Why bootcamps are distrusted
The category has an honesty problem: too many programmes promised employment and delivered a certificate. Prospective students now arrive sceptical and look for graduate portfolios, actual employment outcomes, who teaches, and what the curriculum really covers. A page of stock photographs and a claim about demand for developers confirms their suspicion. Admissions screening matters as much, because a bootcamp that accepts everyone produces outcomes that cannot be published.
What we build for a bootcamp
First, graduate portfolios and verifiable employment outcomes, published even when modest, since honesty is the differentiator here. Second, curriculum detail week by week, so a technical prospect can judge depth. Third, admissions screening with a pre-course assessment, which protects outcomes and signals seriousness. Fourth, cohort dates with remaining places and staged payment, giving a reason to decide now rather than to keep researching.