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"we charge $20k because the median student gets a ~$50k raise" Horseshit alert if I've ever heard one.
by analognoise 10y ago
"we charge $20k because the median student gets a ~$50k raise"
Horseshit alert if I've ever heard one.
- seangrogg 10y agoYeah, my raise was more along the lines of $140k. But I went from Shift Lead Walgreens to contract Web Developer at Google, so... there's that.
- analognoise 10y agoRight, because you can hire from the graduating class of Stanford, Berkeley, CMU, MIT, etc., and instead you choose a Walgreens Shift Lead from a "coding bootcamp." Sounds legit.
- gk1 10y agoParent is being disingenious. They held 5 positions (plus military reserve) over a period of 4 years between "Walgreens Shift Lead" and "Web Application Developer" at a staffing agency. I, too, got a six-figure "raise" from middle school to today.
- seangrogg 10y agoConsidering there was less than a year between AudioThrift (where I was making ~$20k) and ink on the Google contract... I wouldn't think it's all that disingenuous.
- jayzalowitz 10y agoYeah, im gonna call bullshit on this one too. You got into google because google actively recruits military vets, not because of the bootcamp experience, which might have helped get you over the hump, but unlikely caused it. It took you 3 years between shift lead and google. ~your lovely neighborhood ex-people search engine founder. P.S. thank you for your navy service (in all seriousness)
- seangrogg 10y agoGoogle doesn't care about veteran status when it comes to their contracted employees as that pool comes from the ranks of the staffing agencies. As far as the 3 years since Walgreens goes... - 1 year spent in college for CS before dropping out - 1 year spent self-teaching and working for a startup where I learned what "jQuery" and "AJAX" and "PHP" did =p - 3 months Hack Reactor - 6 months contract with Intel - currently at Google
- shoemai 10y ago50k to 100k median doesn't seem too far fetched to me. Myself and many people I know were in that range.
- lukebp 10y agoHack Reactor grad here and former civil engineer. My raise was $40k and I came from a fairly high paying job relative to the rest of the civil engineers I knew. If I had come from an average civil engineering salary the raise would have been more along the lines of $55-$60k.
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- ajhurliman 10y agoCode Fellows grad here. I went from a $50k mechanical engineering job to a $130k web dev job (consulting) directly after completing the program.
- arian19 10y agoHack Reactor 25 Grad here... I got a 93k raise after HR working at Google. Left to go to Apple less than a month after that.
- arian19 10y agoHack Reactor 25 Grad here... I got a 93k raise after HR working at Google. Left to go to Apple less than a month after that.
- azey47 10y agoI was in HR15. I got a $70k raise. Went from working as a Junior accountant making $40k to Software Engineer making $110k (not even counting my $15k signing bonus). The ROI from the program is beyond ridiculous. Best experience of my life.
- lindsbot_ 10y agoHR06 grad here, went from making 25k at a restaurant to 110k at my first job out of HR. Obviously if you're working in the field beforehand the increase won't be as much, but far from horseshit for most grads.
- hrgradaswell 10y agochiming in here - i went from making salary ~80k at google in a non tech role, to 106k salary at a start up working remotely. i'd say with all the benefits at google, i probably made more with bonus, stock, and perks, but i'm happier now with what i'm doing - my work is more fulfilling. the investment i made in HR was worth it to me.
- davegonzalez 10y agoanother HR06 grad here. worked as a customer support rep making $43k/year to $110k/year + 5k signing bonus right out of Hack Reactor.
- trednas 10y agoHack Reactor Cohort 32 graduate here -- 50k bump in salary
- veebuv 10y agoWent from 55K consultant mech eng to 95K. Took a lot of self hustle and the HR marketing and alum outcome results. If not this would have got to that number after maybe 2 years so definitely helped.