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I used to be a power user on Quora. It's how I learned about the coding bootcamp that eventually became the catalyst for a huge career change in my life. I'd s
by rkho 8y ago
I used to be a power user on Quora. It's how I learned about the coding bootcamp that eventually became the catalyst for a huge career change in my life.
I'd spend countless hours answering questions about my experiences and the school I attended, with the intention of just helping give back to the community.
Over the years, Quora became an relentless flood of "ask to answer" questions that were already on the site, ones asking me to compare "X coding bootcamp vs Y coding bootcamp" (like, how would someone know if they only attended one?), or just ridiculous comments from entitled people who expected the world with their questions.
I eventually deleted all of my answers and deactivated my account. It's just no longer worth contributing to a site that's very obviously devolved to "Yahoo Answers, with influencer spam"
- fourstar 8y agoWhat more did you expect from sharing your experience from attending a coding bootcamp? Get off your high horse.
- praneshp 8y agoI wish you had phrased your answer better, but this is exactly what I thought of the OP's comment (and the vast majority of former power users' complaints, as someone that used to hang out there since the early days).
- fourstar 8y agoSometimes the truth is hard to swallow. EDIT: (as you can tell by the amount of downvotes both of my comments have already received). Hive-mind in effect.
- wglb 8y agoThis comment is not in line with the site guidelines.
- fourstar 8y agoAnd what exactly are those? Please share. HINT: I've been here for 10 years.
- athampy 8y agoThey're making a joke.
- Wowfunhappy 8y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3."
- zenexer 8y agoSite guidelines aside, your wording is rather rude. You probably could've said the same thing without the "get off your high horse" bit.
- fourstar 8y agoWhy can't you express your opinion on here anymore? After all -- it's called "Hacker" News. I'm willing to bet the majority of people downvoting me somehow ended up here or in tech by the dollar signs rather than the "hacking" subculture. I guarantee you that HN has lost a lot of good conversation due to the constant fear of the downvote brigade (you know -- the "Hive Mind" I mentioned in another one of my comments). You can downvote me all day. I'll express my opinion when I feel like it.
- saagarjha 8y ago> I'll express my opinion when I feel like it. You're welcome to do that in a way that is constructive. What you are not welcome to do is be rude when doing so, like you are here.
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- minhaz23 8y agoId like to learn more about your bootcamp experiences. Do you still recommend it?
- mettamage 8y agoI was a bootcamp instructor (hello HN -- I'm for hire as one! See my email in my profile). Since I'm in between jobs I can be frank (to potential schools wanting to hire me, I care about the right selection of students). There are 3 types of people in bootcamps: 1. People who are too good. They should run away from bootcamps. 2. People who are the right fit. 3. People who aren't able to understand what if-based thinking is (if I am cold, then I will put on an extra layer of clothing). These people shouldn't do a bootcamp. All people in this group seem to have less education or less high quality education. My tip: go to freecodecamp.org and do 2 weeks to 4 weeks of JS. If you notice that you're motivated enough to learn alone then continue and don't do a bootcamp. If you notice that you struggled (motivation-wise) then do a bootcamp.
- robocat 8y agoWhy delete all your answers?
- shakestheclown 8y agoPersonally, I've considered deleting all mine because quite often years old posts will get flagged for spam or inappropriate material or some other rule despite it being the top voted (and often only) answer. I used to reply and send them their own rules back that they claim I violated and get 90%+ lifted, but after a couple old answers got flagged in the same week and it locked my account for x amount of time I stopped dealing with them. And often I'd have to appeal the same post over and over again anyway. It would get blocked, I'd get it reinstated, and then it would get blocked again so it was just frustrating. I used to be top 7 in a specific niche but it wasn't worth dealing with their moderation appeals constantly. It's not quite as bad now that I am not in the top lists.