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by soneca
2804 days ago
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As a self-taught web dev, I don't think I could find any "mentorship" in reddit, discord or Slack. This is like saying HN substitute for YC office hours with experienced mentors. Knowing a few people from bootcamps, it is clear to me that it is not "fun", it is work. Your impression that bootcamps are for people who do not want to read anymore is plain wrong. And self-teaching and bootcamps are not excludent. Actually, I was told that this is exactly what make a difference between bootcampers. The ones who think that all you need from bootcamp is the certificate, usually fail to have a career in software development. The ones that understand that the bootcamp is only the beginning, an accelerator and guidance for your learning, and you have to self-teach you a lot of things, those succeed. |
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Paying for mentorship itself in programming is over-rated:
Question about career advice? Programming Discussions Discord server, /r/cscareerquestions, Discord servers with #career-advice channels.
Stuck on a topic you're trying to learn and need help? /r/learnprogramming, one of the numerous Discord or Slack servers available.
Code not working? StackOverflow, Reddit, Discord, Slack.
Advice on improving code, best practices for software development? Code review StackExchange, software engineering StackExchange, Discord severs, et cetera.
Practice problems? Leetcode, HackerRank, other challenge sites.
A web development bootcamp is not going to teach you anything there is not a better resource already available for.
When many people (I'm speaking very generally here, not talking about you) talk about mentors in programming, they want someone to hold their hand and spoonfeed them information. If one wants to be pointed into the right direction, there are ample places for that.