u/michaelnovati replied ·
Ideal bootcamp student:
1. Has significant savings and can live with minimal impact to lifestyle for a year
2. Has natural inclination to programming, picks it up easily, finds it enjoyable, and might have previously dabbled in it because of tangential work experience (e.g. mechanical engineer).
3. Is autodidactic.
4. Has professional work experience (in tech or non tech, but was successful in that career)
5. You are ready to hustle your way to a job but realize that's just the beginning and are ready to hustle your way through the first 2 years.
Who is NOT the ideal bootcamp student:
1. Don't have savings and crossing your fingers you get a job within 3 months of graduating because the bootcamp told you it's possible
2. You don't like your job and aren't doing well and hoping this could be the career that clicks.
3. You think you chose the wrong career that doesn't pay well and find the super high salaries attractive
4. You think AI or Crypto are the future and want to get involved in them and don't know where to start.