u/Aromatic-Dog-1498 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
u/michaelnovati — Thank you so much for this detailed reply! Really means a lot and I value your word. Well-informed opinions for sure. Sounds like App Academy, Codesmith, and Hack Reactor all have real challenges. That Codesmith scheme is particularly concerning wow. Thanks fo
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
Sorry, I normally disclose more, Formation isn't remotely an option so I hadn't mentioned it but we do work with a number of bootcamps later on in their careers and a big reason I have a broad real time pulse on them and pay attention to the bootcamp industry.
That context is indeed helpful. I would look at structure linear courses that are less intense. Bootcamps are kind of a pressure cooker where you retain little of the actual stuff and instead are forced to learn how to learn under that much pressure (which is how your first job feels on day 1). The people who succeeded at getting jobs quickly already self studied and were ready to go hard.
If you are sure you can't do self paced, then I would do part time that isn't too intense.
Or you can do some classes first to get a headstart and THEN to a bootcamp.
But given your goal of starting a company/working at a brand new startup, I might consider doing like a single local community college class in programming, something focused on learning but still part time and structured. And then build a bunch of stuff on your own after that is life to the public and iterate on those projects from real feedback.
Startups are extremely hard and a bootcamp will not give you enough technical skills to be a technical founder. You might be able to be a non technical founder with better ability to hire engineers and support the team and configure to code, but the first engineers at successful startups tend to be the super experienced FAANG types.