Choosing the Best Coding Bootcamp for You
Choosing the Best Coding Bootcamp for You
Insider Stories, Application Checklist, Career Tips
About the Book
This brief guide is a tool to help you decide whether to attend an intense, full-time coding bootcamp (you may also know it as hacker bootcamp or programming school).
It is a big leap to quit your day job, and enroll in a full-time Coding Bootcamp. Should you take the plunge? The decision to attend can be financially expensive, and personally disruptive. And there are other related questions on your mind: Does it make sense move to a new City? Will I have a job after I graduate? Who will my classmates be? Do I really want to work as a software developer? How good a developer will I actually become after a full-time program? Couldn't I just learn to program on my own?
About the Author
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgement
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Introduction
- Preface
- A Toolkit for Your Decision
- Goals
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1 Getting In
- 1.1 Coding Exercises
- 1.2 New Exercise: Listen to Yourself
- 1.3 Admissions: Learning From Those Who Went Before Us
- 1.4 Geography: Does It Matter?
- 1.5 Class Size & Your Day In Life
- 1.6 About Changing Trends
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2 How to Learn
- 2.1 Can You Learn on Your Own?
- 2.2 Pitfalls and Doubts
- 2.3 What Would a Senior Software Engineer Say?
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3 Profiles
- 3.1 A Panel Gathering
- 3.2 Coleman Foley, Hack Reactor in 2013
- 3.3 Erik, App Academy in 2013 (San Francisco)
- 3.4 Michelle Glauser, Hackbright in 2012
- 3.5 Simon, App Academy (San Francisco)
- 3.6 Dave Melin, App Academy July 2013 (San Francisco)
- 3.7 Scott Rogers, App Academy 2013 (New York)
- 3.8 Who Should Not Attend?
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4 What is the ROI?
- 4.1 MBA vs. Coding School
- 4.2 Beyond ROI
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5 On Getting a Job & Career
- 5.1 What Do Employers Want?
- 5.2 Do Job Descriptions Matter?
- 5.3 How do I find an ideal team?
- 5.4 How do I position myself?
- 5.5 Interviewing tips & techniques
- 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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7 About the author
- 7.1 Follow David @findinbay
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Appendix: Applications Checklist
- Checklist of Things You Should Know or Ask
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Appendix: List of Courses
- AIT Learning
- App Academy
- Bitmaker Labs
- Coding Dojo
- DaVinci Coders
- Dev Bootcamp
- Epicodus
- The Flatiron School
- General Assembly
- gSchool
- Hackbright Academy (women-only Program)
- Hack Reactor
- Hacker School
- MakerSquare
- RefactorU
- Starter League (Web Development)
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Appendix: Prep Resources
- Further Reading
- Beginner Coding Tutorials
- JavaScript Tutorials
- Coding Blogs & Newsletters & Other Sites You Should Know
- Massive Open Online Courses
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