> its more like, if you know what you're doing. You're right! I'd take a risk on hiring a non-traditional student who taught themselves to code and is a maint

> its more like, if you know what you're doing. You're right! I'd take a risk on hiring a non-traditional student who taught themselves to code and is a maintainer of a decent sized OSS project. Not on a bootcamp grad with no coding experience outside of the bootcamp. > Companies today want people who can hit the ground running. Less jobs for juniors, less jobs for ramping up within 3-4 months. Exactly. And I can confirm that.