Canvas United<\/a> [ed: his current employer] has a lot of projects that I’ve been maintaining lately, and all are running different versions of Rails, which makes for interesting challenges. <\/p>\n– what do you see current boot camp students doing that you’d advise against?<\/b><\/p>\n
Not getting out and networking while going to school. This industry is all about networking and if you’re hoping to capitalize on the advantages of a good network you have to be building it while still in school.<\/p>\n
– why did you want to transition into technology and development?<\/b><\/p>\n
I wanted\/needed a career path where the leaning curve wouldn’t plateau. I’m not a ‘cruise control’ kind of person, as soon as the challenge isn’t there for me anymore I lose interest.<\/p>\n
– how can employers help boot camp grads in their first job?<\/b><\/p>\n
Be ok with answering questions, and be transparent with the employee about the proper channels to ask those questions. Also, be upfront about the fact that it’s ok to fail (assuming that’s the case) a few time before you get to the best solution [ed: if it isn’t ok to fail, find a new job!]. Also also, a healthy balance of low hanging fruit and multi-day problems. Nothing kills my morale faster than ticket after ticket of problems that grind me into the ground.<\/p>\n
– should employers have any different expectations of a boot camp grad vs someone who just graduated from college or high school?<\/b><\/p>\n
I definitely think that it takes a particular type of management style to successfully level up a boot camp grad. If you’ve hired them you must have liked something about them, play to those strengths, but also sprinkle in challenges to help that developer evolve.<\/p>\n
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