I hate software dev job
what sector are you in? I work in unity dev right now but I'm feeling it's a dead end compare to web.I work in high performance computing.
I work in high performance computing.
like a bunch of older devs who think they always know best in a more conservative corporate cultureYes and no. It's just filled with people who think they always know best, or at least that's my experience. Conservative corporate culture? No. I don't necessarily agree with that. All 3 places I've worked? Probably not as liberal as SV, but then again Massachusetts is liberal in a totally different way than California.
Yeah I don't get why companies can't just give you questions about coding instead of some algorithm exercise. I would think that it would be pretty easy to figure out if someone doesn't know what they're talking about. Coding tests might eliminate some great peopleI perform very poorly with algorithm heavy questions as they usually require already knowing the answer.
I find a lot of boot camps are inconstant, and it's really important to those interested in them to find a reputable one, that also doesn't have super predatory payment options. Despite what the sector says about needing degrees, it is significantly harder to find a job without one, and bootcamps give you certs, not degrees. You are screwed if the place you apply for hasn't heard of your camp.Boot camps only teach what is needed to get a job in the fields they try and prepare you for. Think of it like a technical school. They don't teach you a basis in Computer Science that would make you successful in every area of the industry. Think of them as pump and dumps. It's a lot harder to hire these types of people because they carry substantial risk, probably more risk than fresh grads with 0 experience.
Boot camps only teach what is needed to get a job in the fields they try and prepare you for. Think of it like a technical school. They don't teach you a basis in Computer Science that would make you successful in every area of the industry. Think of them as pump and dumps. It's a lot harder to hire these types of people because they carry substantial risk, probably more risk than fresh grads with 0 experience.
I'll admit I had several classmates who only took the course to make tech money, not because they had any passion for tech.
Have you ever worked with a boot camper? While it's a little light on CS theory, they do teach a lot. I could get many different jobs in the field including but not limited to QA, Full-Stack, BA, DBA, Support roles, and UX.No, because I stay lightyears away from anything related to webdev. Only web developers I have worked with have a CS background.
From the jump it literally took me about six years (of on and off searching) to get from my first "real" job to my second. That's not good. When I finally got the second one, I figured okay, maybe a year of experience here can get me to the next one, now going on almost two and a half years and I find searching as hard as ever. I can't keep having shit that I see as a stepping stone be three or four years, I'm getting too old and can't try to hold on to my sanity that long.same here. my first real job, not where I want to be working, so I think maybe next job I will get to "choose" my employer for real. nope it's already devolved into the same desperate process of interviewing at 15 companies and ending up at whichever one is the first to offer me a job.
It's tough for me too but I just hope to get one that doesn't do hackerrank bullshit, they are out therehonestly even worse for the ones who ask me about language quirks and shit like that.