Bootcamps have a lot of haters who want to nitpick the details, it makes me glad I didn't think about it too much when I signed up, I just thought, "hey I want to code, they teach coding... I'm in"
first bootcamp (web dev) 5 years ago, second one (mobile dev) 3 years ago. Unlike most in my CoHort, I had no interest in a dev job, I wanted to provide contract work and perhaps join a startup for equity.
> What are you doing now?
CTO at a startup
> Do you feel that the bootcamp prepared you for the jobs you got?
It got me started, which is what I needed, so yes, but it took lots of work beyond the bootcamp.
> Do you think most of your cohort are still working as developers?
I'd estimate over half
IMO Bootcamps are great, you get a nice headstart with learning, you meet cool people, it's unaccredited so any job prospects are going to be obtained with your own blood sweat and tears anyways.
I started providing wordpress websites in college (Economics Degree), custom solutions via code, was an extension of that. As others have mentioned, my CTO role could also be described as "Lead Dev".
The Startup started out as a Client, I made their MVP, and the app did well, got some traction, so here we are.
first bootcamp (web dev) 5 years ago, second one (mobile dev) 3 years ago. Unlike most in my CoHort, I had no interest in a dev job, I wanted to provide contract work and perhaps join a startup for equity.
> What are you doing now?
CTO at a startup
> Do you feel that the bootcamp prepared you for the jobs you got?
It got me started, which is what I needed, so yes, but it took lots of work beyond the bootcamp.
> Do you think most of your cohort are still working as developers?
I'd estimate over half
IMO Bootcamps are great, you get a nice headstart with learning, you meet cool people, it's unaccredited so any job prospects are going to be obtained with your own blood sweat and tears anyways.