u/Pelayo1991 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Wow I had no idea it was that bad. I always knew that the job market is tough in general right now for everyone that’s nothing new. But I didn’t know that they gutted so many services, I didn’t think they would go the same way as app academy.
Darn I would love to talk with you m
u/michaelnovatireplied·
It's indeed this bad in general, most bootcamps are shutting down.
The ones left are either:
1. Part of giant companies that run the back-office and they have made so many cuts to the programs they are barebones
2. Tiny programs with like 10 to 20 people at a time, run and led by the founder, that attract and accept only the right people.
I personally would only consider #2. And even in #2 people are constantly complaining that they are falling apart too. The only program I haven't heard complaints about is Launch School. The complaints at other places might not be warranted and maybe are frustration about the market - but the industry is hanging on by a thread.
u/GoodnightLondon wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I don't go into more detail on Reddit than what I put in comments on here, so that I don't accidentally say something that identifies myself since cohort placement rates were so low. Plus, I graduated before the job market went to shit and most of their changes rolled out, so my
u/michaelnovatireplied·
I see why you are very tough in this sub haha.
u/Pelayo1991 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I heard aswell about most bootcamps, they aren’t great. That’s why I was looking for the bootcamps who have been around for more than 10 years (hack reactor, code smith, etc) but like I mentioned to another commenter below. I am not a kid anymore and I don’t have 3-5 years to go
u/michaelnovatireplied·
I would recommend trying to get another job in IT support at a FAANG company and use internal resources to slowly try to transition to a Business Engineer or Applications Engineer role that works on supported vendor applications like Salesforce, etc...
Then try to use their resources to do a Master's degree part time OR use internal resources to try to learn programming.
Then try to switch internally to a SWE role (3-5 years)