I’m Michael. I was a principal engineer at Facebook from 2009 to 2017, where I was the top code contributor of all time and also conducted hundreds of interviews. I recently co-founded Formation.dev, an engineering fellowship that trains and refers engineers directly into big tech. Ask me Anything!

Hi, the ISA is based on eligibility to work yeah so I don't know if/when that would change, but our mission is to have training that works for everyone just no timeframe I can give. We don't rely on special relationships necessarily for jobs. We help you find the best path we can for companies to meet your goals. Sometimes that is referrals and sometimes we just help people apply to the right places. But we don't have specific pipelines that you automatically get placed in with specific companies. Referrals also don't guarantee interviews always, and referrals come in many shapes and sizes as well. Targeting most companies in Canada that have a presence or connections to the USA (which is a lot of the top companies) is reasonable. We are less connected with Canadian specific companies.