I Got a Job Two Weeks After My Coding Bootcamp

https://letterstoanewdeveloper.com/2020/07/20/how-i-got-a-job-two-weeks-after-my-coding-bootcamp/

by mooreds • 6 years ago

13 16 6 years ago

A few companies had interview processes that were equivalent to Google. They wanted a coding bootcamp graduate to be able to solve complex algorithms that even a software engineer with a CS degree and years of experience would have struggled to complete.

Is this article satire? It seems like this diva wanted to stroll into software development after a 2 week course and have everything handed to her.

shash7• 6 years ago

The reasoning behind it is smart actually. Instead of focusing on a gruelling coding focused interview, they focused on other interviews where the companies were willing to invest in mentorship on junior devs.

stevewodil2• 6 years ago

It doesn't specify how long the course was in the article, and based on the fact that the author mentions a portfolio of several applications my best guess is that it's multiple months of bootcamp.

The concept is very simple. A junior dev graduating from a bootcamp can create UI's, CRUD, etc. but should not be expected to have expertise in algorithms.

RunawayGalaxy• 6 years ago

The concept is very simple. A junior dev graduating from a bootcamp can create UI's, CRUD, etc. but should not be expected to have expertise in algorithms.

I find the idea that "you should expect less out of bootcamp grads" more harmful than helpful. The stigma of coming from a bootcamp is real in software, and this reinforces it. In my experience, there are certainly bootcamp grads out there who have strong algorithm skills.

tannhauser23• 6 years ago

You missed the point. The author is telling new bootcamp grads to _avoid_ companies that have algorithm-heavy interview processes because: "I would have spent so much time preparing for just one interview at one company when instead I could use that time to go through the interview process at several companies."

duxup3• 6 years ago

Read the next paragraph.

He notes he passed on those companies whose interview process was like he described as he felt he wasn't a good fit.

spicyramen• 6 years ago

Anyone that after a coding bootcamp call themselves senior software engineer... I would have my doubts.

duxup3• 6 years ago

Well the article says it was initially published elsewhere... although the date on that article is just feb 2020...

Still maybe he is writing about the distant past?

mooreds• 6 years ago

The author became a senior engineer (earned the senior engineer title) after a couple of years on the job, not immediately after the bootcamp. More here: https://randallkanna.com/about/

She got a job two weeks after the bootcamp (what the post is about).

Edit: added parenthetical about earning the title.

MaxBarraclough• 6 years ago

Is that any less silly?

stefan_• 6 years ago

This looks like SEO spam.

duxup3• 6 years ago

It took me about 3 months.

The takeaway I think that is valuable for this article is for new folks to find a place that matches their skills / can use them.

A place doing super high tech fancy math folding space time stuff ... maybe doesn't have time for a new guy, even if they think they do. A place that has time to show them the ropes and work that they can DO, that's a good place to start.

sys_64738• 6 years ago

They'll be a senior architect by year end.

bJGVygG7MQVF8c• 6 years ago

Dear new developer,
Two weeks after I graduated my coding bootcamp, I had an offer. Two weeks after that, I started my first engineering job at a small startup.
Here are some of the strategies I used.

This is Randall Kenna:

https://randallkanna.com https://testandcode.com/guests/randall-kanna

Look. If you're a woman, you have lots of allies rooting for you to succeed in an industry and profession that's indisputably biased against you.

But especially as a white-presenting woman, maybe have the decency to not flaunt the exorbitant privilege -- not just socioeconomic and racial, but that of the multiple forms of affirmative action offered to you in certain corners -- as if it's a product of your effort or virtue.

This is a close kin to a mediocre white guy.

Appalling tone-deafness.

I Got a Job Two Weeks After My Coding Bootcamp

Related Stories