https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/coding-bootcamp-handbook/
This guide has a lot of information about coding bootcamps. Most of it is pretty helpful, but it does not mention any bootcamps specifically. Instead it encourages you to do your own research, mostly by finding bootcamp instructors on linkedin and find their students and messaging them. Realistically there are too many bootcamps to review them all, and the courses and instructors change. So, this kind of "you are are on your own" message seems accurate.
The guide does a good job of breaking down how much things will cost, not just in dollars, but in opportunity cost. Some of the bootcamps just don't look like they are great value. Especially if one considers that you won't be getting paid during the bootcamp, or during your job hunt. The job hunt is supposed to last about 6 months. That's a long time without income.
Anyway, this guide was well written and has info that helped me decide I probably shouldn't do a bootcamp. I'll focus on my chipping away method, and in the mean time I'll go back to my old career.
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