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I will remember not to approach any company where you work, Meaty, because of your lack of faith in people being able to dedicate themselves and learn quickly.

I will remember not to approach any company where you work, Meaty, because of your lack of faith in people being able to dedicate themselves and learn quickly. It also sounds like you would never invest in any employee, which makes it clear that you would not be the right one to work with anyway. Developers are in demand so much right now that I have no idea how you find the perfect candidate. The market will not get any better without the investment of employers. I am by no means proficient after graduating from Hackbright on Friday, and I hope that every company I talk to knows that, but I have a wonderfully firm basis that will help me build an amazing career I never dreamed of. I think that is actually noble of the founders of Hackbright to change peoples' lives so quickly and wonderfully. It is my understanding that every programmer continues learning, and that is just what I intend to do. I come from an arts background, and I am glad. A couple of years ago, I realized that though I was interested in technology and analyzing autobiographical internet writing, I was more interested in making the magic happen, but I didn't have the tools to do that and I was floundering. It's actually pretty awesome that we with "business and arts backgrounds" have been able to hack it with such different experiences. I cannot even begin to describe how flustered I am by your silly comment that "it's an easy way to make quick cash": 1. I don't think it's easy at all. 2. Quick cash with San Francisco housing costs? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. 3. I had no idea how much programmers make going in. It wasn't the money that motivated me; it was learning something that truly interested me out of which I could hopefully make a career. 4. It pays better "crap" than the crap I was getting paid before. With a Master's degree, managing experience, language skills, international experience, a project management internship, editing knowledge, and a boatload of other very valuable skills, I was making around $24,000 a year with no benefits whatsoever, and that was after about a year and a half of searching for a job. Try doing any kind of thriving on that. So even though money wasn't the motivating factor, I think we can easily agree that I have tripled or quadrupled my value as an employee. That doesn't sound like it "pays crap" to me.

irahul 14y ago
> The market will not get any better without the investment of employers. I won't know anything about how the market will get better, but please don't count on your employers for your personal growth. If the employer does that for you, that's an added advantage. Also, the way your employer shapes you very rarely aligns with your optimal growth. An ideal employer is a facilitator viz. RailsConf will be paid by the company, buy whatever books you want etc. > but I have a wonderfully firm basis that will help me build an amazing career I never dreamed of. It will help you eventually, but unless Hackbright has arranged interviews for you, be prepared for not hearing back from the employers. People who have formal education for at least 4 years in computer science secure an interview once in a while, and a desirable job takes many such secured interviews. From the employers perspective, if many such formally educated people turn out below par, a 10 week training program doesn't really excite anyone. My unsolicited advice is start building things - small tractable things which you can build in less than 3 weeks. Build it and put it on github. It might not work for big companies, but small companies are more likely to give you a chance if they can see your code and verify that you can build things.
- MichelleGlauser 14y ago
  Yes, that is a problem sometimes. That is another thing really awesome about Hackbright--they provide a lot of networking opportunities and even a Career Day. I have nine interviews so far.

irahul 14y ago

> The market will not get any better without the investment of employers. I won't know anything about how the market will get better, but please don't count on your employers for your personal growth. If the employer does that for you, that's an added advantage. Also, the way your employer shapes you very rarely aligns with your optimal growth. An ideal employer is a facilitator viz. RailsConf will be paid by the company, buy whatever books you want etc. > but I have a wonderfully firm basis that will help me build an amazing career I never dreamed of. It will help you eventually, but unless Hackbright has arranged interviews for you, be prepared for not hearing back from the employers. People who have formal education for at least 4 years in computer science secure an interview once in a while, and a desirable job takes many such secured interviews. From the employers perspective, if many such formally educated people turn out below par, a 10 week training program doesn't really excite anyone. My unsolicited advice is start building things - small tractable things which you can build in less than 3 weeks. Build it and put it on github. It might not work for big companies, but small companies are more likely to give you a chance if they can see your code and verify that you can build things.

MichelleGlauser 14y ago
Yes, that is a problem sometimes. That is another thing really awesome about Hackbright--they provide a lot of networking opportunities and even a Career Day. I have nine interviews so far.