u/BackendSpecialist wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Sorry, I’m not very familiar with the inner working of bootcamps. I follow this sub because I’m a dev advocate and interested in what’s going in the market so pardon my ignorance. But how does someone come out of a bootcamp and immediately get a senior SWE position?
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
By lying :(
The people I know from Codesmith basically had to have resumes that showed 4+ years of experience to qualify for "senior" at Capital One and they 'worked with Career Support Engineers' to help make that happen.
There's a tight crew at Capital One and they even help each other out, like one person did a wink wink 'hey how many years of experience do you have' - candidate said 2 - person said - make it 4 to qualify for this role. And somehow they got the job.
Maybe I'm being too negative, because it doesn't come out of thin air. People turn their past jobs into 'engineer-sounding' jobs. Illustrative examples like Auditor -> Technical Analyst. Teacher -> Technical Instructor. Customer Support -> Operations Engineer.
They have a outcomes advisor that one grad said has a "silver tongue" and can make anything sound good who can help with these kinds of things.