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SELF TAUGHT VS BOOTCAMP VS COLLEGE | Which Is Right For You? | Bonus Job Search Hack #grindreel

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you guys are hiring, but when I went to apply to it, I couldn't do it.", 'start': 15.322, 'duration': 2.883}, {'end': 22.269, 'text': 'But I really like what you guys are doing, so I tried to figure out a different way to contact you.', 'start': 18.545, 'duration': 3.724}, {'end': 28.335, 'text': "Basically, I'm just asking is there anyone I can email directly, since the apply now on Indeed for this company doesn't work?", 'start': 22.629, 'duration': 5.706}, {'end': 29.396, 'text': "It's not working for me.", 'start': 28.715, 'duration': 0.681}, {'end': 33.46, 'text': 'It just says..', 'start': 29.416, 'duration': 4.044}, {'end': 34.641, 'text': "It'd be the front-end web developer.", 'start': 33.46, 'duration': 1.181}, {'end': 40.418, 'text': "Yeah, I click apply now, and then I click submit, and it just, it's not working.", 'start': 36.656, 'duration': 3.762}], 'summary': 'Job applicant seeks direct email contact due to technical issue with indeed application for front-end web 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'start': 64.48, 'duration': 2.685}, {'end': 69.288, 'text': "And he said, here's the guy you can email.", 'start': 67.646, 'duration': 1.642}], 'summary': 'Troubleshooting issue with dealercarsearch.com, need someone to fix it, received contact information through caller id and text message.', 'duration': 26.909, 'max_score': 42.379, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/jAlwZe-UrDY/pics/jAlwZe-UrDY42379.jpg'}], 'start': 11.859, 'title': 'Job application frustration', 'summary': "Highlights an individual's unsuccessful attempt to apply for a job at a company, resorting to a phone call to obtain the necessary contact information for the application process, emphasizing the importance of direct communication in job seeking.", 'chapters': [{'end': 80.703, 'start': 11.859, 'title': 'Job application frustration', 'summary': "Highlights an individual's unsuccessful attempt to apply for a job at a company, resorting to a phone call to obtain the 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'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/jAlwZe-UrDY/pics/jAlwZe-UrDY187402.jpg'}, {'end': 306.118, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 277.199, 'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 280.202, 'text': 'Student loans are the only loans not cleared by bankruptcy.', 'start': 277.199, 'duration': 3.003}, {'end': 285.985, 'text': "You could have 10 million dollars of like real estate debt file bankruptcy, and they're like okay, fine, student loans stay.", 'start': 280.322, 'duration': 5.663}, {'end': 291.389, 'text': 'you can work a government job for like 10 years and they have some forgiveness programs, but you got to work a government job for 10 years.', 'start': 285.985, 'duration': 5.404}, {'end': 292.309, 'text': 'how exciting is that?', 'start': 291.389, 'duration': 0.92}, {'end': 293.99, 'text': "okay? so now let's look at self-taught.", 'start': 292.309, 'duration': 1.681}, {'end': 295.171, 'text': "let's look at the pros first here.", 'start': 293.99, 'duration': 1.181}, {'end': 296.072, 'text': "it's go at your own pace.", 'start': 295.171, 'duration': 0.901}, {'end': 297.753, 'text': 'you can go as fast as you want.', 'start': 296.072, 'duration': 1.681}, {'end': 300.174, 'text': 'you can go as slow as you want, which is which is awesome.', 'start': 297.753, 'duration': 2.421}, {'end': 301.675, 'text': "there's, you know, get a course.", 'start': 300.174, 'duration': 1.501}, {'end': 303.536, 'text': 'you know, just kind of complete the course as you go.', 'start': 301.675, 'duration': 1.861}, {'end': 306.118, 'text': "no one's really kind of behind you holding you accountable.", 'start': 303.536, 'duration': 2.582}], 'summary': 'Student loans not cleared by bankruptcy. self-taught pros: flexible pace, no accountability.', 'duration': 28.919, 'max_score': 277.199, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/jAlwZe-UrDY/pics/jAlwZe-UrDY277199.jpg'}], 'start': 80.823, 'title': 'Coding education options', 'summary': 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includes student loans that are not cleared by bankruptcy and may require working a government job for 10 years for forgiveness.', 'College is not effective for job networking as career fairs are competitive and the degree may not guarantee job placement.', 'College entails a time sink with unrelated industry-related information and no guarantee of job placement or relevant learning.']