Choosing a full-time Coding

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with alumni stories

David Kim
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Contents

Acknowledgement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
A Toolkit for Your Decision . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi

1 Getting In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1 Coding Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.2 New Exercise: Listen to Yourself . . . . . . 4
1.3 Admissions: Learning From Those Who
Went Before Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.4 Geography: Does It Matter? . . . . . . . . 10
1.5 Class Size & Your Day In Life . . . . . . . 12
1.6 About Changing Trends . . . . . . . . . . 14

2 About the author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.1 Follow David @findinbay . . . . . . . . . 16

Appendix: Prep Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Further Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
CONTENTS

Beginner Coding Tutorials . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

JavaScript Tutorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Coding Blogs & Newsletters & Other Sites You
Should Know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Massive Open Online Courses . . . . . . . . . . 26
 Acknowledgement
Thanks to all of the hard-working people involved in
furthering technical education in the world today.
And of course, thanks mom & dad!
 Introduction
When you come to a fork in the road, take it. - Yogi Berra
Introduction iii

Preface

You are about to start on a fun journey. Do not sit back

with this information; instead, actively engage it. Use it as
a starting point for further inquiries. Keep learning to code
independently of your application process. Keep learning
broadly and explore your interests. Certainly, other ques-
tions should come to your mind. Feel free to talk to friends
or reach out to people at Coding Bootcamps to further your
research.
If you havent already asked, ask yourself why you want
to attend a coding bootcamp. Are you a career switcher?
Are you seeking to add a skill to your existing portfolio?
Do you want a convenient, and guided way to learn a new
programming language? Or are you simply enticed by the
dream of becoming your own technical co-founder, and
building the next famous Silicon Valley company?
Introduction iv

A Toolkit for Your Decision

I wrote this brief guide as a tool to help you decide whether

to attend an intense, full-time coding bootcamp. You may
hear others describe it as a hacker school or programming
school.
It is a big leap to quit your day job, and enroll in a
full-time Coding Program. Should you take the plunge?
The decision to attend can be financially expense, and
personally disruptive. And there are other related questions
on your mind: Does it make sense move to a new City? Will
I have a job after I graduate? Who will my classmates be?
Do I really want to work as a software developer? How
good a developer will I actually become after a full-time
program? Couldnt I just learn to program on my own?
You are reading this guide, because you want to be better
informed about your decision. You do not want to spend
next several months of your life and upwards of $11,000
of investment only to be unemployed, or worse, to regret
your decision and still be uncertain about what you want
out of life and career. Thats why I wrote this guide. I
had the privilege of working closely with coding bootcamp
staff and with high-tech managers. This guide aggregates
insider insights and experiences to share with you.
This guide is also a set of stories, because listening to stories
of others can help us navigate our own. And learning to
tell stories will be an important component of making your
decision as well as succeeding in a job search. I hope that
Introduction v

the bits and pieces of stories and advice found in this guide
will be useful to you, and save you time in your exploration.
Introduction vi

Goals

Remember. Only you can decide what you want out of

life! Our role simply is to furnish you with constructive
thoughts and useful information to help you in your jour-
ney. To that end, our goals are:

1. Provide general overview of Coding Bootcamps and

their context
2. Identify and aggregate pertinent information to save
you time
3. Introduce stories of other people who took the plunge
4. Curate learning materials to help further your learn-
ing process
 1 Getting In
Know thyself - Ancient Greek maxim
 Getting In 2

1.1 Coding Exercises

Exercise 1: Write a function to compute factorial of a given

number, n, denoted n!.
A factorial is a product of all positive integers from 1 to
a given number, n. For example, 5 factorial (written as 5!)
is 5x4x3x2x1 = 120. If you were sitting next to someone
who knew very little about programming, how would you
begin to outline what you are trying to do? How would
you outline the structure of your code? Lets try writing a
pseudocode. It is what it sounds like - an outline of a code
useful for thinking out loud and communicating with your
pair visually. It wont actually run.

