u/someone wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Thank you for your thoughtful response! That is really helpful. Building confidence is definitely a major factor, and I’m glad to hear that you think Formation is a suitable fit. One thing that worries me is that I’d be hoping not to awkwardly run into any of my students at Form
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
So we actually always wonder like what if you meet a cowoker on Formation or someone you knew from a bootcamp, and at least with colleges and bootcamps that's not uncommon. We genuinely have some people out of bootcamps, but we also have people many years out of bootcamps that TEACH at bootcamps WHILE also at Formation. Because of the way you progress independently week to week, we are trying to put you in sessions with people at your level on a given topic, so you kind of find your pocket of people naturally.
Similarly with mentors, we have Fellows who work at FAANG companies right now, or were laid off and someone from their company might be a mentor at Formation. We also might have a super senior mentor who gets laid off and wants to join Formation as a Fellow because while they are fantastic at coaching the thing they are mentoring, they might need a lot of practice with System Design, or senior/staff+ behavioral interviews.
I'm pretty excited to see how Formation grows and supports people from all kind of backgrounds! The underlying dynamic scheduling technology can power a lot of cool things, and we're just getting started with a this specific area of focus.