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Re:What I learned from spending 3 months applying to jobs af... by dvcrn on Monday November 21, 2016 @08:41PM (#13010927)
This is why you need good screening processes.

I on the other hand got taught to be able humble and make compromises especially when still being a junior. Looking back at my early days, when I wanted a position that I knew would change my career, I purposely asked for a lower salary in the beginning to compensate for my junior level or other skills (language for example when I moved into a country where I wasn't fluent yet), with a clause to bump it up to the level of other people when I can prove that I am on par with them and my lacking skills aren't a problem. It also showed the company that I was serious about wanting to work with them.

But man, 120k for 12 weeks of experience is insane. Sign me up for whatever bootcamp that was

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Re:What I learned from spending 3 months applying to jobs af... by user5994461 on Monday November 21, 2016 @09:40PM (#13011194)
Tip: You need a bootcamp in negotiations and selling yourself. Not in programming ;)
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Re:What I learned from spending 3 months applying to jobs af... by thrownblown on Monday November 21, 2016 @11:07PM (#13011541)
Good thing that's half (~6 weeks) of the curriculum at Hack Reactor!
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Re:What I learned from spending 3 months applying to jobs af... by JakePace on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @07:19PM (#13018879)
(citation needed)
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Re:What I learned from spending 3 months applying to jobs af... by kafkaesq on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @03:57PM (#13025783)
120k for 12 weeks of experience is insane. Sign me up for whatever bootcamp that was

It wasn't the bootcamp -- it was the self-study, and more to the point, his ability to reverse-engineer the interview process which got him that offer.

Which probably says a lot more about the current gold standard, "let's see how many hoops you can jump through" interview process than about the merits of bootcamps, per se.

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