Found your channel today an am on my 4th video in a row... it's very interesting to see someone who has learned quite a bit but not everything in this program (especially watching as a beginner). Very intrigued by the job you were able to land, huge congrats on that! Really enjoying the videos you're putting out.

Been listening to your videos for a bit, and everything you said is what i'd recommend at this point in your career. In the tech field you're always going to have to learn new things; the better that you get at being able to derive a system to be able to learn those things in the long term will be what sustains your career in the field. The focus to a specific discipline in tech is also a really good approach in general, as no good company is hiring people as juniors with the expectation they know the entire stack, but a focus of that stack.

Just wanted to say that I'm so grateful that you're taking all of us on this journey with you. I've learned so much from you & think you're very wise. I hope the full-time job position works in your favor!

Start building something. It will teach you so much.

I drilled down on the fundamentals of the niche / languages I thought I'd be using while formulating ideas of what I wanted to build for personal && potential business projects && then veered into tutorials && videos covering specific tools I would need to build the specific projects I decided upon (you will need great project to get into the industry via bootcamp or self-taught path)

They sell Basmati rice at Costco and half the world eats it, it's not a fancy rice hahaha

from my exp you need to know the whole stack, plus dev ops, plus some kinda cloud (aws or azure etc) yes its alot but thats just how it works. esp in higher ish paying roles. the luxury / meme of just being a "junior front end dev 4 life" is beyond over. its a darwinian grind, esp in this tech economy. good luck and godspeed

Great vid Colby! Congratulations on your job offer. Now that you have a job secured, is there any point finding another course to do? Can’t you just self study from here

I know quite a few people in other cohorts that have had similar issues yet are still stuck with the huge loan. Has anyone thought about doing a civil lawsuit due to their breech in contact??

I agree about long term learning! 6 months at part-time still seems rushed in my opinion as well. I think those 6 months need to be stressed to nine or 12 months, but I guess the idea behind it is to get you job ready and you're not supposed to really learn everything in depth. You're supposed to know just enough to get a job. But I would rather the 6 months be 12 months to be honest and maybe full-time go from 3 to 6months

I like what you said: instead of being a jack of all trades but a master of none, find one programming language to dive deep into. I’m seeing a lot of jobs wanting SQL - that might be want I self-study.

Could be worse. A lot of people do App academy. It’s six months. Much harder and if you fail 4 assessments you get kicked out. Every time you fail an assessment you wait two weeks and start back up 2 weeks behind. It’s brutal and I promise you a lot more brutal than a 3 month general assembly boot camp

Hey Colby! Have you checked out 100devs? I’m on the self taught route and Leon Noel teaches that bootcamp and he’s amazing! Oh I forgot to mention it’s free and all his videos are on KZfaq. That sounded like a sales pitch it’s not I promise lol

Was it a developer job for time at the company?

should do a job update if you're still working there edit - never mind, you mentioned it in the video. How is it though? Are you enjoying it?

It's a bit ridiculous how hard it is to break into tech, considering how easy the jobs actually are. I graduated with a CS degree + 3 internships. Even with all that, it was tough finding a full time job. I did end up getting one (fully remote, over six figures) and it's a joke... just very basic CRUD operations and maybe 2-3 hours of work each day.

I enjoy your content. But I disagree about getting a mentor. I think you should enroll into another boot camp. I would honestly just go back to general Assembly if I were you. I know what happened was terrible but I work in education and I can tell you things fall apart they come back together, especially after covet the education world is a mess 😂 but they do have a good curriculum and if they're going to give you half off, this may be a good time to restart and refresh it and you may have better teachers. I'm pretty sure you'll have better teachers and better support going forward because this is not something that general Assembly is going to want to keep having to redo. This sounds like something that was definitely a one-off situation because they're going to lose a little bit of money too and the reputation is going to suffer so I think they'll get it right the next time I really do and I think that's something you should consider. My issue with mentors is that they're not consistent and you don't really know what you're getting versus what you're paying for. Like it has to be very clear what their role is going to be as it pertains to what you need and what you want to get out of it. And at least with boot camps and traditional education, the outlines are pretty clear for the most part. Still not perfect but it's a little bit more structure and I think you have a better chance at getting what it is that you're looking for out of the situation. So reconsider GA 💕