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I did not have positive experiences working with the Dev Bootcamp and grads from other camps at my company, which hired a number of them, 4 or so of which I got
by practicalpants 12y ago
I did not have positive experiences working with the Dev Bootcamp and grads from other camps at my company, which hired a number of them, 4 or so of which I got to know. My two cents is that, like the bootcamps, they are very good at selling themselves, and they are rather charismatic and friendly people at that. But I did not find they were good problem solvers, they are very junior post bootcamp. My team stopped considering resumes from any boot camp participants, unless they had an engineering background.
What I think's going on is that many of them want to found startups, so they want to be technical enough to launch prototypes, give investor confidence, etc. but they don't want to invest much further than that. And I think that's ultimately a problematic approach, as it's not going to be good for the people that hire you, and not good for the startup you found either, thinking of the recent poster who, as a 'technical cofounder', is being squeezed out of his company by the CTO because he's just not good enough.
I read in another comment this survey did not prevent multiple voting, so I'm sharing my opinion here as it's unclear if the survey will be skewed.