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don't go to Hack Reactor/ Galvanize - choose another BootCamp like codesmith or app academy - they're probably better

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u/Potatoupe wrote (the comment Michael replied to):

I think I got the same "quantify success" advice. But it was more along the lines of not putting "made dashboard for company metrics" to "made a metrics dashboard that improved RCA reports creation, which saved x amount of time per week". So that there is more meaningful informat

u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
This is very subtle but not many bootcamp projects have numbers. No one uses them, these writeups happen right after launch, they are 3 to 5 week projects! I think when people stretch here is where the exaggeration comes out. e.g increased the number of users by 300%... from 1 to 3, and they were my friends. I'm not saying this is wrong, I just want people to acknowledge it's happening. Especially before complaining about the ever increasing YOE requirements in entry level jobs.