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by phantom_oracle 4425 days ago
You make it unclear what your skills are. Being a bootcamp, I assume you've got RoR or Node.js as your stack?

You also don't specify where you are applying. Startups or corporates?

I've also never heard of any major tech companies in OR, so perhaps you may need to consider relocating.

If I was in your position, I would go for some company like Oracle/RackSpace/RedHat. Do the ugly grunt work for a year or so and gain a shit load of experience. Don't be afraid to do as many certifications as the company can afford as well.

You can then leave after that year or so. Go do some startup stuff, see if you like it. If you don't, you can always go back to the $90k job with your certs.

PS. Here are some keywords for a startup job (polite humour): "I know web-scale" ; "node.js and async rule the world" ; "non-relational DBs shard efficiently and beat relational DB asses" ; "rapid prototyper" ; "Rails gems" ; "convention over configuration" .

Good luck!

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Thanks for the tips. My stack is RoR.