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I've worked with Flatiron grads and the ones I've worked with were significantly higher caliber than typical bootcamp grads. Here's why: - They all had high po
by grandalf 9y ago
I've worked with Flatiron grads and the ones I've worked with were significantly higher caliber than typical bootcamp grads. Here's why:
- They all had high powered professional careers before deciding to attend Flatiron. In a sense, the deck is already stacked in favor of these kinds of people succeeding, because they are generally successful in the things they pursue.
- The project phase of the boot camp is set up to show off skills to potential hiring managers. I have attended these and have been impressed by the big picture view of the grads. They understood the project, the tech stack involved, the product level objectives, etc. Again, this is partly because of the high quality students going through, but I found that many of them had a very mature outlook on their projects.
- The founders and core team at the Flatiron School are all very passionate about teaching and creating a system that embraces well rounded learning and not just whatever hot buzzword will get someone an interview. In working with Flatiron you get the impression that unlike most boot camps it will still be there in a few decades.
- joekrill 9y agoObviously anecdotal, but I've had similar experiences. Granted I haven't really worked with any _other_ bootcamp grads, but we have a handful of junior developers who've attended Flatiron and they're all really great. They're way better than a lot of so-called "senior level" developers I worked with elsewhere (cough financial industry cough). I've been extremely surprised and happy with all of them.