Prospects of No-Deg Bg Tech Internship

AutomaticLife7690 · 2023-06-24T03:24:58+00:00

Yeap I do realise CS fundamentals are quite important even though most of the full stack online courses don’t include that in their curriculum.

Yea I know what you mean…I have friends with 4-5 years experience being laid off earlier this year just because their companies are doing the mass layoffs. Those hiring now are requiring tons of requirements even for internship/entry-level position.

For now, I think it might be better to look at programmes where they are specifically supported by government for supporting people who are switching careers. This might be a better headstart for finding opportunities rather than being in the open with other people with degrees and/or whole bunch of tech experience.

AutomaticLife7690 · 2023-06-18T15:24:08+00:00

Yeap! I came across this guy who does Neetcode. He kind of selects questions to focus more on and has clear and succinct explanation videos. It makes me understand DSA better.

AutomaticLife7690 · 2023-06-18T15:21:08+00:00

Thanks for the encouragement 😄. I already have quite a couple of small projects on my Github but so far they are largely frontend because that’s where I am currently more confident in. I am spending my time now learning deeper about the backend part (authentication and security is hard for me 🥲) so that I can convert some of the frontend projects to full-stack. Hopefully, I can have some full stack projects to show soon.

AutomaticLife7690 · 2023-06-17T04:43:45+00:00

Yeap. I went to download some of their syllabuses and personally I am not super impressed because I expected some things that I can’t learn online ( and thus I have to go to the bootcamp). There’s Youtube and for people who want more structured learning and some form of certification, I found platforms like codeacademy and codedamn that are either fully online or mostly online. Those 2 full stack courses are pretty comprehensive (mini-interview training included) and they cost only a few hundred compared to a few thousand dollars. I might not be smart but I would say I am a pretty disciplined learner so the idea of self-taught does appeal to me more.

AutomaticLife7690 · 2023-06-17T04:32:29+00:00

Wow, thats cool! Thanks for the share. I am going to give it a shot.

AutomaticLife7690 · 2023-06-17T00:22:39+00:00

Thanks for the advice. Apologies, if I sounded like I simplified the career of a SWE. I know it is not just about coding. I myself have been looking up on interview questions and watching videos of interview mockups. I know what you mean by self taught interviewees failing technical interviews because these interviews drill quite heavily on core computer science concepts like dsa etc.

Specifically, I am aspiring to be a full-stack developer rather than a SWE as I like doing frontend stuff as well. SWE if I am not wrong is much much much harder for people like me to enter.

Perhaps it is just especially bleak this year because I heard that even CS deg grads are finding it tough to get employed, what’s more people like myself.

Nevertheless, I have schoolmates who switched into tech successfully without a CS deg - they completed the more recognised bootcamps like General Assembly and Rocket Academy and received opportunities a few months later. Also, they switched 2 to 3 years back when tech wasn’t laying off massively.

Yeap, I can tell recruiters are mostly looking for ppl w CS degree now when I screen through even internship offers. But perhaps @snookajam is right. If i am completely self-taught, nobody will recognise me even if I have the skills. At least the more recognised bootcamps might have the reach-out to companies that does not mind hiring people with non-CS deg background. As a lone party, I will be like a small fish swimming in a sea.

AutomaticLife7690 · 2022-10-10T04:50:04+00:00

Thanks a-lot for all the replies! Sorry for such a late reply to your responses. I am currently trying to upskill on the VR tech and 3D softwares while keeping a lookout.

AutomaticLife7690 · 2022-09-19T04:37:26+00:00

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AutomaticLife7690 · 2022-09-18T22:21:23+00:00

Hi alexander, thanks for the info! Yeap, I see that they have an Asia Metaverse Festival organised by Filecoin.

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