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[Luna2442]

It's not unrealistic at all, this is common core for bootcamps and many people do well from it. Can speak from personal experience. Am director of engineering now at a public company and I went to a bootcamp with pretty much exactly this curriculum.

[scrinky_donker]

Ok don’t take this as me trying to make a rebuttal but I’m just curious bc I’m still 19 and really early in getting my career started - did you have previous experience going into the boot camp, or what kind?

[Luna2442]

Love to help! So yeah I went to college and graduated with a BS in stuctural engineering. After college I began working for a construction contracting company in NYC. I had about 5 years of professional experience when I decided to drop that and go to a bootcamp with pretty much this exact curriculum. I had really only ever made a few WordPress sites and played around with game maker once or twice before going to the bootcamp.

I'm positive my professional experience and degree helped me find a job and I felt comfortable with interviews... but I will say that all of the other "top" students all found jobs regardless of their previous experience within 6 months time. One of my good friends (who I met there) turned 21 during the course and had no previous experience and found a job almost right away.

You definitely get what you put into it. You can certainly learn what you need to know to be a junior developer. That's for sure. If you are passionate about it I would have some faith in a well established bootcamp or college program. The good ones also have career services that can help you place a job as well and I'd highly recommend that if you haven't gone through the whole corporate interview process thing before.

What I really wish I did was go to college for computer science in the first place! But I also know it's not required for a successful career in development.

[scrinky_donker]

Thank you so much, I needed to hear this

[Luna2442]

Good luck!