College-educated women in the workforce are discovering a latent interest in and aptitude for computing motivated by the prevalence of computing as an integral part of jobs in many fields as well as continued headlines about the number of unfilled, highly paid computing jobs. One of these women's choices for retraining are the so-called coding boot camps that teach programming skills through intensive multi-week courses. This article reports on a qualitative research study focused on the Silicon Valley area of California. We used social cognitive career theory (SCCT) to investigate the larger context surrounding women entering computing professions through boot camp learning sites, including: the environment of a booming technology workforce, boot camps as learning settings , the characteristics of women who attend boot camps, how retraining at a coding boot camp influence women's computing self-efficacy and outcome expectations , and the performance attainments of women at boot camps. Interview data was collected from 14 women who had attended boot camps—first before graduating from the boot camp and again after six months in the workforce. To contextualize the computing ecosystem, we conducted single interviews with 6 boot camp organizers/curriculum developers, 7 industry hiring managers, and 14 university computer science faculty. To provide a contrast with women at boot camps, we interviewed 5 women who majored in computer science at the university and with 17 men who had attended boot camps. Structural data coding and analysis was done focused on the SCCT mechanisms of environment, person inputs, learning experiences, self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and performance attainments. Findings here demonstrate that training at a boot camp can be the catalyst for college-educated women to attain computing jobs and careers, although these entry-level jobs may be a compromise to the goal of a software development job and are unlikely to lead to a job at large, well-known, established technology companies.

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受过大学教育的劳动力中的女性正在发现对计算的潜在兴趣和能力，这是由于计算作为许多领域工作不可或缺的一部分的流行以及关于空缺的高薪计算工作数量的持续头条新闻。这些女性的再培训选择之一是所谓的编码训练营，通过为期数周的密集课程教授编程技能。本文报道了一项针对加利福尼亚硅谷地区的定性研究。我们使用社会认知职业理论 (SCCT) 来调查女性通过新兵训练营学习网站进入计算机行业的更大背景，包括：环境蓬勃发展的技术劳动力，新兵训练营学习设置， 这特征参加新兵训练营的女性，编码训练营的再培训如何影响女性的计算自我效能感和结果期望, 和业绩成就妇女在新兵训练营。采访数据是从 14 名参加过新兵训练营的女性身上收集的——第一次是在从新兵训练营毕业之前，第二次是在工作六个月后。为了将计算生态系统背景化，我们对 6 位新兵训练营组织者/课程开发人员、7 位行业招聘经理和 14 位大学计算机科学教员进行了单次采访。为了与新兵训练营中的女性进行对比，我们采访了 5 名在大学主修计算机科学的女性和 17 名参加过新兵训练营的男性。结构数据编码和分析的重点是环境、人员投入、学习经验、自我效能、结果期望和绩效成就的 SCCT 机制。