训练营心得
When COVID hit, I was working for a small talent acquisition firm as a recruiter. After the initial stress of an abrupt switch to work-from-home wore off, I felt like I was able to find another gear. I was setting personal bests week after week on the majority of performance metrics that we tracked. With two hours worth of commuting cut out of my day I was getting more sleep, spending more time with my partner, and felt happier than I had in a long while. With ironic thanks to COVID, I’d hit my stride.
当COVID流行时，我正在一家小型人才招聘公司担任招聘人员。 在突然改用在家工作的最初压力消失之后，我觉得自己能够找到其他装备。 我每周跟踪的大多数绩效指标都设定了个人最佳成绩。 我一天的通勤时间缩短了两个小时，我得到了更多的睡眠，与伴侣共处了更多的时间，并且比我很长一段时间感到更快乐。 具有讽刺意味的是，我对COVID表示感谢。
Then I had my quarterly one-on-one with my boss. A few days later…I’m unemployed.
然后我与老板进行了季度一对一的交流。 几天后…我失业了。
I’ll save you the post job-loss existential what-to-do-with-my-life journey that followed, and skip to the end. I decided to go down the software path for three main reasons.
我将为您节省工作后的生活缺失性生活，然后继续进行，直到最后。 我决定沿三个主要原因选择软件途径。
- After a year of spending the majority of every day cold-calling potential job seekers, I knew that I wanted to do something more creative. Or at least something where I had something more tangible to show for my work at the end of the day than a list of calls made. 在花了每天大部分时间打电话找潜在求职者之后，我知道我想做些更有创意的事情。 或者至少在一天结束时，我的工作要比电话清单更具体。
- I wanted to build a more technical skill-set. I have both a bachelors and a masters degree in theatre, and I wouldn’t trade them in for something, but it felt like building a more technical skill set would be a great next step. 我想建立更多的技术技能。 我既有戏剧专业的学士学位，又有硕士学位，而且我不会以任何东西换取一些东西，但是，感觉像是建立一个更高技术水平的技能是下一步的绝佳选择。
- I wanted a challenge, something undeniably difficult, that I could rise to and win. 我想要一个挑战，这是很难克服的事情，我可以奋斗并赢得胜利。
So, given that, why a bootcamp? I knew if I was going to make this transition successfully, I needed two things: structure and speed. Structure to hold me accountable, speed to get me back to working as soon as possible. A bootcamp, I reasoned, could give me both.
那么，既然如此，为什么要进行训练营？ 我知道如果我要成功进行此过渡，我需要两件事：结构和速度。 使我负责的结构，使我尽快恢复工作的速度。 我认为，训练营可以给我两个人。
Additionally, I spoke with many people who’d completed bootcamp programs and found great success afterwards. I realized…if they could do it, I can do it. There was no need for me to reinvent the wheel.
此外，我与许多完成了训练营计划并在此后取得巨大成功的人进行了交谈。 我意识到……如果他们能做到，我会做到。 我没有必要重新发明轮子。
The Research Process
研究过程
My social media feeds were full of advertisements for Fullstack Academy and Lambda School and I had friends who graduated from Launch Academy and General Assembly, so I started there and made a spreadsheet to keep track of as much information as I could. These were my data points: the different specific programs each school had, the tech stack they used, the length of the program, the cost and financing options, and the location and online learning options. I also had a catch all column of “notes” for various differentiators, gut feelings, and the like.
我的社交媒体供稿中满是Fullstack Academy和Lambda School的广告，我有一些朋友从Launch Academy和General Assembly毕业，所以我从那里开始，做了一个电子表格，以尽可能多地跟踪信息。 这些是我的数据点：每所学校拥有不同的特定计划，使用的技术堆栈，计划的持续时间，成本和融资方式以及地点和在线学习方式。 我还抓住了“笔记”的所有专栏，以介绍各种差异，直觉等。
Then, I expanded my search, adding Launch School, Hack Reactor, App Academy, Flatiron School, Holberton, and Tech Talent South to my spreadsheet. I spent a good deal of time looking at Course Report, and generally googling until I felt like I had a solid list of various options. Filling in the spreadsheet was mostly an exercise in intensive googling. Course Report, CIRR, twitter, and of course the school’s websites themselves were key. It was a struggle to find some of the data that I was looking for, which was a major frustration in the process. Specifically, I found it impossible to find out specific terms for Income-Share-Agreements and loans, without going through the full application process for each school. I only got answers by talking with admissions representatives at a couple schools, but I shouldn’t have had to. The industry could definitely stand to be much more transparent with this.
