Thanks for your article. I've been debating on a bootcamp option vs. self study. I've been pretty darn motivated and disciplined with studying over the past 2 months, but I still wonder if a bootcamp would pay out in speed of hire after completion and starting salary. I haven't really found much data that I am confident about. The other challenge I have is that I'm in a rural part of the US having moved this time last year from a major metro area for a job. Alas, there seems to be only one bootcamp that will do a job guarantee for remote positions with a price I could convince myself to swallow (knowing a free option does exist). So, my questions back to you are (if you are willing to provide some answers): which program did you do through which school? How many of your classmates got good jobs relatively quickly thereafter? How long did it take you to get a job? I'm hearing horror stories of the crazy amount of competition for entry jobs due to all the bootcamp type graduates trying to get into tech, were there several hundreds of other people you were competing against at every turn? How much career support did the bootcamp actually provide you?
My last day as a chef was Mother's Day of this year, and hopped on board with an in-person bootcamp in Detroit focusing on Front End. It was an incredibly scary and intense experience, but it was the best decision I could have made. In 10wks I learned more and became more competent with JS & Angular than I ever expected. I learn the best with complete immersion, and they provided that in spades.
I am right at 4wks out of bootcamp, and I just sent my acceptance email for a Full Stack Dev position about 20min ago. My cohort had just over 20ppl, and to my knowledge 30-40% of us now have a position.
What I will say on the competition aspect of it:
I blew the ever living doors off of most of the CS grads with technical ability, but they had me on theory and CS knowledge. You will most likely have to teach yourself a lot of the theory, but if you have the technical ability, it'll balance out some short comings.
Thanks for your article. I've been debating on a bootcamp option vs. self study. I've been pretty darn motivated and disciplined with studying over the past 2 months, but I still wonder if a bootcamp would pay out in speed of hire after completion and starting salary. I haven't really found much data that I am confident about. The other challenge I have is that I'm in a rural part of the US having moved this time last year from a major metro area for a job. Alas, there seems to be only one bootcamp that will do a job guarantee for remote positions with a price I could convince myself to swallow (knowing a free option does exist). So, my questions back to you are (if you are willing to provide some answers): which program did you do through which school? How many of your classmates got good jobs relatively quickly thereafter? How long did it take you to get a job? I'm hearing horror stories of the crazy amount of competition for entry jobs due to all the bootcamp type graduates trying to get into tech, were there several hundreds of other people you were competing against at every turn? How much career support did the bootcamp actually provide you?
My last day as a chef was Mother's Day of this year, and hopped on board with an in-person bootcamp in Detroit focusing on Front End. It was an incredibly scary and intense experience, but it was the best decision I could have made. In 10wks I learned more and became more competent with JS & Angular than I ever expected. I learn the best with complete immersion, and they provided that in spades.
I am right at 4wks out of bootcamp, and I just sent my acceptance email for a Full Stack Dev position about 20min ago. My cohort had just over 20ppl, and to my knowledge 30-40% of us now have a position.
What I will say on the competition aspect of it:
I blew the ever living doors off of most of the CS grads with technical ability, but they had me on theory and CS knowledge. You will most likely have to teach yourself a lot of the theory, but if you have the technical ability, it'll balance out some short comings.
WOOT! Congrats!