CIRR as an organization seems to be falling apart so I wouldn't consider it the gold standard... of the remaining 3 people reporting, one has shrunk to 1/3 of its size since it's last report, one had like 20 people in it, and the last hasn't properly reported full year results and is in a different country.
But anyways haha, I agree with you.
What you are describing is the apprenticeship/train to hire model that I also agree with might be the best pathway for SWE bootcamps.
The problem is that companies aren't lining up to hire these interns and there aren't enough slots to go around.
It works but other sources of entry level talent work better (i.em top 10 CS school grads).
u/Useful-Land-7848 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
You are right Bootcamps are only to make money. My question is how those 3 small bootcamps manage to provide internships then? Do they work harder for that? Do they pay lower wages to their workers so they can afford the cost or a combination of both? There must be a way to fi
u/michaelnovatireplied·
Oof how the sausage is made is complicated and all three of those are different.
The short answer is that it's very hard and it takes specific connections, efforts, vision, hustle, and more.
The long answer is a 2 hour long AMA that I don't have time to do right now haha.
u/Strong_Camp_5730 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Sure your short answer is great: connections, efforts, vision, hustle, experienced people who have experience making connections in the industry to help students placed in internships (unpaid of course)
u/michaelnovatireplied·
Well I think internships should be paid.
I just spent the weekend at Netflix offices in LA with 50 students working on attaining internships there and when I think "internship", I'm thinking about this. A highly paid, supported engineering role, working on the main code with a real manager and a real project.