然后，我扩大了搜索范围，在电子表格中添加了Launch School，Hack Reactor，App Academy，Flatiron School，Holberton和Tech Talent South。 我花了很多时间看课程报告，并且通常在谷歌上搜索，直到我觉得自己有各种各样的选择。 填写电子表格主要是在密集搜索中进行的一项练习。 课程报告，CIRR，推特以及学校网站本身都是关键。 寻找我一直在寻找的一些数据非常困难，这是整个过程中的主要障碍。 具体来说，我发现如果不对每所学校进行完整的申请流程，就不可能找到收入分成协议和贷款的特定条款。 我只能通过与几所学校的招生代表交谈来获得答案，但我不必这样做。 这个行业绝对可以变得更加透明。
Creating my spreadsheet was helpful to get started and organized. It helped me to think about what exactly I was looking for in a program. But as I went on, it’s utility diminished. I found that listing out and comparing points about different programs wasn’t driving me toward any decision. I needed to narrow things down and keep moving forward.
创建电子表格有助于入门和组织。 它帮助我思考了我在程序中到底要寻找什么。 但是随着我的继续，它的效用降低了。 我发现列出并比较不同程序的观点并不会促使我做出任何决定。 我需要缩小范围并继续前进。
Narrowing it Down
缩小范围
While I was pretty agnostic to tech stack, I knew I wanted a focused program. Looking to the future, I felt it would be presumptuous enough to come out of a bootcamp claiming proficiency in one language, let alone several. I had no real preference whether I got started with Javascript, Ruby, or whatever else, but I wanted to focus on one core language.
虽然我对技术堆栈一无所知，但我知道我想要一个专注的程序。 展望未来，我感到自以为能从一种声称能精通一种语言，更不用说几种语言的训练营中冒出来了。 无论我是从Java语言，Ruby还是其他语言开始，我都没有真正的偏好，但是我想专注于一种核心语言。
I did have firm views on the length of program I wanted. I knew that I wanted a longer bootcamp. It felt impossible to me that I would truly be job ready after just an eight week program. Plus, I came across this report on bootcamp job placement that showed grad salaries on average $16,000 a year higher for 16+ week programs over 8 week programs. I decided I wanted at least a 16 week program.
我确实对想要的程序长度有坚定的看法。 我知道我想要更长的训练营。 对我来说，仅仅八个星期的课程后，我真的就可以做好工作了。 另外，我在关于训练营工作安排的报告中遇到了该报告，该报告显示，在16个星期以上的课程中，毕业生在8个星期以上的课程中，其平均年薪为$ 16,000。 我决定至少要有16周的课程。
Due to many factors — not the least of which was COVID — I knew I wanted a fully remote program. This knocked a few schools out immediately. I also thought that it didn’t make sense to attend a program that was previously in-person, but had moved online due to COVID, when there are so many options available built from the start for online learning. This narrowed the list down further.
由于许多因素，其中最重要的是COVID，我知道我想要一个完全远程的程序。 这立即导致一些学校被淘汰。 我还认为，参加一门原本面对面的课程并没有实际意义，但是由于COVID，在线学习从一开始就有很多选择，所以就不得不在线上学习了。 这进一步缩小了范围。
Cost, of course, was a huge factor. I embarked on my bootcamp search fresh on the heels of losing a pretty low-paying job, so I didn’t have a lot of savings. If I was going to do it, at the cost of most programs, I figured at the start that I needed a favorable loan or income-share-agreement. But, the more I looked into those, the less appealing they were. An ISA would likely cost me at least 3 times the upfront cost, and the loan terms had gargantuan interest, and felt too risky given the uncertainty in the job market with COVID.
成本当然是一个很大的因素。 在失去一份相当低薪的工作之后，我开始了新的训练营搜索，因此我没有很多积蓄。 如果我打算这样做，则要付出大多数程序的代价，我一开始就认为我需要一笔优惠的贷款或收入分成协议。 但是，我越关注这些内容，它们的吸引力就越小。 ISA可能要花我至少3倍的前期成本，而且贷款条款有巨大的利息，并且鉴于COVID的就业市场存在不确定性，因此觉得风险太大。
Moving Beyond the Spreadsheet
超越电子表格
While the spreadsheet didn’t drive me to a decision, it did help me think about what I wanted, and narrow down the field to a few top contenders. Once I’d done that, the process became much more qualitative than quantitative.