1 factorial_method(argument)
2 answer = argument x (argument - 1) x (argument\
3 - 2) x ... x 2 x 1
4 return answer
5 end method

The trick is to try to build on small successes and make

them bigger. First, make sure you can save the argument
into a variable and return it. Does it work? Now, build on
a layer of complexity by making it compute argument x
(argument - 1). Is the returned answer what you expected
it to be? And so on.
Exercise 2: Compute 10!
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Many programmers first write a recursive solution to this

coding challenge. Now, use the function you wrote to
compute 100!
If you wrote a recursive solution to compute 5! or 10! did it
work for 100! or 1000? So, now what?
If a recursive solution doesnt quite work, because of the
computing time, how would you restructure your code? Is
there a way to compute the multiplication non-recursively
from 1 to n? And how does that improve performance?
Could you refactor your code further to take advantage of
a technique called memoization?
Exercise 3: Take n! and find and print the sum of the digits
of the answer. For example, for 5!, the answer is 120, and
the sum of its digits is 1+2+0 = 3.
You see how we are building on small pieces of existing
knowledge. After youd given it a good faith effort, if you
would like to reference a solution (just one among many
possible), then check out this repo of Ruby implementation:
Factorial Sum
Did you enjoy trying to figure this problem out? Would
you enjoy doing so with someone else next to you? Does
the process of optimizing your code and make it compute
faster appeal to you?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memoization
https://github.com/dklounge/euler_exercises/blob/master/pr20_
factorialsum.rb
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1.2 New Exercise: Listen to Yourself

You either 1) didnt have enough background to successfuly

attempt writing a factorial function and the variations
thereof, or 2) enjoyed the exercise and want more.
Before we suggest some resources for those of you on path
#1 and on path #2, lets pause. It is important to reflect
and pick-up signals from this experience about yourself. In
our opinion, there is no shame in being frustrated. There
is only shame in ignoring the meaning of that frustration.
Try to take it as a constructive signal; there is always a path
forward. As you will see below, most programming courses
select for those who have demonstrated intent and ability
to code.
Path #1: More Prep Materials If you need more basics -
try this Ruby in 100 Minutes Tutorial by JumpstartLab.
Path #2: More Programming Exercises If you found the
Factorials exercise too easy, try your hand at some more
challenging algorithms using language of your choice by
browsing Project Euler exercises.
As you try these exercises & tutorials, rather than focusing
on the content per se, observe your feelings and thoughts
during the learning process. How does it feel? Does the
prospect of seeing bunch of new keywords annoy you?
http://tutorials.jumpstartlab.com/projects/ruby_in_100_minutes.html
http://jumpstartlab.com
http://projecteuler.net/
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frustrate you? scare you? or excite you? As the volume

of information and difficulty of concepts rise, how do you
react? Do you see yourself taking a break and hesitate to
return to the material? Or does the exposure to the basic
concepts and keywords set you about searching for more
detail on wikipedia or Stack Overflow?
Take a moment to reflect. What do these reactions and
feelings say about your interests? About your character?
The answers to these questions will not necessarily give
you predictive information about whether or not you will
do well in a full-time programming course. However, we
believe these questions are vital to address for you to be
happy and successful in life. Your feelings may be a window
as to how much you might or might not enjoy a career in
software engineering. (There is a small catch to this logic.
People tend to enjoy what they excel in; it is easy and
effortless. However, that excellence and ease comes as a
result of hard - and often frustrating - work!)
Getting In 6

1.3 Admissions: Learning From

Those Who Went Before Us

To learn more about getting in, talk to two groups of people:

1. People who got in (we share alumni experience in

this guide)
2. People who review your applications and conduct
the interviews

In this section, lets hear from those who are on the admissions-
end of the programming courses. Stories from the alumni
are in another chapter. You may see two broad themes
emerge on what it takes to get in: 1) you enjoy coding, and
2) you are a good human being.
We asked Michael Kaiser-Nyman, founder of a program-
ming school called Epicodus (Portland, Oregon formerly
in Sacramento, California). Michael is an alumnus of Dev
Bootcamp and an all-around great guy. Michael noted the
following:

I cant speak for any other coding school, but

the two things I look for in Epicodus appli-
cants. First, they should have tried program-
ming before, so that they know that they like
it. Second, they should be a good team player.
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http://devbootcamp.com/
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Sean Daken, founder of RefactorU (Boulder, Colorado)

looks for people with high general intelligence + emotional
intelligence + professionalism.

