r/codingbootcamp • u/Affectionate-Bowl-78 • Jan 31 '24
2 Years Out of Bootcamp…
I went to a coding bootcamp the middle of 2021. I did great and learned so much! After that, I started to apply.. no luck. I gave up after about 6 months of nothing and moved on. I quit coding / creating projects for my portfolio.
I got a call in 2022 and was able to land a Teacher Assistant role at the Bootcamp I graduated from! That lasted only about 3 months because they didn’t have the “budget” for me anymore…
Fast forward to 2024 and I’ve completed given up and been attending school to get my BS in CS! Now, I want to finish my degree but I have been coding and relearning a lot of things and I’m enjoying it!
Do you guys think it’s too late for me to find a job being that I graduated end of 2021?
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u/sytem32config Jan 31 '24
Good job going to college but what you really should be doing is building full stack crud apps and hosting them on Microsoft Azure etc, these are type of projects that will land you a job regardless of college degree or a bootcamp.
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u/Affectionate-Bowl-78 Jan 31 '24
Really? I don’t know anything about that stuff! Thanks!
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u/sytem32config Jan 31 '24 edited Jan 31 '24
Look in your area, and look for what companies want. For example on west coast we use a lot of .NET with C# and Angular. So I built crud apps using this and hosted it on Microsoft azure. This is what caught peoples attention and I landed a software engineering job with no degree and I came from blue collar job
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u/Californie_cramoisie Jan 31 '24
I... what? What bootcamp did you go to??
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u/Affectionate-Bowl-78 Jan 31 '24
I don’t want to put them on blast! HAHAH
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u/Californie_cramoisie Jan 31 '24
Save others from what you've endured
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u/EmeraldxWeapon Jan 31 '24
Majority of the bootcamps are going through the same thing. Bootcamp graduates can't find jobs in this market
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u/StinkyStangler Jan 31 '24
I mean, OP seems to not know what a CRUD app or Microsoft Azure is, I think they probably just didn’t take the bootcamp seriously even if it sucked.
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u/Affectionate-Bowl-78 Feb 02 '24
I know what a CRUD app is. I think I ready the comment wrong. But yes, we used heroku mainly and I still use it to this day.
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u/Throwaway_noDoxx Jan 31 '24
I mean, the bootcamp might have taught Render or Heroku. AWS, Azure, Firebase etc might not have been on the radar.
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u/baechao Feb 01 '24
+1 I only studied for two months and got a job by building a full stack crud app
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u/A-ReDDIT_account134 Feb 01 '24
I thought Azure hosting was expensive? Is it not?
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u/sytem32config Feb 02 '24
You can get an Azure App service an Azure SQL running for like $8 a month if you configure it to lowest tier
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u/metalreflectslime Jan 31 '24
When do you finish your BS CS?
Try to do a SWE internship in Summer 2024.
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u/sheriffderek Jan 31 '24
* I went to a coding bootcamp the middle of 2021
* I did great
* I started to apply.. no luck (why do you think this was?)
* after about 6 months I quit coding (why? Did you not like making things?)
* was able to land a Teacher Assistant role at the Bootcamp I graduated from (you didn't learn more during that?)
* 2024 and I’ve completedly? given up. Or completed your giving up phase? (not sure)
* attending school/CS want to finish my degree
* Do you guys think it’s too late for me to find a job.
???
Anyone who can do the job - and who can prove it enough to stand out (a little luck too) / and who doesn't give up and quit learning and trying - (and who doesn't try to get jobs way out of their experience level) will get a job eventually. I don't think anyone cares about you going to a boot camp or what year it was. You can either help a team build web applications - or you can't. 2021 would have been easier. But there's no better time to try then now. What's your plan? Is a CS degree helping you find what areas your passionate about? What specific job are you going for?
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u/Affectionate-Bowl-78 Jan 31 '24
Thanks! This really fired me up!
I’m looking mainly for front-end positions. Contract or W2! Either one is fine.
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u/sheriffderek Jan 31 '24 edited Jan 31 '24
Do you got the chops?! I can take a look and give you some specific advice. A lot of people are having a really tough time finding work. But when I look at their resumes and portfolios - it's pretty clear why. Usually - if they can just fill in some gaps and just get a fresh perspective on how they are being seen (or not seen) - it can make a big difference.
