> I learned C, C++, etc. which was super interesting at the time but it just doesn't translate into JS/React-world super well.

The technology you learn is not really the point though, it's all of the fundamental underlying principles

Have you ever worked with someone who has no concept of Big O? I have. They wrote almost woefully inefficient code, and actually had no concept that code efficiency was even something you could reason about

This is not a terribly difficult thing to teach to a Junior, but it's just one example of things you learn in a degree program that bootcamps generally gloss over

I've met some excellent bootcamp devs and I've met some absolutely horrendous 4 year college CS grads.

It also highly depends on which bootcamp you hire from as some do do push on CS fundamentals using Javascript as the language to teach.

The top bootcamps filters out a lot of unserious, low quality candidates for you already. In addition, it's not a 3 month learning experience. It's 3-6 months of prep work, 3 months of actual bootcamp, and then likely months of practicing leetcode for interviews. It can take a year.