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It doesn't say anywhere on Linkedin that you work at YC.

No I would definitely recommend a bootcamp, if you find the right one they will provide great value as long as you immerse yourself in them. I have many complaints about the particular one that I went to, starting with the fact that they charge nearly $15,000 CAD for a 6 month "Full Stack Developer" program, 3 months of which is spent covering very little Javascript, and focusing strictly on WordPress. Basically the first 3 months is a waste of your money. Another thing that I've read about, and heard about, but I haven't experienced, is that the prevalence of all these bootcamps has lead to an over saturation of Junior level developers in the industry. That would make sense intuitively, because there's only so many Junior jobs to go around, so it might be worth looking into how the job market is wherever you are.

I attended a bootcamp. The program had a very poorly constructed curriculum, and that made it feel more like a money grab than a place to learn useful skills. I got as much as I could out of it, but I would say that the majority of my current skillset has been self-taught.

Respectfully, what are all of the reasons that this would be a bad idea?

How does that make any sense? Now instead of competing with 3000 applicants, you're competing with 15000 for the $10,000. Your chances of winning the prize just decreased 5 fold.

Thank you!

I guess were just a bunch of ... angry nerds. cue CSI music

So basically we've just been told that we got accepted into Community College.

Doesn't everyone who applied get to audit the course .... ?

Thank you for that. The worst part though is the part where they say "You got accepted to audit the course" .... doesn't everyone get accepted to audit it?

Yeah, this was totally not cool. I much like most of you was not expecting to get accepted, I basically applied for the hell of it. None the less, it was quite a let down to receive that second email. Especially after telling a few family and friends. Kind of sucks, but hey it was an accident all we can do is move past it.