u/Piece-Exotic wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I’m about to go thru CSX again, haven’t done a pair program session so gonna get a couple In as well
u/michaelnovatireplied·★ FEATURED
Pair programming is key. The interview is basically live coding with someone and you have no idea how different things feel when coding with other people hovering around. On the job for real, you don't often do live coding like this, but doing it forces you to confront topics you THINK you understand but you don't actually understand in a way that you can explain to other people haha.,
u/AdmirableLIVE wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I see you on here often and you are obviously knowledgeable. Do you have a list of recommended bootcamps you could green light?
u/michaelnovatireplied·★ FEATURED
I don't have a list no because it highly depends on a person, their goals, and what type of day to day learning works for them.
I wouldn't give a green light to even the best bootcamps for some people.
In fact, a bootcamp like Codesmith with a super high bar, is actually a very BAD CHOICE for someone who is genuinely not at the bar. If you aren't at the bar, you shouldn't be trying to get in at all costs, because it just won't work.
u/AdmirableLIVE wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I understand what you're saying. I guess I could reword it to ask if YOU had to choose a coding bootcamp which would you attend? I completely get where you're coming from in the same sense that some people should major in Finance and others should major in Chemical Engineering. C
u/michaelnovatireplied·★ FEATURED
I'm bias but I would self-teach and then do Formation :) but that's because even though I have a degree, it was a broad engineering degree and I self taught myself web programming and started a web-based company in college that forced me to self-teach with real users.
Bloomtech's results were not great unfortunately :( I don't want to judge but by moving to the flex, much fewer people graduate now.
58% of full stack web people "graduated" and 90% of them got jobs.
They used to have 75% of people graduate with 75% job placement.
So of the people that sign on day one, it remains to be about 50% of them getting jobs at the end within 6 months of graduating.
The median salaries haven't changed much.