As hiring has slowed amid tariffs and economic uncertainty, long-term unemployment has climbed to a more than 2-year high.

With more and more companies hoping to bring workers back into the office — in some cases part-time and, in others, full-time — it may feel like your remote work dreams will remain just that.

Coding bootcamps are a complementary pathway — an experiment in democratising access to an industry that has long been viewed ...