Programming bootcamps

These seem fairly popular now, with bloc, general assembly, makers academy and others. 12 week full time courses

But are they any good? And if so, who are they good for? Any positive or negative opinion is good

I'm considering going down this path, job will end this year and it seems a good time to change career,

are you on 77?

No, can I be invited?

I tried getting invited to 77. Emailed panda dude and never heard from anyone. :(

I'm a bit suspicious about these things. Smells scammy, but if you find out you hate programming at the end, that's cheaper than a four year program.

I feel the same way although I have no particular basis other than "sounds too good to be true"

I just left an open day and was impressed by the immersive web development track, and what the finishing students had achieved in such a short space of time, but of course the big question is....what happens afterwards? are you in good shape?

Like everyone else, i share the same suspicions - definitely curious to hear about people who have either been on one, or have interviewed or interacted with anyone that has

2 of us have jobs so far. I took some time out to continue working on my projects and get my personal site ready

I found it really tough, and currently feel some way off job readyness. In some ways i guess ive come a long way, but most of the time I feel like i dont really know whats going on still. I'd do a lot more preperation beforehand if I were to start again