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What kind of jobs do programming bootcamps help you get? Is it worth the money for someone looking for a career change with some basic programming experience?

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    I've spent years conducting education ROI research and there is no better educational ROI that I am aware of than .**  The case is particularly strong when you factor in average salary ($105k), job placement (99%) and low opportunity cost relative to a 4 year degree.* I was in the 2nd cohort of Hack Reactor and then worked as a full-stack software engineer at OpenTable.  My passion for the Hack Reactor experience and it's community/people drew me back to work there full-time to build out the new alumni program, which is focused on extending Hack Reactor's advanced training and career support to the alumni base. As far as the kinds of jobs Hack Reactor graduates get, this is just a small sample of where some graduates work as engineers: McKinsey, Salesforce, Adobe, Groupon, Linkedin, Chartboost, OpenTable, Pandora, Hipmunk, "http://Famo.us", Google, Beats Audio, Amazon, BrightRoll, "http://Change.org", JP Morgan Chase, Sony PlayStation, Uber, Firebase, Solar City, Paypal, Yammer. The majority of Hack Reactor grads work in mid level or senior positions at software companies, with ~85% of grads working in the bay area. *Hack Reactor is only 3-4 months foregone income and $17,780 in tuition vs 4 years foregone income and anywhere from $25k to $150k or more in tuition. http://www.payscale.com/college-roi/ ** I published this chart a couple of years ago.

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Some bootcamps have job placement services and others do not.  At nearly all of our graduates end up in junior developer roles. The value proposition (being worth the money) at our camp is excellent, especially when you factor in cost of living since we are located in Ohio.  The ROI on our camp given a salary in the area is 4-5 months at the longest which absolutely crushes most other learning options out there.

Eric Wise

The jobs that become available after a programming bootcamp depend on both your expertise and level of experience with programming. As dean of Byte Academy, I recognized that bootcamp graduates are typically underrepresented in the finance sector. Countless financial institutions and startups are looking for programmers who are fluent in financial concepts. Each potential student should evaluate what he or she wants out of a bootcamp.  There are both general and specialized bootcamps; Byte Academy (http://www.byteacademy.co), for example, focuses on the financial sector.   In many cases, programming bootcamps are worth the time and money. Career opportunities for a programmer at a financial institution, for example, have high entry level salaries and are part of a growing industry. Traditional financial institutions, like Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse, are hiring more and more programmers who understand financial concepts. In addition, there are growing job opportunities at FinTech-specific companies, with some represented in the chart below.

Richard Hu

According to Course Report's https://www.coursereport.com/2015-coding-bootcamp-job-placement-demographics-report, which surveyed more than 600 coding bootcamp graduates, the most popular jobs were: Software Engineer Front-end Developer Junior Developer Full Stack Developer Teacher Assistant Intern/Apprentice You can read more about the 6 most common post bootcamp jobs including average salaries https://www.coursereport.com/resources/6-jobs-you-can-land-after-a-coding-bootcamp. You can find more job-specific data https://www.coursereport.com/2015-coding-bootcamp-job-placement-demographics-report#Table18. As for it being worth it, the aforementioned survey noted a 38% salary increase ($18K on average for coding bootcamp average, which is well worth it. Most students  spend ~12K on bootcamp tuition.

Alexandria Williams

Yes, it's worth the money. I attended App Academy between June and August, and got a job as a software engineer at Addepar in October. Before that, I was an Economics major just out of college struggling to find Product Management jobs. I know dozens of people who previously had little to no programming experience, and were on completely different career paths, and are now working as entry level software engineers and web developers making six figure salaries.  Point is, bootcamps are no joke. If you're looking for a career change, this is the most effective way to do it. App Academy in particular is designed to be really accessible. You don't need to start paying until after you start working, and they even let you live in their office for free. That said, they charge 18% of the starting salary, which at the average starting salary makes it more expensive than most other bootcamps.

Phil Nachum

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