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From Almost Flunking Out of Bootcamp to $200k: My Journey and Encouragement for New Software Engineers

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

Total bs from wannabe industry gatekeeper. OP you did everything right. These so called seniors get laid off all the time too for being too experienced aka expensive and all well not knowing anything relevant in their product stack that was released in last 3 years. Just get yo

u/michaelnovati replied ·
Can you give an argument why? My insight is coming from interviewing 400+ people at Meta, working with well over a thousand people job hunting in the market right now, working with hundreds of bootcamp grads anywhere from right after bootcamp to years later. My entire life is about helping break down the walls that you are calling gatekeeping, and yelling loudly and trying out "fake it till you make it" might work for you as a one off, but I'm trying to systematically change the system for the long term. I don't know anything, but can at least explain why you think this other than just your opinion. Otherwise people can judge for themselves.