Coding Bootcamps: Employment Outcomes

Coding Bootcamps are a relatively new phenomenon in computer science education. As such, few academic studies have assessed their effectiveness in preparing students for programming careers. Completed studies maintain a focus on the short-term results and outcomes of these programs. This paper describes a meta-analysis of multiple short-term outcomes studies and proposes the combined results as a baseline dataset for future studies. It also describes a study which gathered long-term outcomes for coding bootcamps and certificate programs and identify common factors among graduates who either successfully transitioned into software engineering, or achieved higher salaries. Lastly, it compares the long-term data to the short-term baseline dataset.