Ask HN: What do companies think of programming bootcamps?
I'm currently taking an online Ruby on Rails bootcamp with www.gotealeaf.com and I'm a bit over 50% over the bootcamp.
I'm at the point where I feel comfortable building a small rails app and slowly adding more around the bare bones of it to make it somewhat secure and scalable.
I chose tealeaf because they seemed to have the more in-depth curriculum of all but I'm still wondering whether this would actually get me a job somewhere?
At the moment I'm working on my own project (and coding it myself) and my goal with the bootcamp wasn't full-time employment, but it feels as though it's a promise that many of them make.
Also, after some searching, "junior" positions aren't very frequent, and since that's usually what they say you'll be qualified for, is there an over-supply of "bootcamp devs" for startup to choose from?
Thanks!
To give you an idea of what we build, this is my github so far: https://github.com/Tbeiko "blackjack", "post-it" and "myflix" (in progress) are our assigned projects, in order of completion.