Thinkful Coding Bootcamp Review
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I invited 3 graduates on to talk about their experience at Thinkful. We dove into the application process, curriculum, instructors, and job assistance. One thing that was really surprising to hear was the extremely high dropout rate (76%) in Gage's cohort. We definitely covered the good and the bad for this coding bootcamp.
Questions/Topics:
0:00 - Intros
2:10 - Stipend program (He has to pay back $40,000!?)
6:20 - Intros (continued)
10:36 - What’d you think of the curriculum?
11:19 - High dropout rates
13:08 - Why are dropout rates so high?
17:06 - What was the application process like?
21:12 - Were all students pulling their weight with pair programming?
24:15 - Let’s dive back into the curriculum
25:27 - How prepared did you feel like you were for data structures and algorithm interview questions?
29:32 - More curriculum discussion
37:48 - What’d you think of your instructors?
43:31 - How well were you prepared to get a developer position?
46:30 - Why do you feel like you haven’t gotten a position yet?
52:58 - What was the post graduate job assistance like?
58:41 - What could they do better?
1:09:54 - Final piece of feedback for people considering a coding bootcamp
1:11:32 - How do you beat imposter syndrome?
1:17:34 - Outros
Guests:
Gage Eide - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gage-eide
Anthony Bostic - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonytb
Alex Olson - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexj-olson
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