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What bootcamp should I go to?

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u/smells_serious wrote (the comment Michael replied to):

I don't think you can go wrong with Hack Reactor or Codesmith. Can't speak on FlatIron, tbh. The most success post-graduation is a huge metric that is really hard to quantify. It would include your technical background, college education history, the economy and pure luck (IMO).

u/michaelnovati replied · · edited ★ FEATURED
I can add some info about Formation.dev (disclosure co-founder, not bootcamp, not an option for people with no experience). Each Fellow has a continuous conversation in their private job hunting channel containing 5+ team members. Each Fellow has a dedicated human (their Fellow Manager) to talk to and who checks in with you constantly. You have career team members who are constantly trying to find you opportunities for referrals at good companies. You also have ongoing continuous scheduled training and practice that never ends to you keep getting stronger and stronger as you job hunt. This isn't the right forum as we compete with Interview Kickstart, Pathrise, and Outco, so apples to oranges. I'm commenting this because just because the bar for bootcamps is so low that even if the above commenter's story sounds like strong support, there is a bar 100X beyond that that exists if you look for it and you don't have to settle for this kind of support. Current students, recent alumni, and employees of bootcamps, like the commenter above, have a skewed perception because they don't have thousands of years of cumulative FAANG experience in their networks to put their experiences in perspective. I gave you some advice on another thread about how to improve your resume and pitch leveraging you unique experience. I'm not sure if Codesmith is helping you tell that story, but that's how we work with people at Formation, to be the strongest version of themselves and connect with the right companies.