Ex-FAANGs, what are you doing now?

Hey Pentatonic, nice to meet you. If you are already a bit technical (I don't know what exactly you are doing, but I could imagine some scripting and/or DB querying) I would start with some online courses first - which is what it sounds like you are doing! Formation isn't a bootcamp and we work with people with typically 1 - 3 years of professional coding experience. Maybe 5 to 10% of people have no experience, and we can work with you if your skills are at a certain bar... so it's possible but more of a special case. We work on data structures and algorithms, take home projects, live coding, and a little bit of hands on simulated work if you need it. Why it works so well, three things: 1. We work with unconditionally until you get that top tier job. So if you are driven and hard working, then whether it takes 1 month or 10 months, we are working super hard with you every day. The result is that the vast majority of people get top tier jobs, and the ones that don't either had different goals to begin with, or had a time limit on their job search (and still ended up with very good jobs). 2. There's no fixed curriculum or program. We have a ton of engineering work behind the scenes so that every week we can generate a new schedule of tasks and 3-5 person mentor-led sessions we think you need to work on. We assess everything you do, and then we repeat. So it's much more efficient than anything else. 3. Our mentors are very strong. We've brought together some extremely impressive mentors who have down collectively thousands and thousands of interviews and not only give great feedback, but are also extremely passionate about helping people from non traditional backgrounds succeed. Sorry, became kind of long, but hopefully helpful!