u/michaelnovati replied ·
This is all great advice to me too, thanks for sharing.
Do you have a sense of the placement rates in your cohort now that it's been a year, versus the historical placement rates from that bootcamp?
REAL advice from recent bootcamper (landed $140K+ for first job)
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u/throwawaybootcamper2 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
This is OP, I forgot my password and had to create a new account. The placement rates are definitely worse. I think pre-2022, people would find jobs within 3-6 months. I would say placement looks like 6-18 months now. I would say that people are definitely getting jobs. Even bef
u/michaelnovati replied ·
Do you think the bootcamp could do a better job only letting people that would if you feel like you could tell?
u/michaelnovati replied ·
When you say the "questions are extremely limited" for your job, did you get the questions from other alumni and make sure you had good answers before hand?
u/throwawaybootcamper2 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I used every resource available, from the alumni network to external stuff. For instance, even something like Glassdoor has a repository of common questions asked in interviews. There are TON of resources online if you know where to look. As a developer, you should be able to unc
u/michaelnovati replied ·
Yeah absolutely my entire job now is helping people prepare for interviews. The questions alone aren't enough though for the top top companies. I did over 400 interviews at Meta and was trained in how to get signal of people knowing questions etc... But you absolutely should be prracticing the types of questions, the format, the topics they often cover, etc... Like at Meta, DS&A have no small talk, don't make friends with the interviewer and manage your time.