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So I've had 2 hiring managers and several recruiters from Amazon reach out to me about applying for some open positions with the company (android). I completed the coding assessment and now they want me to go through a round of 5 hour interviews next week. Is there a good chance I'll be hired if engineering managers are reaching out to me? I'm really not sure how badly I want to work for them and I don't want to be laid off months after being hired on. Anyone know what Amazon hiring is like?
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Put 100 hrs into learning the fundamentals of development. Then do projects projects and more projects in whatever space you're into. Front End dev. Backend. Ai. Data science. Whatever. Certifications are good, but projects are better. +Freelance; earn while you learn and build more projects!
I second FSD1... projects are everything. Look for opportunities to do the work, even if you're doing it pro bono or at a discount. Having the accountability and pressure of doing the work for someone else will force you to develop your skills more quickly.
If you’re looking to learn frontend development. Use scrimba! How I progressed was CS50, then scrimba, followed by a few big personal projects. Cs50 could probably be skipped if you’re looking to move as fast as possible or even do scrimba frontend career path, followed by cs50 whilst you’re building projects at home.
At the end of the day, projects get your foot in the door at entry level. That is to say that given two candidates, both at entry level, the one with projects that they can talk about will usually get the job. It gives a significant advantage as they will have a understanding of how to actually solve a range of real world problems. If you haven’t done any solo projects, good luck jumping into a massive codebase!
Anyway, that’s my two cents from experience. Best of luck!
Check out Zero to Mastery. They aren't a bootcamp, but after having been through a bootcamp, they are much better.
They have a bunch of go at your own pace courses, learning paths that help you get to where you want to go, teaching videos and articles, a discord community for support and help, and they are much more affordable than bootcamp. Seriously, check them out! https://zerotomastery.io/
Gonna be the blind leading the blind on this one