We want people who are passionate about the

path they are pursuing, who have a sense of
urgency, and who have maturity in spades.
Successful applicants need to be able to com-
municate very well, be driven and willing to
work hard, and be able to learn and apply new
concepts quickly. Basically, were looking at
applicants through the lens of a hiring man-
ager - smart, driven, passionate, very strong
communicator, etc. We actually score appli-
cants quantitatively and qualitatively based
on perceived raw general intelligence, com-
munication skills, professionalism, passion, how
much they have invested up to the point of the
application in learning on their own, etc. We
determine the score based on a combination of
their application responses, interviews, and in
some cases reference checks.
It helps to have some prior coding experience,
but [it is] not absolutely required. It is impor-
tant that people have tried to learn something
related to programming on their own, not so
much for what that is in particular but that
it shows that they have taken initiative and
http://refactoru.com/
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are serious. The best candidates have all of the

qualities I mentioned above AND have tried
to learn as much as possible on their own.
They know what they want and know that
RefactorU is the most efficient path to getting
them there.

Shawn Drost, a co-founder San Francisco-based Hack Re-

actor lists the following key attributes during the admis-
sions process:

Drive - We want to work with people

that will push themselves and their peers
to surprising amounts of success.
Warmth - The school ends up being like
a family, and my cofounders and I go
to crazy lengths for our students that
dont make any sense from a business
perspective. Life is too short to spend
time with assholes, even when theyre
all-stars by other metrics.
Effectiveness - It turns out that getting
things done is a unique skillset that car-
ries over between careers/environments.
We like effective people those skills ap-
ply just as well to software engineering.
Intellect - Raw horsepower also matters.
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Technical Chops - Many intelligent peo-

ple will never become software engi-
neers, either because they dont actu-
ally have a deep interest in the field or
because it just doesnt align with their
mindset. We ensure that applicants have
learned the first 10% on their own, mostly
so that we know for sure that they can
clear those hurdles.

From Hacker Schools blog about What We look for in

Students, one can list the following key attributes:

You enjoy programming

You want to get significantly better
Youre friendly
Youre self-directed
Youre intellectually curious
You have a demonstrated capacity for rigor
Youre introspective

Summary
You might be a good candidate for a coding bootcamp, if
you are: * coding already, and eager to learn more * friendly
person who plays well with others in a team
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1.4 Geography: Does It Matter?

You might be wondering, does geography matter at all? Jeff

Casimir, principal at JumpstartLab shared his views on
Quora. Asked what the advantages of attending a program-
ming course in San Francisco Bay Aarea might be:

Im obviously biased, but will give you a quick

answer anyways:
Not being in the SF ecosystem has plusses and
minuses. On the downside, if youre in SF,
youre a little minnow in a giant pool. Your
cost of living during the program is super high.
People probably havent heard of the program
youre in.
On the other hand, theyre craving develop-
ers. You cant turn around in the coffee shop
without bumping into someone hiring. You
can easily interview in person rather than
scheduling trips or doing it over Skype.
Being anywhere EXCEPT SF has minuses, too.
Here in Denver there are dozens of jobs, not
hundreds. Being here youre not totally im-
mersed in the tech culture people are more
likely to talk about mountain biking than sling-
ing code.
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On the upside, there are way more job here

than our students will fill up. I expect about 12
of our 23 students to stay in Colorado. Youre
a small fish in a small pond people have
heard of our program, theyve been to our
office essentially our program is the most
interesting thing going on in Denver tech.
Outside of Colorado, people are coming from
SF, Seattle, Portland, NYC, etc to interview
and (hopefully) hire our students.
Long story short: I dont think it matters. Pick
a program that fits you and has people you
like, the job part is easy.

It is an interesting insight. My personal opinion is that

location actually matters quite a lot. Certainly, it matters
for your personal wishes - you should be where you are
happy. Yet, location also has a big professional impact, even
in this modern age of GitHub and Google Hangout. Many
attend coding bootcamps with the intent of finding a job
in software. Geography matters, because location (e.g. San
Francisco) directly impacts 1) quantity of jobs, 2) quality of
jobs, 3) compensation range, 4) community of like-minded
peers, and 5) density of industry experts from whom you
can learn more. Clearly, each one of these factors are very
important, not to mention combinations of them.
Again, I am quite biased in thinking that San Francisco is
one of the best places you could come to attend a full time
programming course. That said move here!
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1.5 Class Size & Your Day In Life

Certainly, this is one of the attributes you should learn

about the programming course. (See our Appendix of Courses
for a starting list.) We wont go deeply into this topic as
it is self-explanatory. Hopefully, most of you gave some
thought to what the learning environment will feel like in a
group. We just want to make sure we debunk the somewhat
romanticized myth of a loner programming genius.

