I appreciate your videos! Through you I’ve found out about Tech elevator and feel it’s one of the better fits for me when considering the boot camp path! So thank you again for sharing your positive experience!
Been watching a few of your videos. Hope you plan on making more videos. Specifically about Tech Elevator. Im planning on applying to one of the cohorts in Columbus. Though I am worried about their aptitude test (I have a BA in Chemistry, so not much experience with coding at all)
I am in the process of picking a bootcamp but there is sooooo many . I’m looking to the UTD one but can’t find info on placement rate and other things you mentioned . I hope I pick the right one
You can always reach out to them! Some newer bootcamps don't put them on their site, another thing you can try is reaching out to someone who went through it on LinkedIn! I answer a lot of those messages from folks curious about getting a perspective on Tech Elevator.
Thank you for the information. In researching Tech Elevator, I noticed a "pay to play" vibe that was inherent with now defunct technical colleges. i.e. If you have the money, they have the time. Was this something you experienced? Admitting/pushing people through the program as long as their check cleared?
Great question! I think that is a definite concern in any of the retraining programs like Tech Elevator, but in my experience going through it I didn’t see it with them! My cohort didn’t have anyone drop, and it would be tough to keep a high placement rate if people weren’t actually capable of doing the work. Bootcamps are also big on reputation, if they send out a bad class to their hiring partners it’s going to be much harder to place people. I do know that it can be really hard to get loans and or funds together to pay for Bootcamps, so they do ask about it in the interview, but I honestly think it’s more because it’s hard to get loans to retrain as an adult in the US, our system really only promotes a standard university education.
As the market has shifted with the big tech job layoffs recently. In your opinion, do you still think that boot camps are a viable option and worth the investment vs. self study via RUclips/coursea? And is there still an abundance of coding jobs for new grads and jr. programmers? Thanks!
That is a really great question! My personal perspective is obviously a smidge biased towards the bootcamp route, but I think you could definitely still do either. I think what will probably change is the big successful bootcamps will probably be an increasingly safe, mainstream option. There are a few that have a very strong brand, to the point I'd argue its about as reputable as doing an undergrad degree in CS. I think smaller bootcamps will probably get consolidated into the larger ones as the market will probably be a little more saturated in the short term. I went the bootcamp route in part because I didn't finish undergrad, so I wanted the stamp of approval from an institution to make me more appealing to companies, but either way I think self-taught is still a good option! It just might take a bit more persistence to find a job as you won't have as many local resources about what's going on in your market. As for jobs, I think nationally there will probably still be a growth in junior positions, but specific regions may see some big fall off in openings in the near term. The biggest thing I think that will make up for big tech are the non-software companies that employ internal engineering teams, true software companies are super growth focused and so way more dependent on the market and interest rates in their cash flow, vs many established non software firms plan for disruptions like this. A lot of big banks and health-tech companies are hiring as much or more before the current disruptions, trying to snap up the talent from big tech so I think we'll see lots of new developers landing in those sectors while big tech recovers. Sorry for the long-winded response, but I hope it helps!
Yes, that’s encouraging. I’m doing a lot of self study currently, but was looking at doing a boot camp early next year. You mentioned that there were “ big successful boot camps” which ones would you classify in that category. I know hack reactor and tech elevator look like safe choices. Is there any others you would consider? Thanks in advance
Hmm, those two are solid from my understanding of hack reactor, I’ve also heard good things and worked with some sharp folks from Flatiron School and General Assembly, but know less about them generally. The same company that owns Tech Elevator and Hack Reactor also recently acquired Galvanize, which may elevate them to the same status, the parent company’s (Stride inc) model seems to acquire successful Bootcamps and finance them scaling to new locations faster. From what they told the alumnus they are fairly hands off with Tech Elevators curriculum and process, I went through right before Tech Elevator being acquired and most of the faculty seems to still be there!
I appreciate your videos! Through you I’ve found out about Tech elevator and feel it’s one of the better fits for me when considering the boot camp path! So thank you again for sharing your positive experience!