}, {'end': 822.866, 'segs': [{'end': 415.892, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 387.395, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 389.517, 'text': "So it's kind of a con, but it can be remedied.", 'start': 387.395, 'duration': 2.122}, {'end': 391.7, 'text': "All right, so next we're gonna look at bootcamps here.", 'start': 389.537, 'duration': 2.163}, {'end': 392.541, 'text': 'I went to bootcamp.', 'start': 391.78, 'duration': 0.761}, {'end': 394.845, 'text': "I don't really wanna tell you what the name of the bootcamp was.", 'start': 392.702, 'duration': 2.143}, {'end': 396.545, 'text': "because I don't want you to go there.", 'start': 395.305, 'duration': 1.24}, {'end': 400.427, 'text': "I don't really think that they deserve the free traffic from my channel for being honest.", 'start': 396.605, 'duration': 3.822}, {'end': 401.367, 'text': 'They have no guarantee.', 'start': 400.507, 'duration': 0.86}, {'end': 403.948, 'text': 'They have no reimbursement or ISA agreement.', 'start': 401.447, 'duration': 2.501}, {'end': 406.529, 'text': "It's only three months long, has no CS degree knowledge.", 'start': 404.168, 'duration': 2.361}, {'end': 413.331, 'text': "They've been bought out twice, once by Capella University, which is for profit, and then again by Strayer University, which is also for profit.", 'start': 406.609, 'duration': 6.722}, {'end': 415.892, 'text': 'I mean, if you want to know what it was, it starts with Dev and ends with Mountain.', 'start': 413.451, 'duration': 2.441}], 'summary': 'Bootcamp lacks guarantee, reimbursement, or cs knowledge. acquired twice by for-profit universities.', 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'start': 421.737, 'duration': 2.342}, {'end': 426.181, 'text': 'this is not an ad for lambda school, none of that.', 'start': 424.079, 'duration': 2.102}, {'end': 428.783, 'text': "but if i had to go back and do it now, that's what i would do.", 'start': 426.181, 'duration': 2.602}, {'end': 431.245, 'text': "and if you think it's sponsored, hey, don't, don't click the link.", 'start': 428.783, 'duration': 2.462}, {'end': 433.267, 'text': "but if you don't click the link, you don't get 250 bucks.", 'start': 431.245, 'duration': 2.022}, {'end': 435.789, 'text': 'if you disagree and you want to go somewhere else, hey, more power to you.', 'start': 433.267, 'duration': 2.522}, {'end': 437.09, 'text': 'lots of people go other places.', 'start': 435.789, 'duration': 1.301}, {'end': 443.596, 'text': 'So if we look at the pros first, one of the greatest things about Code Bootcamp is that you have a network of other struggling students.', 'start': 437.31, 'duration': 6.286}], 'summary': 'Consider lambda school for coding education, offers $250 referral bonus.', 'duration': 30.145, 'max_score': 413.451, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/jAlwZe-UrDY/pics/jAlwZe-UrDY413451.jpg'}, {'end': 494.019, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 465.81, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 469.111, 'text': "well, maybe not everyone, but a lot of people would feel like it's not for them when they first start.", 'start': 465.81, 'duration': 3.301}, {'end': 470.752, 'text': 'this is really difficult for all of us.', 'start': 469.111, 'duration': 1.641}, {'end': 474.112, 'text': 'another pro is you have teachers to lean on, so you have stack overflow.', 'start': 470.752, 'duration': 3.36}, {'end': 478.014, 'text': "they're going to tell you to go do the research yourself and try to look up the answer before asking the questions.", 'start': 474.112, 'duration': 3.902}, {'end': 484.395, 'text': "but if you still can't find the answer or something specific to the school or the task or the assignment, you got teachers, you got mentors,", 'start': 478.014, 'duration': 6.381}, {'end': 485.376, 'text': 'you got project managers.', 'start': 484.395, 'duration': 0.981}, {'end': 486.676, 'text': 'you can lean on them and be like hey, can you?', 'start': 485.376, 'duration': 1.3}, {'end': 487.697, 'text': 'just can you come here?', 'start': 486.676, 'duration': 1.021}, {'end': 488.537, 'text': 'can we hop on a call?', 'start': 487.697, 'duration': 0.84}, {'end': 489.697, 'text': 'can you look at my screen here?', 'start': 488.537, 'duration': 1.16}, {'end': 491.398, 'text': "can you tell me what i'm doing?", 'start': 489.697, 'duration': 1.701}, {'end': 494.019, 'text': 'so another pro here is that you have a network of students.', 'start': 491.398, 'duration': 2.621}], 'summary': 'Challenges in learning programming, with support from teachers and network of students.', 'duration': 28.209, 'max_score': 465.81, 'thumbnail': 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Give me a break here.', 'start': 588.51, 'duration': 2.9}, {'end': 594.211, 'text': "There's kind of peer pressure there, and you're held accountable.", 'start': 591.59, 'duration': 2.621}, {'end': 595.271, 'text': 'They take role.', 'start': 594.231, 'duration': 1.04}, {'end': 597.492, 'text': 'You have to be there at the beginning, you have to be there at the end.', 'start': 595.291, 'duration': 2.201}, {'end': 599.232, 'text': "If you're not there, Bye.", 'start': 597.512, 'duration': 1.72}, {'end': 600.554, 'text': "Can't do this because you're not here.", 'start': 599.353, 'duration': 1.201}, {'end': 603.576, 'text': 'We know that you need to be here for this time to be able to learn this thing.', 'start': 600.654, 'duration': 2.922}, {'end': 606.019, 'text': "or you need to be here with other people, or you're going to get left behind.", 'start': 603.576, 'duration': 2.443}, {'end': 608.041, 'text': "And so there's accountability at boot camps.", 'start': 606.099, 'duration': 1.942}, {'end': 609.962, 'text': 'Did you finish that project today? It was due today.', 'start': 608.241, 'duration': 1.721}, {'end': 611.063, 'text': 'Mentor wants to look over it.', 'start': 610.102, 'duration': 0.961}, {'end': 615.728, 'text': "Can I look over it? Can I see what you're doing? Like what happens if someone is doing work on their project? 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