[kabuks]

For the record. Devbootcamp would not have been possible without HN.

Just over a year ago I posted this: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3267133

And this community's response is what convinced me to ditch my startup and start devbootcamp.

I only know very few of you people in person, but I'm sincerely grateful for the impact you've had on my life. Thank you!

[SilasX]

Another "Boot" here, graduate of the Spring devbootcamp cohort. I was accepted almost exactly a year ago.

That post was a major turning point in my life, as it was exactly the kind of thing I had been looking for, to transition to what I really wanted to do. Eventually it led to my current job.

Edit: Interestingly, looking back at the comment thread for that post, I see this comment, where someone responds to a skeptic by saying that he picked up Django and got a job using it from 10 weeks of self-study.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3268469

Similarly, after the 8-week DBC, which used Rails, the job I got used Django, but I was able to pick it up quickly enough.

No offense, Shereef, but I prefer it to Rails ;-)

[jcdavison]

I'm grateful that you are grateful because you have had a big impact on my life.

[DomKM]

As am I. (We're both DBC grads.)

[writeclick]

I am about to graduate from DBC; also grateful. I have an M.S. in Information Science & Technology (and my first 3 semesters were in Computer Science). Dev Bootcamp taught me more about programming--and more importantly, how to work with other programmers--than grad school did in two years.

And I heard about it here on HN.