I am interested In the idea of a three to 6 month boot camp to learn the basics of coding and development. I don't like the tone of "100k +" in just 3 months that you get from places like app academy. Does anyone recommend any programs perhaps run through a university that are more of a tuition in exchange for teaching deal instead of looking to place kids in web dev jobs ?
I went through Codefellows and it was great. They do have a job placement focus however there were people in my class who were only doing it as a learning experience to stay on their same career path. The coding and career parts are kept pretty separate so you just wouldn't be required to show up to the career counseling parts unless you wanted to (there were some interesting guest speakers during my class so maybe you might want to go to some of them).<p>I had a very positive experience there and learned a lot. I also met people very extremely varied backgrounds (a linguistics professor, a financial worker heading to MIT after the program, a school teacher, a former MS project manager and a coffee roaster with a degree in Mathematics).<p>It's in Seattle and is 8 weeks long and is pretty intense (9am-7 or 8pm was very common 5 days a week) but I had a great time and would do it again if I could.
I did www.gotealeaf.com and my experience was great.
It's 100% online and "job placement" is not part of their core offering. It's much cheaper than most bootcamps, too. About 2500$ for a four month program.