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by xacaxulu 4217 days ago
I feel like this is bad advice. Zero experience + a 3 month course in JS does not get 100k job, certainly not at a 99% rate. Maybe it could lead to a 45k entry-level/internish job, then after a year or so coupled with SERIOUS chops and a few projects, maybe, maybe a 6 figure job, in SF. There are so many of these 'hacker schools' that are churning out grads, you'd better have a good degree or interesting experience to couple with it and be competitive(I had a TS security clearance and prior IT background). These courses are great to get people started but they generally make extremely good entry-level candidates, not seasoned devs out of the box.

Experience: I attended one of these 6month bootcamp courses and later went on to get a CS degree.