General Assembly Coding Bootcamp Review

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I invited a few General Assembly graduates on to talk about the coding bootcamp. We dove into what their experience was like and if it provided the education and support needed to become professional developers.

Questions/Topics:
0:00 - Intros
5:47 - What was the application process like?
12:33 - What'd you think about the curriculum?
17:53 - How long did it take to get a job afterwards?
21:00 - Did learning 2 separate languages spread your knowledge too thin?
25:51 - What were your instructors like?
32:35 - How much time did you really invest into the program?
37:57 - What was the remote experience like?
42:52 - After you graduated, how prepared did you feel like you were for a real developer position?
49:09 - How good was the job search assistance that General Assembly provided?
55:59 - What could be improved with the curriculum?
1:09:05 - Bonus Question: Do each of you focus more on frontend or backend?
1:09:58 - What’s your favorite code editor?
1:13:19 - Outros

Guests:
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Yashoma -   / yboodhan  
Allie -   / alliepacyga