> And you do not need any college or bootcamp to work at Amazon, Microsoft, or Google.
Until you can throw some patents and published works in that blank section on the resume where the school goes, it's an uphill battle, though.
Until you can throw some patents and published works in that blank section on the resume where the school goes, it's an uphill battle, though.
A couple of years at startups where the hiring bar is lower. A couple of github projects. A couple of presentations at local meetup groups.
And having a really really good interview when you get to the whiteboard.
Disclaimer: my school was a very intense 6-day/week, 10-14 hours per day for a total of 900 or so hours. This is a lot more coding than people tend to think when they hear 3 months and there are instructors and classmates helping with the actual coding process.