Interesting perspective and one that i can relate to in some fashion, over the last 3 years as a dev manager i have hired, trained and shepherded over a dozen Bootcamp juniors through to what many consider mid-level developer positions. I spend a lot of time finding the right candidates for our team and it is a difficult balance between finding qualified talent to fill the role and someone with the right attitude to make it through our level of workload. We are just a small team but we take the chances since the mid-level and senior developers are almost non-existent in our area due to so many competing companies. In all honesty i have to do more work to make sure those team members are supported through the early phases of this activity and keep in mind the expectation that those same junior devs may not stay for more than a few years before they want to seek new opportunities. I will say while it is not novel in our company to do this approach, it is one that we have been very fortunate to find really great developer potential and that is definitely paying dividends for us over time. One trait that i have found that all of the more successful ones express is the desire to continue learning regardless of the avenue, that desire is imperative.
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Interesting perspective and one that i can relate to in some fashion, over the last 3 years as a dev manager i have hired, trained and shepherded over a dozen Bootcamp juniors through to what many consider mid-level developer positions. I spend a lot of time finding the right candidates for our team and it is a difficult balance between finding qualified talent to fill the role and someone with the right attitude to make it through our level of workload. We are just a small team but we take the chances since the mid-level and senior developers are almost non-existent in our area due to so many competing companies. In all honesty i have to do more work to make sure those team members are supported through the early phases of this activity and keep in mind the expectation that those same junior devs may not stay for more than a few years before they want to seek new opportunities. I will say while it is not novel in our company to do this approach, it is one that we have been very fortunate to find really great developer potential and that is definitely paying dividends for us over time. One trait that i have found that all of the more successful ones express is the desire to continue learning regardless of the avenue, that desire is imperative.