University of Washington's Kyle Thayer, summarizing research by Quinn Burke, Cinamon Bailey, Louise Ann Lyon, and Emily Green, found that employers talk about soft skills twice as much in job interviews-and that they put much more effort into evaluating a candidate’s soft skills once they have a feel for the candidate’s technical skills. The life skills we learn in four years of college are not the same as the technical skills you’ll learn in 13-18 intense weeks of bootcamp. And then there’s the affinity effect, which gives you a leg up in the case that your interviewer has an emotional connection to your school (they attended the same institution their sister went there a friend from high school ended up there-did you know him?). Now, that doesn’t necessarily mean hiring managers are looking for you to have a degree in the exact field you want to work in they are more looking to see that you had the wherewithal to complete a four-year program period.Īnd we can’t ignore the pedigree factor: Whatever you studied, if you did it somewhere prestigious, hiring managers will already be impressed. According to Jim Halpin, team lead at LaSalle Network's technology recruiting practice, hiring managers still see four-year college degrees as the gold standard. And since for most people in their mid-twenties to early 30s, college has been their biggest expense to date, transitioning to a field that doesn’t line up with their degree can feel like throwing away all that money (or winding up in debt for nothing).īut that’s not the case. One big reason programming enthusiasts don’t invest in a coding bootcamp education is that transitioning careers can often feel like starting over. Your Undergraduate Degree Was Not a Waste of Time If you’re looking for a better-paid, more engaging career, combining your college degree with a coding education can supercharge your prospects. And those who graduate emerge as well-rounded professionals with unique, hireable skill sets. These are people looking for new skills to boost their career prospects. Bootcamp students tend to be recent college graduates or mid-career professionals looking for a change. People often think of a coding education as an alternative to a degree, but for most students that’s simply not the case.
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