Yeah CS grads having a hard time have a number of options and doing a boot camp is one of them. Depending on what works for you and what you need specifically, your financial situation, timeframe, etc...
I feel like any CS grad, especially a T30 should be able to build a full stack app that you mentioned without going to a bootcamp, so if you can't then that might be a reason to do one and be forced to do some practical skills.
My number one advice for CS students - do internships every summer.
u/No_Duty_1089 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Saw your replies on other posts and actually wanted to message you privately. So glad you replied to my post, I also assumed that my school would adequately prepare me for the job market but the 2 most relevant classes to SWE and web dev were only offered once a year and would fi
u/michaelnovatireplied·
It's indeed tough and there isn't just one answer, so just some ideas:
1. Make your own startup! Make an LLC, launch something, get real users, charge for it, etc... This works well if you are ambitious.
2. Do open source work, on legit huge projects and make an impression on people - this works if you can independently figure stuff out - don't expect too much help.
3. Work on a project that you truly poor yourself into for like a month and then try doing a push to network and send it around and get some engineers looking at it.
u/CountryBoyDev wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Hmm, I am curious about this, my school focused heavily on the mathematical and problem solving aspect, a bunch of data structures and algorithms, of course we learned assembly, c++, Java. but just very basic web applications. I had to focus more on the full stack aspect when I g
u/michaelnovatireplied·
I mean not every engineer does web dev or full stack development. I think that any CS grad should be able to figure it out but if you are more on the computer engineering side of things then then totally understandable you wouldn't be able to make one from scratch off the top of your head.