You wouldn't need a degree for the boot camp, you are saying a boot camp is a replacement for a degree. That these two options are equal for a company hiring.
Aren't a lot of coding boot-camps going bankrupt and closing, and having various scandals for over-inflating their placement numbers?
Don't get me wrong, I really love the idea of picking up a book, teaching myself, and going and getting a job.
They don't require it. And still place people without degrees at all sorts of companies.
Maybe you are somewhere that it is required. But in general, it really is not.