u/keel_bright wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Man, I am impressed by your knowledge of bootcamp lore, im curious how you have such depth of insight. I think it's _worse_ than "back to normal" now though. Im meeting so many kids from high tier CS schools not getting jobs. It's heartbreaking, especially because they are not o
u/michaelnovati replied ·
Yeah, it's peak hiring season at Waterloo for summer co-ops! I ran a 48 hour hackathon at Waterloo for Meta, I didn't sleep, had my first alcoholic drink ever, and a student stole a Meta laptop, a witness saw it, and the employee hunted him down with the help of students to get it back.... ah the good old days.
Anyways:
1. I'm very serious about what I do and I'm extremely disciplined and rigorous. I've collected a lot of information from bootcamp grads over time (I work with a bunch of them later in their careers)
2. My partner ran a free in person bootcamp for 2 years and met a lot of bootcamp founders
3. I interviewed a lot of bootcamp grads at Meta when they were experimenting with bootcamp
4. I watch YouTube videos and Podcasts on Tech all day in the background and absord a ton of stuff
But the short answer is at Meta I felt like an outsider who didn't fit in and I found what I'm best at and I went all in on that, so this kind of thing is my jam.