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> And you do not need any college or bootcamp to work at Amazon, Microsoft, or Google.

Until you can throw some patents and published works in that blank section on the resume where the school goes, it's an uphill battle, though.

[gothrowaway]

More like:

A couple of years at startups where the hiring bar is lower. A couple of github projects. A couple of presentations at local meetup groups.

And having a really really good interview when you get to the whiteboard.

[yomly]

What level are people entering Goog/Amzn on this path? Presumably not the same as a college graduate...?

[xiaoma]

From what I saw of people in my cohort and the few after it, the entry point is usually a bit higher, like where someone with a college degree + 1-2 years enters.

Disclaimer: my school was a very intense 6-day/week, 10-14 hours per day for a total of 900 or so hours. This is a lot more coding than people tend to think when they hear 3 months and there are instructors and classmates helping with the actual coding process.