u/New-Firefighter-7020 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
This is exactly why people accuse the programming communities of “gatekeeping”. Listen, we’ve already squared away on intentions, but to question my morals on trying to empathize and recognize that there are thousands of people who have gone to Bootcamps and are discouraged by
u/michaelnovati replied · · edited
Read about this: [https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/dunning-kruger-effect](https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/dunning-kruger-effect)
It's a free country, people can believe whatever they want.
I worked at Meta for 8+ years, 200 eng to 10,000 eng, was the #1 code committer, hired hundreds of people, did 400+ interviews, trained interviewers, flew around the country.
I have friends and acquaintances working at or leading every top tech company.
I would love nothing more than if more people became engineers!
You can try to do it blindly trusting anonymous people on Reddit, Blind and Discord, or you can listen to, absorb, and internalize, and people who know the industry inside and out.