Everyone assumes these were full of like, bartenders chasing money (which there is nothing wrong …
… Everyone assumes these were full of like, bartenders chasing money (which there is nothing wrong with that either) but in my experience it wasn't true at all. It was mostly late 20s-early 30s professionals who were looking to change to another skilled career, mostly due to burnout, poor fit in the first one, or more autonomy. > turns out you cannot easily get into a tech job doing some simple cookie cutter courses. No, you can't easily get into a tech job from these courses. But more interesting to me it showed that you can do a tech job from doing these courses. I've worked with code school grads a lot after that as well, in fact I seek them out when hiring. It's true that a fresh code school grad has a narrow slice of competence and needs more and different kinds of support than other junior devs. But they can succeed if given it, and ones a couple years or more into their careers tend to punch well above their weight in my experience. It's a group that is basically self-selecting for confidence and calculated risk-taking. They do well.
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