尽管电子表格并没有促使我做出决定，但它确实帮助我思考了我想要的内容，并将范围缩小到了一些顶级竞争者。 一旦做到这一点，该过程将变得比定性更具定性。
I owe a debt of gratitude to my best friend Jessica who graduated from a bootcamp nearly three years ago. I leaned on her a ton throughout my research.
我要对我最好的朋友杰西卡(Jessica )表示感谢，他近三年前从训练营毕业。 在我的整个研究过程中，我全都靠着她。
Sidebar: she recently wrote a great article on being the first female engineer at her company). She was a sturdy sounding board for ideas, questions, fears, the lot of it. Find yourself a Jess.
补充工具栏：她最近写了一篇很棒的文章，说她是公司的第一位女工程师 。 对于想法，问题，恐惧等等，她是一个坚固的共鸣板。 找到一个杰西。
I also dug into reviews and testimonials from former students for all the programs I was considering. I found a few podcast interviews with bootcamp grads that I listened to as well.
我还研究了我正在考虑的所有课程的前学生的评论和推荐。 我也听了一些关于训练营毕业生的播客采访。
Then, I began to reach out to other alums of bootcamps — both of bootcamps generally, and of the programs I was considering to get their takes. A few people I knew had experienced bootcamps, and provided great perspective.
然后，我开始接触其他的训练营校友，包括一般的训练营和我正在考虑获取的课程。 我认识的一些人经历过训练营，并提供了很好的见解。
But the real magic happened when I decided to DM strangers on Twitter. Seriously.
但是，当我决定在Twitter上与DM陌生人互动时，真正的魔力发生了。 说真的
For example, after I listened to an interview with Caitlyn Greffly (@thecaitcode), I sent her a DM asking to pick her brain about the program she attended at Thinkful. She responded to my laundry list of questions with extensive answers that were extremely helpful to me in making a decision on attending bootcamp, and thoughtful advice that I’m sure will be invaluable as I get into it. So seriously, take a deep breath, and cold DM some folks who could help you. It really does go down in the DMs.
例如，在听完Caitlyn Greffly(@ thecaitcode )的采访后，我给她发送了DM，询问她对她参加Thinkful计划的想法。 她回答了我的洗衣清单，并提供了广泛的答案，这些答案对我决定参加训练营非常有帮助，而深思熟虑的建议对我来说肯定是无价之宝。 非常认真地，深吸一口气，对DM可能会帮助您的人感冒。 确实在DM中下降了。
After all this, I narrowed my choices down to a few top contenders — Thinkful, Launch School, and Lambda School — and set out with the goal of completing the prep materials for all three. I applied first to Thinkful and went through their JavaScript prep course in about a week. Somewhere along the way, I decided to not go through with doing the prep materials of multiple programs. Being suddenly unemployed and with few job prospects, I felt pressed for time and wanted to enroll in the next possible cohort.
在完成所有这些工作之后，我将选择范围缩小到了几个顶尖的竞争者-Thinkful，Launch School和Lambda School-并着眼于完成这三个课程的准备材料。 我首先申请了Thinkful，并在大约一周的时间内完成了他们JavaScript预备课程。 一路上的某个地方，我决定不做多个程序的准备材料。 由于突然失业，工作机会很少，我感到时间紧缺，想参加下一个可能的队列。
My experience with Thinkful’s prep course was fantastic. They assigned me a personal mentor like I would have in the real course, and their admissions team was super responsive. It felt like a genuine sample of what their program would be like, not marketing or sales tactics.
我在Thinkful的预科课程方面的经历非常棒。 他们给了我个人辅导，就像我在真实课程中那样，他们的招生团队React灵敏。 感觉就像是他们计划的真实样本，而不是市场营销或销售策略。
After a couple weeks of meeting with my mentor, continuing with Thinkful’s prep materials, and talking with their admissions team, I decided to enroll in their full time Engineering Immersion program. Thinkful won out with three factors.
与导师会面几周，继续考虑Thinkful的准备材料，并与他们的招生团队交谈之后，我决定参加他们的全职工程浸入计划。 周到的胜出有三个因素。
Cost. When I decided to move away from an ISA, they offered me a discount with the other payment options of $6000. On the contract, it was coded as an “Early Enrollment” discount. This put the price in reach enough that I was able to work out an informal “ISA” with my family to pay for the course month-to-month.
