u/Erised_phoenix wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Hi, could you please explain how/why employers hire recent bootcamp grads with no SWE work history, as mid-level SWEs? Since in every job posting even entry level jobs require at least 2 years. What convinces them?
u/michaelnovati replied · · edited ★ FEATURED
Three Important factors:
1. flat out lying and having the bootcamp verify your experience to get through a background check
2. performing well on interviews. Whether it's raw work ethic or ability to sponge knowledge or extreme practice of the narratives, and relentlessly until you get a job
3. The job is the beginning. You have to be ready to put in work everyone, put in nights and weekends to secretly catch-up while pretending to be relaxing etc...
This is what I hear from Codemsith grads but I'm happy to share my personal opinions too.