How Our Students Are Landing Jobs Faster Than Traditional Bootcamps

Sam P

2d • 💼 Career & Job Tips

I want to be very transparent here, because this matters if you’re deciding where to invest your time and money.

Our students aren’t landing jobs faster because they’re “smarter”

They aren’t coding 12 hours a day

And it’s not because we have some secret hiring hack

The real reason comes down to structure, incentives, and accountability.

Here’s what traditional bootcamps get wrong:

1️⃣ They optimize for teaching, not outcomes

Most bootcamps are designed like schools:

Fixed curriculum
Fixed timeline
Same projects for everyone
Little to no individual feedback

You can “graduate” without being job-ready. At that point, they’ve already won, you paid.

2️⃣ No real accountability once you fall behind Life happens.

When students miss a week or get stuck:

They quietly fall behind
Confidence drops
Momentum dies

That’s why bootcamps have massive drop-off rates (they just don’t advertise them).

3️⃣ Portfolios that look like everyone else’s

Hiring managers can spot bootcamp portfolios instantly.

Same layouts, same projects, same patterns.

That’s not a skill issue, it’s a system issue.

Here’s why our students move faster 👇

✅ Outcome-based structure

Everything we do is reverse engineered from one goal:

“Would this help you get hired?”

If the answer is no, it doesn’t make the curriculum.

✅ 1:1 accountability + pressure (in a good way)

Students don’t disappear for weeks. They have:

Clear weekly expectations
Someone checking progress
Someone calling out avoidance early

This alone speeds people up more than any “better content.”

✅ Job guarantee = aligned incentives

This is the uncomfortable truth most programs avoid:

When a school guarantees outcomes, they’re forced to:

Filter for commitment
Fix broken systems fast
Care deeply about results

If you don’t get hired, we haven’t finished our job

That changes everything.

✅ Portfolios built to win interviews, not impress beginners Students build:

Targeted portfolios
Senior-looking projects
Work that makes recruiters pause

Not flashy.

Strategic!

Final thought:

This path is still hard. Coding isn’t “fun” at the start. Most people quit when it gets uncomfortable.

The difference is our students don’t do it alone, and they don’t waste months guessing what matters.

If you’re already in the community:

👉 Ask questions 👉 Show your work 👉 Stay visible

That’s how momentum turns into job offers!

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