Been watching a few of your videos. Hope you plan on making more videos. Specifically about Tech Elevator. Im planning on applying to one of the cohorts in Columbus. Though I am worried about their aptitude test (I have a BA in Chemistry, so not much experience with coding at all)
This was extremely good 💯think I made a good choice.
Cool video. Thanks for the info.
Thank you! Hope it helps!
I am in the process of picking a bootcamp but there is sooooo many . I’m looking to the UTD one but can’t find info on placement rate and other things you mentioned . I hope I pick the right one
Income shared agreement is great if you are new to coding.
You can always reach out to them! Some newer bootcamps don't put them on their site, another thing you can try is reaching out to someone who went through it on LinkedIn! I answer a lot of those messages from folks curious about getting a perspective on Tech Elevator.
Thank you for the information. In researching Tech Elevator, I noticed a "pay to play" vibe that was inherent with now defunct technical colleges. i.e. If you have the money, they have the time. Was this something you experienced? Admitting/pushing people through the program as long as their check cleared?
Great question! I think that is a definite concern in any of the retraining programs like Tech Elevator, but in my experience going through it I didn’t see it with them! My cohort didn’t have anyone drop, and it would be tough to keep a high placement rate if people weren’t actually capable of doing the work. Bootcamps are also big on reputation, if they send out a bad class to their hiring partners it’s going to be much harder to place people. I do know that it can be really hard to get loans and or funds together to pay for Bootcamps, so they do ask about it in the interview, but I honestly think it’s more because it’s hard to get loans to retrain as an adult in the US, our system really only promotes a standard university education.
@@EthicalTechie Thanks for the honest opinion.
As the market has shifted with the big tech job layoffs recently. In your opinion, do you still think that boot camps are a viable option and worth the investment vs. self study via RUclips/coursea? And is there still an abundance of coding jobs for new grads and jr. programmers? Thanks!
That is a really great question! My personal perspective is obviously a smidge biased towards the bootcamp route, but I think you could definitely still do either. I think what will probably change is the big successful bootcamps will probably be an increasingly safe, mainstream option. There are a few that have a very strong brand, to the point I'd argue its about as reputable as doing an undergrad degree in CS. I think smaller bootcamps will probably get consolidated into the larger ones as the market will probably be a little more saturated in the short term. I went the bootcamp route in part because I didn't finish undergrad, so I wanted the stamp of approval from an institution to make me more appealing to companies, but either way I think self-taught is still a good option! It just might take a bit more persistence to find a job as you won't have as many local resources about what's going on in your market.
As for jobs, I think nationally there will probably still be a growth in junior positions, but specific regions may see some big fall off in openings in the near term. The biggest thing I think that will make up for big tech are the non-software companies that employ internal engineering teams, true software companies are super growth focused and so way more dependent on the market and interest rates in their cash flow, vs many established non software firms plan for disruptions like this. A lot of big banks and health-tech companies are hiring as much or more before the current disruptions, trying to snap up the talent from big tech so I think we'll see lots of new developers landing in those sectors while big tech recovers.
Sorry for the long-winded response, but I hope it helps!
Yes, that’s encouraging. I’m doing a lot of self study currently, but was looking at doing a boot camp early next year. You mentioned that there were “ big successful boot camps” which ones would you classify in that category. I know hack reactor and tech elevator look like safe choices. Is there any others you would consider? Thanks in advance
Hmm, those two are solid from my understanding of hack reactor, I’ve also heard good things and worked with some sharp folks from Flatiron School and General Assembly, but know less about them generally. The same company that owns Tech Elevator and Hack Reactor also recently acquired Galvanize, which may elevate them to the same status, the parent company’s (Stride inc) model seems to acquire successful Bootcamps and finance them scaling to new locations faster. From what they told the alumnus they are fairly hands off with Tech Elevators curriculum and process, I went through right before Tech Elevator being acquired and most of the faculty seems to still be there!
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