My road from bootcamp to landing a job.

Hi,

If it can give you a little bit of hope, here's my story.

I started the bootcamp with zero experience in web development. Halfway through the bootcamp, I realized that what they were teaching was just the tip of the iceberg. I knew that if I followed only what the bootcamp was asking, I wouldn't be able to find any jobs. It was my job to dig deeper and uncover the rest of that iceberg.

That's what I did. I learned the basics of UI/UX design with Figma because the bootcamp didn't teach any of that, and I found it important these days.

After that, I created my portfolio and worked on many more personal projects to learn new languages/frameworks while simultaneously working on the bootcamp project.

Graduated in 2023, half of my project were personal one and the other half bootcamp project.

The hunt began. I had my routine every day of sending resumes and still continue to learn more about the field. Soon enough most of my project on my resume wasn't bootcamp related. I was fortunate to have an interview one month later. The HR and technical interviews went fine, but I didn't receive any news after I completed the final one with the CEO.

Did some interview after that but mostly no news after the first round.

After six months and hundreds of resumes, I finally found a job. Every interview went well, despite not having worked with the technology they were asking about. I just tried to learn everything I could before the technical interview. My first job as a full-stack web developer, and I LOVE it.

The advice I could give:

  • Have a complete clean linkedin and github
  • Portfolio
  • Host your project
  • Do more than what the bootcamp ask
  • Learn new technologies by doing projects (don't enter the tutoriel hell)
  • Most important: Do a BIG project that you like and push it to the max. Something original and try to do everything without any packages like carousel, authentication, modal, etc...

I checked the LinkedIn profiles of most people who graduated from the same bootcamp between 2022 and 2023, and the vast majority of them don't have any jobs as developers. I know it's rough out there.

Be consistent and eager to learn more.

✌️