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Do any of these bootcamps get you a job? I can't imagine learning much in a few month period, especially if you aren't already in tech.

madboston 3y ago
Maybe in past decades some employers were willing to give it a shot? I can't imagine anyone who just does this camp getting into "Big Tech" immediately. Maybe they actually were clever, had some relevant experience before, strong interest in technology already. I know someone who did a bootcamp to move from sales to something they described sales engineer.
encoderer 3y ago
You can’t imagine learning much in a few months of full time schooling? Really?
- richrichie 3y ago
  School >> Boot camp. All the booze, partying and sex clears the mind and brings in insane level of focus.
  - kurthr 3y ago
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- lotsoweiners 3y ago
  Not enough to be employable and I have pretty low standards for my employees.
  - encoderer 3y ago
    One of my best hires in big tech was from a bootcamp. He made Sr Eng in 3 years. Previous job was a musician and waiter. Currently a principal engineer at Twilio. There’s a reason entry level tech recruiting pivoted from “new grad” programs to “early career” programs. I will add, just like any school the quality of the instructors is very important. You are probably getting better boot camp experiences in the Bay Area.
Swizec 3y ago
I’ve worked with 2 fresh bootcamp grads in the past and they were both fantastic. Our bar for hiring entry-level programmers was that they can write syntactically valid code while pairing with a more experienced engineer, ask lots of questions, and are quick learners. Nobody expects a bootcamp grad to jump directly into engineering entire features from scratch. They do expect this from uni grads but I can tell from personal experience as a fresh-out-of-uni engineer that this is a terrible idea.
thaumasiotes 3y ago
When I worked for NCC Group, they heavily emphasized recruiting from Hackbright, specifically because Hackbright doesn't admit men.
wredue 3y ago
For about a decade, the tech sector had explosive growth, and some companies were taking “anything” they could get, which often included people who don’t know what an array is.
slaughtr 3y ago
I’m biased about this as a boot camp grad -> staff engineer who has worked with a lot of interns that went on to be very successful engineers from the boot camp I attended, but yes it can definitely help.

madboston 3y ago

Maybe in past decades some employers were willing to give it a shot? I can't imagine anyone who just does this camp getting into "Big Tech" immediately. Maybe they actually were clever, had some relevant experience before, strong interest in technology already. I know someone who did a bootcamp to move from sales to something they described sales engineer.

encoderer 3y ago

You can’t imagine learning much in a few months of full time schooling? Really?

richrichie 3y ago
School >> Boot camp. All the booze, partying and sex clears the mind and brings in insane level of focus.
- kurthr 3y ago
  Time to start the boozepartysex AI coding bootcamp! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-484806/X-Factor-bootcamp-drugs-sex.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-484806/X-Facto...
lotsoweiners 3y ago
Not enough to be employable and I have pretty low standards for my employees.
- encoderer 3y ago
  One of my best hires in big tech was from a bootcamp. He made Sr Eng in 3 years. Previous job was a musician and waiter. Currently a principal engineer at Twilio. There’s a reason entry level tech recruiting pivoted from “new grad” programs to “early career” programs. I will add, just like any school the quality of the instructors is very important. You are probably getting better boot camp experiences in the Bay Area.

Swizec 3y ago

I’ve worked with 2 fresh bootcamp grads in the past and they were both fantastic. Our bar for hiring entry-level programmers was that they can write syntactically valid code while pairing with a more experienced engineer, ask lots of questions, and are quick learners. Nobody expects a bootcamp grad to jump directly into engineering entire features from scratch. They do expect this from uni grads but I can tell from personal experience as a fresh-out-of-uni engineer that this is a terrible idea.

thaumasiotes 3y ago

When I worked for NCC Group, they heavily emphasized recruiting from Hackbright, specifically because Hackbright doesn't admit men.

wredue 3y ago

For about a decade, the tech sector had explosive growth, and some companies were taking “anything” they could get, which often included people who don’t know what an array is.

slaughtr 3y ago

I’m biased about this as a boot camp grad -> staff engineer who has worked with a lot of interns that went on to be very successful engineers from the boot camp I attended, but yes it can definitely help.