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Re:Ask HN: I will quit my job as a PM to join a coding bootc... by mathgenius on Sunday November 13, 2016 @01:40AM (#12942181)
> you don't get a job after the bootcamp. I'd expect 30-60 days of applying and interviewing before you get the job, just FYI.

It completely boggles my mind that someone can just go and do a "bootcamp" and then land a job two or three months later. Is there really that much demand for coders out there? Such a person could easily do more harm than good.

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Re:Ask HN: I will quit my job as a PM to join a coding bootc... by ryuker16 on Monday November 14, 2016 @02:01AM (#12948014)
I suspect alot end up in intern or QA roles or and some less than reputable company looking good for warm bodies.
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Re:Ask HN: I will quit my job as a PM to join a coding bootc... by GFischer on Monday November 14, 2016 @02:29PM (#12952509)
A company I know of (in a not-so-hot city in the U.S.) was so desperate for coders that they hired a Physics student with basically no coding experience.

He was a disaster, they'd have been much better off with a bootcamp graduate.

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