A Ruby Rookies Meetup

The truth is, that unless your goal is to work as a solo

programmer-contractor or as a solo entrepreneur, you will
be working in teams. And you will have a boss - whether
Getting In 13

that boss is a manager or a customer. That point is probably

well understood. So, if youve never done it before, how
can you simulate programming in a group? One easy way
would be to join a local coding meetup. The quality of this
technique depends on where you live, but the point is that
you are making an effort to simulate what it might be like to
join a 3-month long programming course, bootcamp-style,
and work day and night with your peers, discussing lines
of code, listen to lectures, walk out to lunch together, come
back and do more coding. Does that sound fun to you or
not? It is very important to imagine yourself in this setting.
It is not to say that if the idea doesnt appeal to you, you
should quit this journey. Rather, the intent here is to help
you become more self-aware and to suggest a technique
you can apply to simulate the experience (find a friend to
pair, join a meetup group, start a study group, etc.).
Building on that note, what would your day-in-life would
look like at a programming school?
The following is a link to day in the life from a well-known
San Francisco programming course called Dev Bootcamp:
A Day in the Life.
As a side note about solo programmers, they do exist. Talk
to enough companies, and youll find that there is bound
to be a mad scientist type of roles!
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1.6 About Changing Trends

Nearly nothing in life is constant, and this is especially

so in high tech. This also is true of programming courses;
they are constantly changing. Everything about them! The
curriculum is evolving, the applicant talent pool and ad-
missions criteria are rising. Even the employer needs for
technical talent grows and wanes. One of us was an early
applicant to a San Francisco-based programming course
(was admitted, and decided not to attend).
There are some takeaways from the changing trends:

1. If you have resolved your doubts about attending,

there is value to applying early. Either the compe-
tition will be thinner now (compared to future), or
you will have a chance to measure yourself sooner
and update your skills or career expectations accord-
ingly.
2. If your ultimate dream is not to work as a software
engineer, then you may want to step back for a gut
check. Is this what you really want to do, or are
you chasing a trend? Remember, what is cool, or in
demand today may not be tomorrow.
2 About the author
About the author 16

2.1 Follow David @findinbay

David Kim

David Kim organizes Ruby Rookies and Product Manage-

ment Fast-Track in San Francisco.
David previously was the head of business development
at Hack Reactor. David interacts extensively with top-tier
http://rubyrookies.github.io/
http://www.meetup.com/productlovers/
http://hackreactor.com/
About the author 17

companies in the Bay Area. David is a life hacker who

solves problems and enables people in the community.
David shares his experiences and musings on Medium and
on blogger. You can follow him on Twitter: @findinbay or
Github: dklounge. Ask him a question on Quora, or join
him on a long run with Anyone Can Run San Francisco.

https://medium.com/@findinbay
http://findinbay.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/@findinbay
http://github.com/dklounge
http://www.quora.com/David-C-Kim
http://www.meetup.com/Anyone-can-run-SF/
Appendix: Prep
Resources
Appendix: Prep Resources 19

Further Reading

Useful Quora Threads

Follow Programming Bootcamps topic on Quora

Quora entry: admissions critera.
Quora entry: best US programming courses
Quora entry: Who hires junior developers from pro-
gramming courses?

Student and Alumni Blog

If you have good ones to add to this list or would like your
story featured, please write me!

Cirles and Dots - Michelle Glauer, a Hackbright

alum (San Francisco)
Natasah the Robot - Natasha Murashev, a Dev
Bootcamp alum (San Francisco)
http://www.quora.com/Programming-Bootcamps
http://www.quora.com/Programming-Bootcamps/What-are-the-chief-
admission-criteria-for-those-admitted-to-programming-schools
http://www.quora.com/Computer-Programming/What-are-the-best-
programming-bootcamps-courses-available-in-the-United-States
http://www.quora.com/Programming-Bootcamps/Who-hires-junior-
developers-from-programming-bootcamps-like-Hack-Reactor-or-Dev-
Bootcamp-with-less-than-a-year-experience
http://michelleglauser.blogspot.com/
http://natashatherobot.com/
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Logic Mason - Mark Wilbur, a Hack Reactor alum

(San Francisco)

Practice, Practice, Practice

So, theres really no substitute for writing lines of code. I
always tell friends keep pushing that code. If you dont
know git push yet, you will. Here are some of my favorite
exercises for beginners to begin writing and pushing actual
lines of code to GitHub (as opposed to reading or coding in
browser-only).

