Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job?

Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job? by gen220 on Thursday April 15, 2021 @08:38PM (#26827956)

I went to college and have many coworkers who went to boot camps, and we’re paid the same!

Look on LinkedIn for people who work at the companies you want to work at, and also went to bootcamps, to build a shortlist.

There are several boot camps today, in every major urban area, that carry major street cred in the local tech communities.

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Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job? by snicker7 on Friday April 16, 2021 @02:12AM (#26830170)

Counter-anecdote: I work with a couple of devs who went the bootcamp path. Great front-end devs. However, they are paid significantly less for the same work relative to fresh grads in the office. Wages aren't based off of fairness, but on market factors. They are paid less presumably because management knows they have less options.

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Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job? by kyawzazaw on Thursday April 15, 2021 @09:08PM (#26828150)

Do you know specific good ones?

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Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job? by gen220 on Thursday April 15, 2021 @09:54PM (#26828488)

In the NYC area, the ones I can personally vouch for, having worked with graduates, are Flatiron School, App Academy, and the Recurse Center.

I’m sure there are other good ones, but I only personally know graduates of these programs.

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Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job? by wespiser_2018 on Friday April 16, 2021 @07:33AM (#26832585)

Recurse Center is not a bootcamp

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Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job? by gen220 on Friday April 16, 2021 @09:16AM (#26833485)

You’re right, but it fits in the mold of “nontraditional education” so I opted to include it.

I do know a handful of people who attended RC with minimal to zero prior programming skills, though this is definitely not the norm.

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