Is a bootcamp or self-taught path better after my library coding group fell apart?

I was part of a free weekly coding meetup at the downtown library for 2 months. Then the organizer moved away and the group just dissolved. Now I'm stuck deciding between dropping $12,000 on a 12 week bootcamp or just grinding through free resources on my own. Half the people in the old group said bootcamps are a scam, the other half said they got jobs in 4 months because of the structure. Has anyone here made the jump from a meetup to a paid program and actually felt it was worth it?

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terryallen2h ago

See I think bootcamps mostly just speed up what you could learn for free if you actually stick with it.