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Re: Ask HN: Any “bootcamps” or courses for intermediate/advanced people?

#31

Advanced folks will have very specific needs that are hard to meet for any course with a pre-determined curriculum. Perhaps a better approach would be to hire an expert from a consultancy, negotiate a detailed custom curriculum together and go from there? It would certainly be expensive but perhaps within reach for a small group or for heavily motivated individuals?

Exactly this. Any self-taught intermediate person will have learned some things, missed others, and the pattern of what is missed varies widely by person. Therefore it isn't, "Oh, you're intermediate, this is what you need." Instead it is, "Here are the basic things that you happened to miss."

So it may be valid to swallow your pride and do the basic course, most of which you know, to find what you don't.

Or to trust that you can fill in holes yourself on demand. (People's belief about how well they can do this tends to exceed their actual ability...)

Or to have someone evaluate you to find those blind spots.

Re: Ask HN: Any “bootcamps” or courses for intermediate/advanced people?

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I have been working on this idea for a little bit. Started putting together a list of intermediate projects for people that finished a bootcamp. It is still in its infancy. I ran a programming bootcamp for a year and a half and think there is a need for this, but still figuring out the right way.

https://github.com/Jbot29/intermediate-programming-projects

Re: Ask HN: Any “bootcamps” or courses for intermediate/advanced people?

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Udacity Nanodegrees are geared toward "post-beginners looking to specialize" (my words, not theirs). https://www.udacity.com/nanodegree For example, the Android nanodegree assumes you're already familiar with Java and OOP, but not with Android. The "Full Stack Web Developer Nanodegree" suggests you have "Beginner-level experience in Python." (direct quote) https://www.udacity.com/course/full-stack-web-developer-nano.…

If you are at intermediate level, you can always just follow video lectures/assignments for free and try to improve on your own. That's what i do.

Re: Ask HN: Any “bootcamps” or courses for intermediate/advanced people?

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I'm working with Hyperion Development[0] which has a wide variety of online bootcamps with 1:1 mentor support. We have courses targeting beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Currently we are just about to deploy a big update but have a look and you might find what you are looking for. [0] https://hyperiondev.com

Asking people for all of their contact details in order to simply read course descriptions seems pretty lame. I also can't imagine that's doing the business any favors.

Re: Ask HN: Any “bootcamps” or courses for intermediate/advanced people?

#35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm a currently-employed web developer (bootcamp grad) and I'd love to see a part-time (nights and/or weekends), cash up front offering to deepen my CS knowledge. Just throwing that out there in case part-time something you guys have thought about. I'm sure I'm not the only bootcamp grad that could use an in-depth CS program.

Yeah, we think about it a lot. We want to be very careful about scaling into something like that because the part-time dynamic is very different than full-time, and the most important thing to us is our student experience. It would also be long, if we used the current curriculum. Like... a year long. We're not sure if that's too much of a commitment for most folks, so we're asking.

I'm in a similar boat to the person above (bootcamp grad working as software developer). I have been trying to do a comp-sci degree but that cost, degree requirements (classes unrelated to my major) and actually going to school after work is a major pain. I would definitely pay for a year long (or more) part time CS course if it was intense and online. I'm doing that already, but it would save me a lot of time/money of not having to actually commute to school.

Re: Ask HN: Any “bootcamps” or courses for intermediate/advanced people?

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[Disclaimer: Shameless self-promotion] We run something called Interview Kickstart: http://Interviewkickstart.com . It's a part-time bootcamp focused on preparing for technical interviews at (so-called) top-tier places i.e. places which interview heavily in DS/Algos and Large Scale Design for their core engineering roles, and also make staggeringly high offers. Think G/F/A/Netflix/Amazon/MS etc. It is intense and als…

wow you dont accept bootcamp grads? we're precisely the kind of people that need you. do you have any interview prep peers you would recommend that are slightly lower tier than you? or do you have a detailed syllabus anywhere?

Re: Ask HN: Any “bootcamps” or courses for intermediate/advanced people?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, we think about it a lot. We want to be very careful about scaling into something like that because the part-time dynamic is very different than full-time, and the most important thing to us is our student experience. It would also be long, if we used the current curriculum. Like... a year long. We're not sure if that's too much of a commitment for most folks, so we're asking.

I'm in a similar boat to the person above (bootcamp grad working as software developer). I have been trying to do a comp-sci degree but that cost, degree requirements (classes unrelated to my major) and actually going to school after work is a major pain. I would definitely pay for a year long (or more) part time CS course if it was intense and online. I'm doing that already, but it would save me a lot of time/money…

Cool. Mind if I email you to ask a few questions?

Re: Ask HN: Any “bootcamps” or courses for intermediate/advanced people?

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[Disclaimer: Shameless self-promotion] We run something called Interview Kickstart: http://Interviewkickstart.com . It's a part-time bootcamp focused on preparing for technical interviews at (so-called) top-tier places i.e. places which interview heavily in DS/Algos and Large Scale Design for their core engineering roles, and also make staggeringly high offers. Think G/F/A/Netflix/Amazon/MS etc. It is intense and als…

wow you dont accept bootcamp grads? we're precisely the kind of people that need you. do you have any interview prep peers you would recommend that are slightly lower tier than you? or do you have a detailed syllabus anywhere?

I think it makes sense to not accept brand-new bootcamp grads. That subset of people should already be able to at least get on a junior web or QA engineer position and will be better served by actually getting out there and doing it. Going straight into one of these programs would be the equivalent of getting a Master's just because you don't know what to do after getting your Bachelor's.

Re: Ask HN: Any “bootcamps” or courses for intermediate/advanced people?

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If you're in SF: https://bradfieldcs.com/

has anyone had experience with this? I'd love to get some actual reviews of this place?

Hi! I'm one of the instructors, if you ping me at oz@bradfieldcs.com I can connect you with past students or answer any questions you have :)
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