One possible upside: Not all jobs are advertised and maybe Juno/Lambda have worked up agreements with recruiters.
Also,think about it from a recruiter point of view: Would you as recruiter rather pore through hundreds of resumes from people who have picked up courses online (and risk getting beat up by interviewers when a few of these don't perform well) or have a pre-screened/evaluated candidates? Worst case: you pass the buck on to Juno/Lambda. There is some incentive for a recruiter to look at Juno/Lambda candidates,no?
I get what you're saying but from an employee and personal development point of view, even the most intense 9 week course sounds guaranteed to lack the necessary substance and depth I'd want for a career start / change (which is what they're marketing this for, right?). The same argument would make me just as wary from a hiring standpoint, don't see much of a difference of qualification between 9 weeks of bootcamp versus a selection of relevant online courses there tbh. Worst case in my mind would be a $startupcollege candidate that was just trained on passing through interview processes, that's not sustainable for recruiter/employer relationship in the long term either.
That being said, my experience with letting recruiters filter candidates haven't been the best in the past and my exposure to bootcamp grads is limited since that's just not much of a thing in the German market overall (I guess because there's no real need since traditional university/apprenticeship education paths are far more affordable around here). Is hiring these candidates common in the US outside of the usual startup circles?
Also,think about it from a recruiter point of view: Would you as recruiter rather pore through hundreds of resumes from people who have picked up courses online (and risk getting beat up by interviewers when a few of these don't perform well) or have a pre-screened/evaluated candidates? Worst case: you pass the buck on to Juno/Lambda. There is some incentive for a recruiter to look at Juno/Lambda candidates,no?