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This makes so much sense. As I look back on the last 20 years of my career the things that set one place above another is the team and relationships.

I spend most of my time at a new job trying to recruit my former colleagues over. Team is everything. Once you have a group of people who work well together, the problem doesn't matter.

I saw someone saying they'd fight over tabs/spaces - nope. That's what two strangers do. A team has already settled on spaces.

If there are any employers reading my comment, hit me up if you want a solid team.

This is exactly what happened to me. I went from being a model "A-player" to "He was a C-player who needed to go". Don't think for 1 second the business will ever compromise itself for you.

#3 is really important. Do not shy away from sharing your stories with your potential new employer. It helps them better understand who you are. If they care about you and the investment they are making in you, then they will want to hire someone who is strong enough to stand up for something they believe.

In my experience they're operating like for-profit colleges. They charge so much because they can. People want to believe that they can sign up for a course and leave a new person. The reality is that you have to put in the hard work to be good enough to hold your own at development shop. So those that are hirable after doing a bootcamp are mostly likely the ones that would have been successful developers if they had just stayed at home and studied. Those that are less than desirable hires make up the majority of the students. Bootcamps are cash cows.

Seems like a bandaid approach to fixing a severed artery. The real problem is the lack of desire to read documentation. This also has the problem of sending someone down the wrong path when the wrong "solution" is suggested. Read more documentation and pay attention while you're programming.