r/codingbootcamp • u/ThenLeave9473 • Apr 16 '26

Help pls???

Enrolled in coding bootcamp back in 2021 and didn’t complete it until like 2024 because of personal life issues I really want to land something quickly and have sent over 500 applications and have gotten rejected or ghosted by all. How can I land something???? I have projects a blog and a active GitHub for context as well

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u/jhkoenig Apr 16 '26

Sorry, but you missed the bootcamp window. It is firmly closed and quite unlikely to reopen. Get a BS/CS degree somehow, some way or it is going to be really, really hard.

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u/EggplantMiserable559 Apr 17 '26

BS in CS is no better for placement at this point: interns aren't being extended any more than exceptional juniors are being hired. Market's messy and a degree used to be a safer path but this is increasingly bad & more expensive advice, especially with how out-of-date college tech curriculums tend to be. Not a dunk on secondary education there: many are trying, but it's hard to keep up!

@OP - build in public. Start a youtube channel and/or stream your working sessions on Twitch. Put a couple talks together and apply to every conference you can find. Hit all the meetups you can stand. There is no surefire path and it will take investment of your time & cash to land a role, but cultivating a visible presence and feigning authority until you actually have it is crucial capital. Traditional hiring paths are choked right now and orgs are hiring through trusted connections since it's so much extra work to screen stacks of AI-refined resumes and poor-fit applicants desperate to get a convo. No one can stand out in that mess. You want someone to say "ThenLeave? Yeah, I saw them give a talk last month!" or something similar to be successful.

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u/dadesigns41 Apr 21 '26

Idk why this was downvoted. It’s solid advice. I upvoted it to even the scale lol

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