In a 2020 survey of 3,000 coding boot camp graduates by CourseReport, 79% of respondents said the courses had helped them land a job, with an average salary increase of 56%. Yet the industry pulled back from hiring as AI coding tools started to become mainstream. The number of active job postings for software developers has dropped 56% from five years ago, according to data compiled by CompTIA, and 67% for inexperienced developers.
