humility. Mastery is still a long way off but I think that this quote could be a great resume :
http://thefullstack.xyz/excellent-javascript-developer/
“Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives – choice, not chance, determines your destiny.”
But, let's give it a try ! :)
Très cordialement / Best Regards,
Guillaume FORTAINE