u/One-Wafer-4581 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I didnt know you guys worked with people with 0 YOE. You should advertise this more. Lots of people who already have a good understanding of the technologies that bootcamps teach would probably be better served by a program like yours. Im going to codesmith, but I think I have g
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
Hey! The YOE is years of software engineering work experience. So in this bucket people still typically have a related degree + experience, or a bootcamp, or self taught for \~2 years, it's not zero-zero.
We have a handful of people who truly have zero experience and are only self taught and we decided to accept them in lieu of a bootcamp... this person specifically was looking at Codesmith and went to Formation instead: [https://formation.dev/blog/fellow-spotlight-brian-do/](https://formation.dev/blog/fellow-spotlight-brian-do/) and then this person did Formation AFTER Codesmith: [https://formation.dev/blog/fellow-spotlight-chris-guizzetti/](https://formation.dev/blog/fellow-spotlight-chris-guizzetti/)
I would almost always recommend doing a bootcamp first and you are on the right track... like I said, everyone is unique and we treat you that way.