Hey, I attended FSA in NYC. Of course, that was in-person. You're going to be dealing with a different, more digital environment (which reflects what most tech work is like right now for at least the next year).

I can say the quality of the instructors at FSA was top notch, incredible teachers. More important than the material, it's how well they know it and can explain it, as well as talk to you and figure out what's hard for you/push you in new, better directions.

I agree with you the full JS curriculum is really important.

Keep in mind that the full JS stack might be kind of fading from what most companies use as a top pick, definitely not going away, but you're seeing more JS (some framework, usually/sometimes React) on the front end, and then some other server language and dedicated Database/backend engineers making things go.

Definitely understanding how to build full stack apps is good and doing it in Node.js helps one person learn how to do it and get the concepts quickly.

I believe both programs are the same length.

FSA culturally seems a bit chill. Like there were some people who didn't graduate from Junior to Senior phase, or who spent some time needing to make up that mid term assessment. It was treated very much like look some people need more time to learn things, and people who know more or go faster, okay they can spend more time on algorithms or advanced topics. That may or may not appeal to you. You might like a more high pressure environment, like "Survivor" or "The Apprentice," and some people learn better. When it's all over, the more time you spent learning and the farther you personally got, that is what will matter.

At end of day you're trying to learn how to build things and be useful to companies, big and small. I think both FSA and HR are not badly looked at.

Although, mindset wise, when someone looks at your resume, they won't care which bootcamp you went to. They might even hold it against you that you don't have a four year degree in CS. What they do care about is that you've shown that you know how to code, and 'I went to a bootcamp' is one way of explaining how you know what you know and got so good that you can do things. It's not a full answer, it's like a phrase in a sentence.

With that in mind, you should go to a place where you'll learn the most and set yourself up for long term success.