u/mmazurr wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I'd like to go against the popular opinion here and share that that was not my experience. I taught for a bootcamp for a little over 2.5 years and most of the students had very little to zero prior knowledge. This might depend on the actual bootcamp, since some cater more towards
u/michaelnovati replied ·
\+1 to past background being incredibly important, and there are a wide range of things that can be helpful there.
Being an engineer isn't like an official badge you have or don't have and people's past experiences are critically important to their individual journeys