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Picking a bootcamp with a CS background

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

Thank you so much for your reply! The mentorship platform/career accelerator definitely looks helpful. I suppose imposter syndrome is just hitting really hard because my first job was actually a lot of time spent on the bench and studying for new certifications and since it’s bee

u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
I actually explicitly removed Outco from the list because they seem to have shut down and aren't taking applications and numerous people I've talked to said they have been non responsive to them :S. Obviously I'm extremely bias but I would say that: Formation is a completely different world from Outco, I know some people that did Outco and came to Formation and can connect you. For example, you get a team of three dedicated support staff, an adaptive platform, mocks with actual senior engineers and recruiters who actually work at FAANG companies, personalized prep for upcoming interviews, a custom platform built from the ground up for your progress, scheduling, feedback, job hunt tracking, etc... Interview Kickstart is a little more structured than Formation and not adaptive to your progress and needs, but it's consistently been ok for preparing for interviews. Similar to Formation they have solid mentors who actually work at top tier companies. Pathrise is hyper focused on the job hunt and less on the technical help, you have a dedicated career coach meeting with you every week or two and their job hunt tools are hyper focused on conversion. The experience tends to be proportional to how good your coach is. Coachable is more of a 1-1 coaching service, super small, but focused on passing DS&A following their approach and method. Less support than the above, but it's very very small so if you like Darek then it might be a good fit. I would apply to Formation and talk to someone, the people are extremely not pushy and will be honest with you. I know Interview Kickstart will call you non stop and is a little more push so I might only apply if you are actually very interested.