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Honestly, i'd go beg for your old job back especially if you were making six figures. Also Ruby is different than Java, very different. A Ruby bootcamp will not
by mattmurdog 11y ago
Honestly, i'd go beg for your old job back especially if you were making six figures. Also Ruby is different than Java, very different. A Ruby bootcamp will not and has not prepared you to become a full-time developer. Lastly, no company worth a damn would make someone work for free for 4 months and then pay them 55k. We pay our interns that much if not more and they don't even know what MVC or OOP is.
- gamechangr 11y agoI appreciate the concern on the job front. I've been waiting to quit for maybe three years, but yeah my base was low six figures (bonuses were a moving target, but good) I didn't really think of the Ruby on Rails bootcamp as preparing me, just as giving me enough exposure to know if I wanted to explore programming as a profession. I had a blast, but did feel a little bad for some of the other really bright people who were counting on a job upon completing it. The money is maybe the least important part of my concern, but I guess I should look at that objectively. If interns make more, I should either repackage myself as an intern or look for a better fit. I enjoy the people that interviewed me. I think I could take to Java, at least I picture it would give me a strong foundation for future development, which is one of my objectives. I just can't seem to get over the idea that they don't have enough invested in my learning curve, which is why I asked HN. Thanks for the input. upvoted.