u/Ma1eficent wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
There are more than those two options. Bootcamps and uni grads are all completely unprepared for real useful work. I've been interviewing cs grads at FAANGs for 14 years now. CS degrees are basically math degrees, and in the rare cases you are dealing with something where you are
u/michaelnovati replied ·
Well have you been interviewing people at FAANGs I'm sure you've seen that the vast majority of CS grads come in with numerous FAANG internships and that's what really matters more than anything.
I know at Meta we were looking for three internships and the most recent one being at FAANG was the bar to even get an interview If I recall.
Someone who's done three internships basically has a year of experience under their belt and that's what really mattered.
which is why I'm a huge fan of apprenticeship programs because someone who does a boot camp who has the raw aptitude and the drive who does a year-long apprenticeship at a FAANG a might be able to catch up a little more or two those cs grads in much faster time overall.
But what I think is absolutely absurd, is just that bootcamp's brand and market themselves as preparing people better than CS degrees do and 12 weeks versus 4 years. It might be a better option than a 3rd tier, diploma mill CS degree, but there's no bootcamp option competing with the best schools and never can be.