Ten open questions
The bootcamp decision, one question at a time
What tuition actually is at the schools that print it, what deferred tuition takes out of a future salary, which schools still exist, and where an audited outcomes report differs from a marketing page. Prices and statuses were read on 24 September 2026 and carry that date on the page they appear.
What happened to the bootcamps people ask about
We opened fourteen school websites on one day and wrote down what each returned. Two are gone, two changed customers, and several widely reported closures are still trading.
What a coding bootcamp costs
Every tuition figure we could read off a school's own page on 24 September 2026, the schools that publish none, and what the same money buys elsewhere.
Coding bootcamp versus a computer science degree
The costs are published by both sides and wildly different. The outcomes are audited by neither. And the official description of the job mentions a degree.
What a free coding bootcamp actually is
Free means four different things here — funded, earned back, self-taught, or deferred — and one of them is a credit contract wearing a different word.
Front-end coding bootcamps, and what the job titles show
Almost nobody sells a front-end-only bootcamp, the audited job-title data explains why, and front-end is the easiest thing to learn without paying anyone.
How people pay for a coding bootcamp
Upfront, employer-funded, instalments, a loan, or deferred tuition — what each one takes, with a regulator's account of how one income share agreement actually worked.
How to check a coding school before you pay
The one question that separates a school worth considering from one worth avoiding, what an audited outcomes report contains, and five questions for schools that have none.
Part-time coding bootcamps, and what they really cost
The same tuition spread over three times the weeks. What part-time actually saves, what it costs in months, and the completion data nobody publishes.
A Python bootcamp or self-paced study?
Nobody prices a Python bootcamp separately. The four routes cost nothing, $250, $199 a month or five figures — and they differ on structure, not material.
Remote coding bootcamps: the question to ask instead
Remote is now the default, so the real question is whether you are buying scheduled hours with other people or a video library with mentor calls attached.