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- Is Indian MCA degree comparable to American Master’s degree or way of duping the companies entry point? Has any one lately have an employee or manager who has a MCA degree from India but but put it as MS and shows up like a computer science PhD . I find them completely incompetent and a real guy with a proper course from Flatiron school or General Assembly can kick their a$$ #softwareengineers #value
- Any Good Marketing course? Does anyone know any good class/school which offer short term BtoC/BtoB Marketing course? Bay Area/NY is ideal location but not must. I heard General Assembly, which shows ads on Facebook massively these days, is not bad.
- Best coding boot camp Looking at full stack web design programs at several “top” programs including Lambda, General Assembly and Code smith. From what I have seen online they are all very legit. Does anyone recommend one over the other? If so why? If you had very little coding experience would you consider a boot camp? W
- Am I underpaid and dumb for staying at my current company? I took a UX course at general assembly 5 1/2 years ago. After graduating, I accepted an offer as an interaction designer for 58k. After 2 years I got a title bump to SR. Interaction designer. I’m currently 5 years in and my base is 114k. I also do way more than just interaction design. I should have
- APM & entry level PM salary in Canada I have 9.5 years of experience as QA lead. I have done a Product Management course at General Assembly. If I were to apply for APM & entry-level PM roles in Toronto, Cananda, what TC range should I aim for? Also, am I too old/qualified for APM roles? Currently hold a QA contract offer @$62/hour.
- Career path for a new UX Designer? Any designers here who’d be able to give an advice? A friend of mine has recently graduated General Assembly UX Design Immersive class. Of course it wasn’t the same as few years of work but still a pretty solid experience. She worked on 5+ projects with 3 of them being a full scope improvement of
- Data Science certificate worthwile? Considering moving to a full time remote role so I can travel around month to month after covid settles. Currently a business analyst but am thinking of switching to a DA role. 2 main questions— how feasible is getting that with 2 YOE? and are the Data Science part time programs like the General Ass
- Process Engineering Hey folks. I have never worked in General Assembly before, I've joined the team as Process Engineer. My manager wants me to choose which area of GA I want to work on. I'm looking to work for an area which is challenging and has visibility. Any tips? Thanks. #auto #tesla #rivian #lucid #ford
- UX design grad school or online bootcamp? Looking into switching into UX Design. Recently got into Berkeley MIMS program and is trying to decide if I should leave current job and go back to school full-time vs. staying and complete a UX bootcamp like General Assembly online. Do UX hiring managers look at degrees when hiring entry-level UX
- Investing in Tech Upskilling 9 years in business consulting, negotiations, and gov affairs. Thinking ahead as to how I can better define my skills. Interested in pursuing some part-time tech skills training. What is the best path? Learn cybersecurity from SecureSet? Data science or software dev from General Assembly? What skill
- H4 to H-1B with a career change Hello Blind fam! My wife recently got her H4 visa and her EAD is in processing. She has done her MSc in electronics from India and right now she’s doing a bootcamp in UX design from General Assembly to start a career as a product designer. If she lands a job after her bootcamp and if her employer i
- Tough Times !! Mechanical Engineer Job referral appreciated from Blind community Asking out for a friend. My friend recently graduated with masters in mechanical engineering in Dec-2019. He is looking out for an entry-level position. He has done all the prep for an interview, but not getting interview calls for full-time opportunities. Please help him out. Any kind of interview
- Best coding boot camp? I’m currently a nontechnical program manager with AWS. (TC 175) I’m looking to get some technical skills and move to a TPM position. I’ve been looking at coding boot camps and I can’t tell what the best option is- thoughts? UW- 13k General Assembly- 13k MIT- 7k From what I can tell they are all s
- Training Advice - Which certifications to get? I’ve gotten a new role as a data analyst. Part of my TC is about $6k in annual training reimbursments. I dont have much background beyond Udemy, some General Assembly courses, and stuff I picked up over the years in marketing. Since I want to move into data science later, what certs if any, should
- Entry Level Data Science Market First time here so sorry if i break some unspoken rules. So I'm a vet with 10 years of service and about to graduate with BS in Control Systems Engineering. Market seems dead rn and there aren't many jobs for my field in NYC. I am considering attending a General Assembly data science bootcamp. Obvi
- UX Design Bootcamp Recommendations? Hello all, I’d like to make a career shift and go into UX/ User Experience design. There are several bootcamps (General Assembly, Design Lab, Bloc, etc) and i’m not sure which is best for the price and job assistance. Does anyone have any experience with any of these programs? Thanks! #ui/ux #ux
- Any coding bootcamp instructors/code teachers here? Just wondering if there are any coding (bootcamp) instructors here on Blind who do/did it full time. Either under a company (Galvanize, General Assembly) or in teaching platforms (ie Udemy, Teachable, your own site) What's the experience like? Pros/Cons? Is it stressful, fulfilling? Was it sort of
- APM & entry-level PM salary in Canada 🇨🇦 I have 9.5 years of experience as QA lead. I have done a Product Management course at General Assembly. If I were to apply for APM & entry-level PM roles in Toronto, Cananda, what TC range should I aim for? Also, am I too old/qualified for APM roles? Currently hold a QA contract offer @$62/hour.
- Opinion on Product Management course I’m planning to do a Product Management course at General Assembly. It costs $2500 for 40 hours. - Is it worth it? - Has anyone done it? Did you get placement support or network? - Will it help me in transitioning to PM role (from QA) in Canada? Thanks! Yoe- 9 TC - currently on furlough #product
- Tesla Offer Evaluation - Quality Engineer Hi all, I have an initial verbal offer from Tesla and I need advice and tips for negotiating it. Title: Senior Quality Engineer- General Assembly (Vehicle assembly) Location: Fremont, CA 1.Base: $130k 2.Stocks: $170k (4 year vesting period; 25% vested each year) No 401k matching, no annual bonus,
- How do you get better with experience? I feel like all my career I have been going from project to project and company to company without really getting better at software design or debugging or anything else. i have just hit a ceiling and I just stay there. Yes the company I work for I get to know their tech stack inside out but once I
- Career pivot to UI/UX Anyone have recommendations for making a career pivot to UX? I’ve been in product marketing my entire career and have dreamed of switching for years. I know there are tons of programs like General Assembly and other uni development programs I can take but I am skeptical to invest the time and $$...
- How to get back into industry My wife is looking to get back into the industry after multiple year sabbatical. It's been hard since she doesn't get any calls after uploading the resume to 10s of companies, even though she has 7 years of experience and multiple recent certifications from coursera and general assembly. I was wond
- I want to work towards becoming a PM, what can I do? I graduated with a sociology degree and have been in sales for a few years, and recently at Yelp. But I want to transition into becoming a pm, as it seemed like something I'm interested in doing. What are the next set of steps that I should take? Should I take a course at general assembly or produc