Coding Bootcamp Guide: how to avoid scams & empty promises

10 criteria: There’s a lot of demand for software developers with skills in the latest technologies. These companies, usually small to mid-size, need developers with relevant skills asap. That’s where one of the latest trends in tech comes in…. coding bootcamps. From personal experience, this article will provide you with a guide on how to choose a good bootcamp. These bootcamps are intensive, expensive, and promise employment potential in return; note the word “potential”, it’s not guaranteed and shouldn’t be because employability is equally dependent on how much effort you put into the program and how well the program is taught. Again note the word “equally”; you can put in 110%, but if the curriculum is poor, you will not be employable. So what makes a coding bootcamp a good one…. one that will make you not only employable, but desirable if you put in 100%? I thought about this for a while…. for a year actually: before, during, and after the coding bootcamp I attended. I researched many bootcamps, read many reviews from bootcamp portals/ blogs/ forums, completed test projects from those schools, interviewed with them in-person or by video chat, and questioned all of them with at least 10 questions. Let me delineate these 10 questions and reasonings for them so you can make an informed decision and not be taken by the bootcamps’ quoted hiring rates (more on that…