3-Month Record from Bootcamp Completion to Landing a Job
Just leaving an honest review. I completed a full-stack course at a government-funded bootcamp in June 2023.
After graduating, I spent the first month polishing my portfolio. There were two team projects—one that only existed within the academy, and one that was actually deployed. I kept bringing up the deployed project during interviews.
I applied to 48 companies in total: passed document screening at 11, coding tests at 4, and made it to final interviews at 2.
What helped the most:
- Including records of real user feedback in my portfolio
- Writing retrospectives consistently, so I could explain my problem-solving process out loud
- Admitting what I didn't know and instead asking the interviewer questions
In the end, I joined a mid-sized SI company as a frontend developer. I started with a low salary, but I strongly believed that as a junior, it's better to get in quickly than to keep building up my specs. Good luck!
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Agreed, feedback records are the most important in a portfolio.
I can relate—I had a similar experience. I applied to over 50 places, and in the end, the questions came from a retrospective I'd written. Thanks for the great post.
I'm jealous.. I'm still job hunting ㅠㅠ
Thanks for the advice! I'm also about to finish, and it really helped.
Well.. I've heard that starting with a low salary at an SI puts you at a disadvantage when changing jobs. It depends on the case, but 3 months is indeed fast.
Oh, I didn't know that. You can really use actual user feedback like that.
Is three months after completion really that fast? I've only seen people around me who took over six months. Anyway, congratulations.
Does writing retrospectives actually help? I never wrote one because it was too much of a hassle. I think I'll give it a try this time.