Author of the original post here. I have no affiliation with either the Flatiron bootcamp, nor the SuperByte company. But I know Pedro and he (and his story) is real.
If you take a quick look at the rest of my blog, you'll quickly know that this was neither an ad for any bootcamp or company, nor an attempt to 'manipulate tech news readers'.
2024: the year where you write a touching piece about someone successfully implementing a late in life career change and the top comment accuses you of being a spammer. Only way it could be better is if he said it was all generated by ChatGPT.