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The irony around this article is that the hardest part about getting a tech job is the interview processes these companies create themselves. Do companies want

The irony around this article is that the hardest part about getting a tech job is the interview processes these companies create themselves. Do companies want to pay less for their talent? I'm sure the answer is yes. But realistically the barrier to entry for these kinds of positions is not a "skills-gap" in terms of the technology most engineers are likely to use in a day's work. Anecdotally, I haven't met any coding bootcamp graduates that have managed to get software jobs at FAANGs. I'm sure this is because my experience is anecdotal, and that there actually is a steady supply of bootcamp grads that are getting jobs at these companies. But my point is that even with an accelerated program designed to retrain adults to have the skills they need for these positions, the supply will probably not increase to a point where salaries are significantly effected. This especially true when you consider the number of previously non-technical companies that are hiring software engineers at incredible rates to meet expected software development demand in the coming decade.

rchaud 8y ago
> I haven't met any coding bootcamp graduates that have managed to get software jobs at FAANGs That's because the FAANGs already have stacks of resumes from Stanford, Caltech, MIT etc. Part of the diversity issue (academic and demographic) comes from the fact that they rarely recruit outside their comfort zone of 5-10 schools.
- Ancalagon 8y ago
  I don't have recruitment data so its quite possible those companies recruit far more heavily from those schools, but even from my own anecdotal experience at a top 30 (yes 3-0) state school in CS I was still getting recruited and interviewed by Amazon, Google, and Microsoft. And that was as a Physics major with only a CS minor in my Junior year. I doubt getting interviews with those companies is the issue, they are ALWAYS looking for more talent wherever they can get it.

rchaud 8y ago

> I haven't met any coding bootcamp graduates that have managed to get software jobs at FAANGs That's because the FAANGs already have stacks of resumes from Stanford, Caltech, MIT etc. Part of the diversity issue (academic and demographic) comes from the fact that they rarely recruit outside their comfort zone of 5-10 schools.

Ancalagon 8y ago
I don't have recruitment data so its quite possible those companies recruit far more heavily from those schools, but even from my own anecdotal experience at a top 30 (yes 3-0) state school in CS I was still getting recruited and interviewed by Amazon, Google, and Microsoft. And that was as a Physics major with only a CS minor in my Junior year. I doubt getting interviews with those companies is the issue, they are ALWAYS looking for more talent wherever they can get it.