@ahcompsci
Reddit is full of toxic wannabes, gatekeepers and burnouts. Edit: Fuck reddit. Anyone reading this, follow your dream and put in the work. Listen to yourself.
@dr8gonwolf666
I got accepted into a bootcamp cohort where the government sponsored us and paid the tuition fee. But one week before the bootcamp started I got offered a contract job position to work in a tech company but not as a full stack dev or software engineer but as a data assistant. I was trying to transition from a career as an architect to a software engineer. I decided to take the job since I figured work experience and getting paid was way more valuable. It’s not a software engineering position but I’m hoping that this would be a good stepping stone for me. Recently, I’ve been quite skeptical about bootcamp because I see lots of videos of people saying they’re dead. Nice to see a video saying they’re not dead haha
@JIPP71984
I moved from construction industry into a full stack developer role. Mixture of self taught and bootcamp. Also worked for free in evenings to get experience whilst still working construction in the day. I agree the ones that have done the best from our bootcamp 3 years later were the ones that spent more time on their self study rather than just relying on the bootcamp materials. I think it comes down to grit and resilience if you put in the effort you can do it.
@seanmcgrady8688
I'd really like a trade school, 2-year equivalent program for development. I was close to a beginner when I went to a bootcamp, and there was no real differentiation in the course for student ability. I got familiar with concepts, but I certainly didn't learn them well. It was a bittersweet experience, sweet in hindsight because I managed to get work. Some concepts just require more time & practice. 3 months is so little time, and if the material isn't taught well, so much of that time gets wasted.
@mikejason1388
I went to a boot camp and had a great experience and got a nice job after. Rule of thumb, if it felt easy to get into the boot camp it’s not a good boot camp. You should have to spend a lot of time preparing before even being qualified to get into the program
@AnotherPersonStoppingBy
Oh, but Don. The problem is that so many employers won't even look at your application without a CS or related bachelor's degree. You'll be filtered out before they even lay eyes on your resume/projects. And even if you did manage to get the job today, how secure will you be relative to your CS-degreed peers? Will you survive the next few rounds of layoffs over them? And if not, how hard will it be for you to land your next job without that much experience? As companies continue to complain about having too many applications to sift through, the credentialism will only get worse. I wish this weren't true. It would save a lot of people thousands and thousands of dollars and years of time spent on subject matter that is only tangentially related to day-to-day software engineering. But here we are.
@w0ode198
mmmm... interesting... I am a self thought programmer in the embedded world. Self taught in EE, ASM, C, C++, and you know what, it was fucking hard and full of tears and pain, but the weird thing about it all, is I loved it and still do.
@jwillisofficial
I just graduated from Springboard's software engineering bootcamp a couple of weeks ago, and you have no idea how much I needed to hear this right now. THANK YOU SIR!
@OleWickedDoc
So I was looking into the Bootcamp route but I was considering getting a CS Degree while doing FreeCodeCamp , Odin Project, code wars etc as somewhat of a test run.(Prior military so GI bill will cover school and living expenses). Then if I can complete the free courses while in school without burning out, I was thinking about a part time Bootcamp(Looking into Triple Ten or Code Temple) to get projects for my portfolio and use their career help/connections to start networking for internships/part time remote job(possibly work part time for free to get my foot in the door while my GI Bill covers my bills) or instead of a part time boot camp I continue on the "self taught route" while in school and do small fiverr jobs for websites, small apps etc to build my portfolio while possibly making a little money on the side. Do you think this is a feasible plan or would I be setting myself up to fail? I want to get my CS Degree, I just don't want to finish it and then have a mountain of networking and experience to tackle.
@MrBlister808
I appreciate your candidness. Respect brother.
@Cone911
After months hanging around r/CodingBootcamp, I needed to hear this. Subbed.
@andrewg2586
Hi thanks for the video. Can you create a video talking about what skills and projects do companies look for?
@bestopinion9257
The problem is AI. Companies replace juniors with AI. When you have a tool that can write code as well as a junior and for free, your work as a junior is no more valuable.
@belca7480
Glad to hear this after being in the self taught path for 1.5 year. I have finally registered with Fulstack academy July 15 cohort.
@passportbro904
I was selt learning for 12 months b4 i decided i really wanted to get into data science (engineer) in those 12 months i learned python and sql so moving into data was smooth, only 3 months ago i started a data science degree here in the uk, so i can put that on my resume and have practical skills even b4 i graduate. 😅
@Blinkers2007GameDev
I'm going to do a webb development bootcamp with some AI programming too. This bootcamp is free since we get student income every month in sweden(125 dollars in total), and so I could get a bootcamp degree, knowledge and a path in to the industry in like 24 weeks if I do it part time. I think it's worth it. Question is if I can do it while i'm 17 and if I should do it part time while being in school, in the summer or just quit the school and do that instead.
@LeonC0704
The problem with the bootcamps is that it's just students teaching students. They usually hire recent grads to teach what they barely grasp
@bitwize
Even when they're not fraudulent (like Lambda School), in the USA bootcamps are still a ripoff compared to community colleges and state universities, both of which offer flexible options for upskilling. Heck, for bootcamp money you could get an actual degree from an actual university, as state universities are bound to have steep discounts for residents of the state they're in.
@frmendez21
I went from construction worker to software engineer in 2021 after bootcamp, i would say its a bit tougher right now with the state of the market though
@Dom.zee13