Ask HN: If you worked with a grad from a code bootcamp, how effective were they?

Re:Ask HN: If you worked with a grad from a code bootcamp, h... by zinssmeister on Wednesday April 16, 2014 @03:47PM (#7600100)

We interviewed a few and will probably never consider resumes from bootcamp grads again. Calling them Jr. isn't even fair towards CS grads that are actual Jr. level

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Re:Ask HN: If you worked with a grad from a code bootcamp, h... by deadfall on Wednesday April 16, 2014 @09:36PM (#7601578)

What grinds my gears is recently coming across some bootcamp grad's profiles that call themselves Software Engineers and have yet to get a job as an engineer. This is like saying you are a racecar driver and only took a class at the karting track.

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Re:Ask HN: If you worked with a grad from a code bootcamp, h... by api_or_ipa on Thursday April 17, 2014 @03:41AM (#7602398)

I can appreciate the concern for eroding your title. I question the line where you decide who is an SE and who isn't.

I'm a recent cs grad who's dabbled in lots of c, java and python as my main languages. I'm getting into node and mongoDB. I drank the linux koolaid early so it pains me that I'm day jobbing as a jr dev building institutional investment tools, and I've got a fledging startup (Loodo.co).

Am I an SE yet?

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Re:Ask HN: If you worked with a grad from a code bootcamp, h... by deadfall on Thursday April 17, 2014 @01:24PM (#7604948)

I guess my "line" would have to be where you've built a software product professionally. Whether it be your company or an outside company. My argument is coming from the bootcamp grads that don't call themselves JR or Entry level.

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Re:Ask HN: If you worked with a grad from a code bootcamp, h... by d3gamer on Wednesday April 16, 2014 @05:30PM (#7600667)

Can you elaborate on why you would never consider resumes from bootcamp grads?

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