费用 。 当我决定退出ISA时，他们为我提供了6000美元的其他付款方式的折扣。 在合同上，它被编码为“早期注册”折扣。 这样一来，价格就足够高了，我可以与家人一起制定非正式的“ ISA”来每月支付课程费用。
One-on-One Mentors. This is one of the things that I think differentiates Thinkful, and it attracted me from the get-go. Being able to work with a mentor through the prep course without enrolling was phenomenal, and convinced me that having a dedicated one-on-one person to help me through would be invaluable. Shout-out to my prep-course mentor Walter. Give him a raise, Thinkful.
一对一导师 。 这是我认为让Thinkful与众不同的一件事，它吸引了我一臂之力。 能够在不参加预科课程的情况下与导师一起工作真是太了不起了，这使我深信，拥有一个专门的一对一的人来帮助我度过难关。 向我的预科导师Walter大声疾呼。 给他加薪，体贴。
Length and Timing. A 5 month program felt like the perfect bootcamp length for me. Plus the timing of Thinkful’s cohorts allowed me a little over a full month to prepare, then I could hit the ground running.
长度和时间 。 5个月的课程对我来说就像是完美的训练营长度。 再加上Thinkful小组的时间安排，使我有一个多月的准备时间，然后我可以开始工作了。
If I Could Do it Over…
如果我可以结束...
The biggest “mistake” I’d say I made in searching for a bootcamp was rushing through the process. I was on the right track with my original plan to go through multiple prep-courses to see what seemed to fit best, but I got impatient and made myself feel like my back was against the wall. I ended up in the right spot, but that was a little lucky. I could’ve taken that luck out of the equation by giving myself a little more time and being a little bit more thorough.
我说我在寻找训练营时遇到的最大“错误”是匆忙完成了整个过程。 我按照最初的计划走了正确的路，要进行多次预科课程，以查看最合适的课程，但是我不耐烦，使自己感到自己背对墙。 我最终到达了正确的位置，但这有点幸运。 通过给自己更多的时间和更彻底的了解，我本可以排除这种运气。
With all that said, I’m excited to get started. I’ve had my nose to the grindstone preparing for the past month, and I feel I’m set up for success.
综上所述，我很高兴开始。 在过去的一个月里，我一直对磨刀石有所准备，我感到自己为成功做好了准备。
I’ll be writing about my experience throughout bootcamp, so keep your eyes open for more.
我将在整个训练营中讲述我的经历，所以请睁大眼睛。
6 TIPS FOR PICKING A BOOTCAMP
选择靴子的6个提示
1.) Do your research, but don’t get bogged down in it. You won’t find every detail you want by looking online anyway.
1.)做您的研究，但不要陷入困境 。 无论如何，您不会通过在线查找找到想要的每个细节。
2.) Talk to people, Talk to people, Talk to people. Talk to your friends who have done bootcamps, especially ones you’re considering. Read reviews, listen to podcasts. And I’m serious, DM strangers on Twitter.
2.)与人交谈，与人交谈，与人交谈。 与您进行过训练营的朋友交谈，尤其是您正在考虑的朋友。 阅读评论，收听播客。 我是认真的，Twitter上的DM陌生人。
3.) Explore multiple options. You have time! While it’s turned out fine so far, the one mistake I made was rushing through the process. Once you decide to seriously consider a bootcamp, give yourself a few months to research and explore the prep materials for multiple of your top contenders.
3.)探索多个选项。 你有时间！ 到目前为止，结果还不错，但我犯的一个错误是匆忙完成了整个过程。 一旦您决定认真考虑一下训练营，就给自己几个月的时间来研究和探索多个顶尖竞争者的备考材料。
4.) Pick a longer bootcamp. The data is staggering. Your salary will be higher by more than 1 bootcamp tuition check if you opt for a 16 week + program versus an 8 week one.
4.)选择更长的训练营。 数据令人st舌。 如果您选择16周以上的课程，而选择8周的课程，您的薪水将多于一项训练营学费。
5.) Ask for a discount. The worst you get is a no 😉.
5.)要求折扣。 你得到的最糟糕的是没有。
6.) Go with your gut. It’s a big move, and an expensive one. But if you’ve gone this far, you’re probably on the right track. Sleep on it, and pull the trigger on what feels right. Remember, you don’t need to check off all the boxes. At a certain point, you need to take a leap of faith and see where you land.
6)随便吃吧。 这是一个重大举措，而且代价昂贵。 但是，如果您走了这么远，那么您可能就走对了。 睡在上面，然后在感觉良好的地方扳动扳机。 请记住，您无需勾选所有复选框。 在某个时候，您需要飞跃信念，看看自己的着陆点。
翻译自: https://medium.com/@arcoleburn/how-i-picked-my-bootcamp-ff312206c9f2
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