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Re:Single mom sues coding boot camp over job placement rates by michigama on Friday April 15, 2022 @07:25PM (#31047197)
My own experience disagrees. I'm a self-taught engineer (on Python even) and I did have recruiters finding me and passing on my resume when I was first entering the job market ten years ago, and I had hiring managers giving me the shot at the screening (which I passed). I've had a pretty smooth career since then.
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Re:Single mom sues coding boot camp over job placement rates by falcolas on Friday April 15, 2022 @07:36PM (#31047282)
The industry has changed in the last decade. There’s enough college (and yes, boot camp) grads, and enough scam artists wasting hiring manager’s time, that someone with no history will need some kind of “in”.

The QA route - the modern version of the oft vaunted “start in the mail room and work hard” position - is mostly gone too.

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