u/Ok_Shallot3119 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
So why did you tell me I wouldn’t be so loud if I got laid off, right after I said determination is very important. Fortune favors the bold ect? That seemed like a weird personal attack after I was just trying to be positive? I wasn’t even talking specifically about my self I was
u/michaelnovati replied · · edited
I think it's fair to push back on that because I have no evidence that you wouldn't be responding to dozens of comments within minutes, and it's very much possible that you would, so I shouldn't assume that.
It's not a personal attack, but it is a counter argument because what I meant was that there are people, especially in late 2023, who got jobs and posted here a week after getting the job. So how excited they were, and some of those people have the job, and some of them do not, and they're really struggling.
One of my consistent and core commentaries on bootcamp is that the bootcamp celebrates your victory at the end date because for them it's the end, but for you it's the beginning. The bootcamp was step-1, and you're now at step 0 starting your career.
and I think it's very important that bootcamp grads who get jobs realize that it's at the beginning and not the end and they should celebrate the victory but show up ready to work the next day because they're going to have far happier moments and far left. happy moment in the future and you have to be ready for it all in this industry.
and circling back, it's often that when the people hit those lows, they don't come to Reddit to talk a lot about it and that voice is not heard.
and finally it's just about seeing both sides. this doesn't negate its side. it's just a counter argument on the other side.