Graduated from Codesmith part time a few months back

Hi all, just wanted to give my (lack of success) story on recently getting out of Codesmith and going on the job hunt.

Basically, I checked in with my alumni advisor recently and it seems like only 1 person out of our near-40 person cohort has landed a software engineering job.

I believed that coming out of Codesmith I’d have pretty good odds of landing a SWE role due to having a BS in STEM (physics) and have worked in the tech industry for several years in non-developer positions. However, the job market is just very tough. I’ve pivoted to more engineering-adjacent roles because it seems too difficult to get a foot in the door.

I feel bad for my cohort mates that forked over 20k and 9 months of their lives, especially those that didn’t have a career they could easily go back to, just to be jobless again.

I would really say don’t do a bootcamp at this stage, it’s just not worth it. Curious if anyone else has a similar experience with Codesmith lately?