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Are code bootcamps worth it? (Part I) (codejobs.io)
8 points by redmattred on Sept 23, 2014 | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments


I started a bootcamp yesterday (General Assembly Web Design Immersive, Los Angeles) and it seems as if it is a good program. It is a 12 week immersive focused on RoR, JS, MySQL and Git/GitHub. I expect to get a good job after completion in December.

I think it is all about what you put into it. I studied for 4-6 months and have probably logged ~ 500 hours of study. I worked through HTML/CSS, JS/JQuery and Ruby and can do basic things like make and animate a website, host it, use the command line and short cuts and Shell into my Raspberry Pi that I use as a test server.

Obviously, not everyone prepared as much as I did and some prepared more(or are smarter). I will def take that survey upon completion, but you as of now I feel like you certainly own your own success


100% with you there. You get what you give with this kind of program (or any educational experience really)


It looks like you are OP. If you are also the author of the post could you give me a bit of insight into what outcomes look like? What sorts of jobs are people getting? What do hiring managers think about codeschools, etc? I think it will be easy to get a job after, but maybe not a dream job.

If you have any experience with the LA market, what is a reasonable job to get, and what salary is a Rails/JS dev meant to get for a first job?


Would be happy to share the data once we've completed the survey. Shoot me a note at matt@codejobs.io

So far, it looks like people are mostly taking junior developer or tech support roles.




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