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I attended DevBootcamp October-December 2012. I was the third cohort of this Bootcamp, and I believe it was one of the first, I think I'm part of the rare ones

I attended DevBootcamp October-December 2012. I was the third cohort of this Bootcamp, and I believe it was one of the first, I think I'm part of the rare ones who reached 4 years of full time work experience after a bootcamp - which is the length of a CS degree. I've written a blog post about it here: http://jonathanfromgrowth.com/2017/03/14/From-Devbootcamp-to-Uber.html http://jonathanfromgrowth.com/2017/03/14/From-Devbootcamp-to... > What are you doing now? Senior engineer at Uber > Do you feel that the bootcamp prepared you for the jobs you got? Definitely. My first job was at a small YC startup doing Rails (that's what I learned) and that first year there taught me a lot and was a perfect continuation of the bootcamp. > Do you think most of your cohort are still working as developers? Yes

ajlai 9y ago
I'm part of jypepin's cohort (good to see you again!). I'm now a lead developer at GeneDx, and have been working there since I first graduated. I was the first bootcamp grad hired at my company, and I was trained well enough there that we went on to hire three more bootcamp grads (of five new hires total). Those three are all still working with us. At the time I applied to Dev Bootcamp, there wasn't any job/salary information for previous cohorts, so attending was a giant leap of faith that we'd be employable afterwards. My cohort seemed to be mostly made up of people who sincerely enjoyed programming and had an aptitude for it, based on my experiences pair programming with them. There were a few people from my cohort that I wouldn't hire, but I'd say they were in the minority.