ProjectEuler.net - somewhat mathy, but these will

have you getting comfortable with all of the basics of
programming, from data types and control flows to
data structures.
CodeEval - similar to ProjectEuler, though a key
difference is that many challenges are actually spon-
sored by hiring companies. Pass these, and you get a
chance to hit an apply button to real jobs.
RailsApps Tutorials - this tutorial is written by a
great SF teacher, and I highly recommend it! You can
follow Daniel on twitter @danielkehoe

The following sections will list additional resources. The

truth is that you wont have time to look at them all. It also
http://logicmason.com/
http://projecteuler.net/
https://www.codeeval.com/
http://railsapps.org/
https://twitter.com/danielkehoe
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goes to show just how much information is out there in

the world to teach you how to code. You have no excuse! :)
Survey the resources, pick a few that you think would work
for you, and then keep at it!

Keep pushing!
Appendix: Prep Resources 22

Beginner Coding Tutorials

rubymonk
Code School
Ruby on Rails Tutorial by Michael Hartl
SQLZoo
JumpstartLab Tutorials
Mozilla JavaScript Guide
Learn Python the Hard Way by Zed Shaw
Peep Code Screencasts: subscription-based website
where you could choose from lots of technologies
and frameworks, e.g., RoR, JS, NodeJS.
ScreenCasts.org: emerging JavaScript screencast hub.
Backbone Screencasts: all the things BackboneJS on
a pay-as-you-go basis.
NodeTuts: Node.js Free screencast tutorials for NodeJS.

Video Tutorials
http://rubymonk.com
http://codeschool.com/
http://ruby.railstutorial.org/
http://sqlzoo.net/wiki/Main_Page
http://tutorials.jumpstartlab.com/
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide
http://learnpythonthehardway.org/
https://peepcode.com/
http://screencasts.org/
http://backbonescreencasts.com/
http://nodetuts.com/
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Railscasts by Ryan Bates

The Intro to Rails Screencast I Wish I Had
Udacity CS101 with David Evans

http://railscasts.com/
http://youtu.be/cMcEgOPza8A
https://www.udacity.com/course/cs101
Appendix: Prep Resources 24

JavaScript Tutorials

Eloquent JavaScript: A Modern Introduction to Pro-

gramming
Developing Backbone.js Applications
Step by step from jQuery to Backbone
Douglas Crockford on JavaScript
Leaning JavaScript Design Patterns

http://eloquentjavascript.net/
http://addyosmani.github.io/backbone-fundamentals/
https://github.com/kjbekkelund/writings/blob/master/published/
understanding-backbone.md
http://javascript.crockford.com/
http://addyosmani.com/resources/essentialjsdesignpatterns/book/
Appendix: Prep Resources 25

Coding Blogs & Newsletters &

Other Sites You Should Know

DailyJS
JavaScript Weekly
JavaScript.is (Sexy)
Superhero.js - A collection of best stuff on JS
DevDocs - All-in-one API documentation
stackoverflow - Get your coding questions an-
swered
github - Brose open source projects and start read-
ing other peoples code

http://dailyjs.com/
http://javascriptweekly.com/
http://javascriptissexy.com/
http://superherojs.com/
http://devdocs.io/
http://stackoverflow.com/
https://github.com/
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Massive Open Online Courses

Use these resources to learn programming and beyond:

Udacity
Coursera
edX
Open Classroom

These websites offer a wide variety of classes at relatively

small cost:

Udemy: lots of discounts; courses on Lean Startup

methodology.
Online Marketing Institute: all things related to
online marketing; subscription-based.
Khan Academy: short videos primarily on high
school subjects.
iTunes U: mostly videos and textbooks from top
universities like Yale.
http://udacity.com/
http://coursera.org/
https://www.edx.org/
http://openclassroom.stanford.edu/MainFolder/HomePage.php
http://udemy.com/
http://onlinemarketinginstitute.org/
http://khanacademy.org/
http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/
Appendix: Prep Resources 27

Lynda: paid business and software-oriented courses

with homework, labs and tests.

http://www.lynda.com/