There absolutely was a gold rush at the beginning! I believe it started with Dev boot camp in SF. Many of the students in the first cohort split off after graduation and made their own schools. If I recall correctly the person who started App Academy was a DBC grad. Anyways, imagine that, some one who just learned to code, now running their own unaccredited program. Scam is too strong of a word for these programs. They were just amateurs really. Add in a little silicon valley hustle and now you have a nice little pressure cooker where they need to start hitting enrollment and graduation numbers. It also didnt help they were in one of the most expensive real estate locations in the world.