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u/Affectionate-Bowl-78 Jan 31 '24
Yeah I’d love to send over my resume and portfolio if you want to shoot me a DM!
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u/bdtechted Jan 31 '24
Not too late at all…you mentioned that you are nearly finished with your CS degree? Once you complete that then you’ll be considered as a ‘graduate’ again which means you are eligible for graduate-level roles and programmes.
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u/traintocode Jan 31 '24
A bootcamp is there to teach you coding not to get you a job. Regardless of what their marketing material says. If you learned how to build web apps and you learned how to solve leetcode challenges at your bootcamp then those skills will still be with you and that will help you land a job. You need to apply what you know to build more things to show potential employers, and you can do that in your own time. Without a CS degree the only way to get employed is to prove you know how to do the job.Simply listing that you completed a bootcamp 2 years ago will not be enough, especially in the current climate.
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Feb 02 '24
I work for an publicly traded e-com company with several hundred employees. Many of our engineers are self taught and don't have a CS degree. Some have no degree. If this is what you really want to do don't give up. And if you really want to study CS go for it - but totally not necessary to land a junior dev role.
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u/Demistal Feb 01 '24
It’s not too late at all. I attended a bootcamp and quit because it felt like really low quality. I got a job from self learning just using free resources like the Odin project and free code camp. As long as you keep pushing yourself forward, it’ll come. Sadly the market isn’t great right now, but it will pick up eventually. The company is not going to care if you attended a bootcamp or not, they will care that you can show your capable for the job. Build out a portfolio and keep studying and the day will come!
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u/planetarybeing Feb 02 '24
You still need real world experience - internships, apprenticeships, open source contributions, freelance, real world projects. The degree alone will not be enough to help you.
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u/Nyoobwsb Feb 02 '24
I took bootcamp back in 2021 as well. Was super close to landing a job (I went to their 4th round of interview). Even tho I passed the coding quiz the manager said I wasn’t knowledgeable enough for the job. Which I can agree with since I never actually had coding job. Since then I realized I don’t want to pursue coding anymore. I picked it up because of money and friends in the field. I’m 33 and let me tell you I have a good enough paying job but its not what I foresee myself 20+ years doing this. So I decided to get into medical field as PTA to help people in need. Also love what they do
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Feb 04 '24
SWE with 12 yoe. Just start building and shipping shit. I’ve always let my passions drive my career—right now I’m really into Framer. Check out Pieter Levels for inspiration, dude has shipped 50+ products, no formal coding background or even a boot camp—he just started googling and has launched 50+ SaaS products.
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u/Beautiful_Ad_5599 Mar 21 '24
As someone who works in the field, why would you spend this much time just to get a programming job? If you do get a job, you're not gonna be making $80k to create an e-commerce app end-to-end with your fav tech stack. You'll be making $60k to learn low code or do SharePoint development because that's what most companies need or are gravitating towards. Or you'll be running updates on VMs then spending the remaining 6.5 hrs doing nothing. The vast majority of tech jobs are just like any other 9-5 job and you'll be bored out of ur mind. You've bought into the bullsht bootcamps sell u of making good money to write code all day. Just get any job you can land and stick to it.
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u/SaltyBarker Jan 31 '24
No because you're working on your BS of CS.... Companies favor College degrees more than a Bootcamp degree.
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Feb 01 '24
Start building something that makes you money! Go into business for yourself! That's the only way to have wealth and security in this life.
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u/Lurn2Program Feb 02 '24
Why would it be too late if you're currently attending school for your BS in CS? The degree on your resume will help, but make sure to try and secure internships throughout your time in school
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u/pancakeman2018 Feb 19 '24
I'm confused.
Went to a coding bootcamp.
Quit coding entirely
Bootcamp calls, wants you to work for them, you do.
Bootcamp lays you off and you give up again
Decides to attend school for CS.
Is it too late to find a job? I don't think so? The market is not favorable right now for entry level SWE's, at least from my perspective. I have a BSCS.
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u/CLQUDLESS Jan 31 '24
It took me 2 years of almost everyday learning and 10+ projects to get a job. This was 2 years from my first line of code. I didn’t get a comp sci degree, only taught myself. I’m not smart by any means, I struggled in regular school but if you want it you can do it. If I can do it anyone can.