What do bootcamp grads that work at the bootcamp after their program do?

Hi, I can share what I've seen on this. I've worked with a lot of people who have worked at their bootcamps, other bootcamps, both immediately after, and part time later on while they start their job. Everyone has their own reasons but these are the patterns I've seen, anecdotal and I don't have meaningful raw data: 1. To make money while job hunting. If you are expecting a long job hunt anyways why not make some extra money along the way. 2. Re-review the materials and solidify them. Most people feel like the bootcamp is a whirlwind and they like being able to re-review (in order to teach) the materials again. 3. Get resume experience. Yes it might be framed as "software engineer" work and that's probably what you are referring to, but others will frame it as an instructor or mentoring role and anything on the resume helps. 4. Because they like teaching. Some people like to teach and mentor others and they just like doing this. These are the people that might stay on a bit longer after they get a job.

Yeah Codesmith is a place where people intentionally delay their job hunt start date to teach and many of those people find that time both challenging and useful. \- They are paid about $50K a year, which is much lower than the $120K job expected at Codesmith, but people see it as continued learning and don't mind the "lower" pay. \- The time windows for CIRR get bumped until the end of the TA-ship \- A handful of these people get hired as full time mentors, paid $80K to $100K and have a pathway to becoming an instructor paid at $120Kish if an opportunity arrises. So this is a very unique pathway but one that Codesmith has gotten working like a machine and it's been critical, in my opinion, to helping them scale very well.