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Discussion on: Did I try looking for a job too fast?

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Max Ong Zong Bao • Edited

Actually, It depends as I would love to find junior developers who had graduated from boot camps to provide referrals to my company be it for an internship or a full-time position.

My advice would be that you can consider in looking for an internship to break into the industry.

That worked for me when I was starting out by brushing and upgrading my skillsets to be relevant for the job in the internship company. Which they gave me a full-time position after I had completed my internship.

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Jen Chan • Edited

Why... would a company hire someone who did a bootcamp? I did one 2 years ago.Iā€™m A/B testing my CV with and without that line because my experience begins before I did a bootcamp and I got a bad impression from some workplaces.

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Max Ong Zong Bao • Edited

Simple cause it's harder to find local tech talents in my country, so you need to cast a wider net.

Especially those with CS background would have been snapped up by the bucketload from big companies, banks, consulting company and government agency if you're in my country.

As developers who want to work in startups is considered a minority but has grown as a popular career path in recent years due to success stories with successful startups like Sea, Razor and Carousell.

To me, startups can be a great place for a new developer to learn new technologies and grow as a developer beside going to silicon valley.