High quality experienced coders are still in desperately short supply. However people fresh out of a boot camp with little practical experience are in oversupply. There’s some nuance here
I’m wanting to learn a new skill and I’ve got a few months to learn it. I can easily put in like 5 hours+/day. Even if that just gets me an internship would be fine.
I was just sick of my old job/field and wanted to build things.