Tech Jobs After a Bootcamp (2024)
What really happens after a bootcamp? Armchair experts will tell you that tech jobs don't exist anymore, but Turing's alumni data proves otherwise.
TL;DR: Over 71% of Turing graduates from our seven cohorts who graduated between August 12, 2022 and June 16th, 2023 are working in the field.
This is part two of three:
- Employment Outcomes & Fulfilling Promises
Why should bootcamps like Turing report outcomes and, more importantly, how should you try to understand them as an alum, job hunter, or prospective student? - Tech Jobs After Turing (2024) [this post]
What really happened to the people who attended Turing during the most difficult period of the tech downturn? - Understanding Bootcamp Outcomes in 2024
Why is it so hard to gather outcomes data, and then to make meaning of it?
Graduates in the Reporting Period
This reporting considers 359 graduates across the seven "20XX" cohorts:
| Cohort | Start Date | Graduation |
|---|---|---|
| 2201 | 1/31/22 | 8/12/22 |
| 2203 | 3/21/22 | 9/30/22 |
| 2205 | 5/9/22 | 11/18/22 |
| 2207 | 7/5/22 | 1/20/23 |
| 2208 | 8/22/22 | 3/10/23 |
| 2210 | 10/10/22 | 4/28/23 |
| 2211 | 11/28/22 | 6/16/23 |
At the time of reporting, all graduates in the range have been out of Turing for one year and had ample time to job hunt. Of that pool, 10 graduates were removed from consideration due to extenuating circumstances, leaving a denominator of 349 graduates.
Tech Employment Rate: 71%
Of 349 graduates, 247 are currently or have been employed in technical roles.
Job Titles
What we consider a technical role is best understood by the actual job titles of the 247 alumni:
- Application Development (187 alumni - 76%)
- (84) Software Developer / Software Engineer
- (14) Junior Software Engineer
- (11) Software Engineer I
- (10) Back End Developer/Engineer
- (10) Associate Software/Application Developer/Engineer
- (9) Full Stack Developer/Engineer
- (9) Front End Software Developer/Engineer
- (6) Software Engineer/Development Intern/Apprentice
- (6) Software Engineer II
- (5) Freelance/Independent Web/Software Developer
- (5) Web Developer
- (3) Front End Software Engineer Intern
- (3) Ruby on Rails Developer
- (2) Junior Front-End Software Engineer
- (1) Front End Developer II
- (1) Application Designer II
- (1) Application Developer
- (1) Associate Software Engineer II
- (1) Senior Staff Backend Engineer
- (1) Adobe Multi-Solutions Engineer
- (1) Junior Angular Developer
- (1) Mobile Application Developer
- (1) NodeJS Developer
- (1) Junior Salesforce Administrator
- Quality Assurance & Support (21 alumni - 9%)
- (4) QA Engineer
- (3) Software Support Analyst/Engineer
- (2) IT Support Engineer
- (2) Technical Support Engineer
- (2) Support Engineer II
- (1) Junior QA Engineer
- (1) Senior Quality Engineer
- (1) Senior Support Engineer
- (1) Technical Specialist
- (1) Operations & Support Engineer
- (1) Product Support Engineer I
- (1) Customer Support Engineer
- (1) Administrative Help Desk Specialist
- Data & Ops (14 alumni - 6%)
- (3) Platform Engineer
- (3) Analyst and Data Analyst
- (2) Data Ops Associate/Specialist
- (1) Data Engineer
- (1) Privacy Engineer
- (1) Scheduling Engineer
- (1) Cloud Security Product Engineering Consultant
- (1) Donor Database Coordinator
- (1) Product Systems Administrator II
- Customer Success (11 alumni - 4%)
- (2) Implementation Specialist/Consultant
- (2) Integration Engineer / Consultant
- (1) Sales Engineer
- (1) Customer Success Manager
- (1) Assistive Technology Technician
- (1) Digital Accessibility and Web Coordinator
- (1) Implementation Manager
- Technical Product & Leadership (10 alumni - 4%)
- (3) CEO/Founder/Co-Founder
- (2) Technical Project Manager
- (2) Senior Product Owner
- (1) Associate Product Manager
- (1) Senior Manager of Technology
- (1) Software Architect
- Other Tech-Focused Roles (4 alumni - 2%)
- (1) Event Production Engineer
- (1) Computing Associate
- (1) Senior Technical Writer
- (1) Technology Teacher
Employers of Note
Across the last 10 years of Turing our graduates have consistently spread out across a large number of employers rather than concentrate in a few key partners.
In the market of the past two years, it is even more rare that a company brings on several entry-level developers in a short period of time. Therefore, in this data we see over 200 employers represented. A few stand-out employers with multiple alumni include:
- (4) McKinsey and Company
- (4) McGraw Hill
- (3) Booz Allen Hamilton
- (3) GoSpotCheck / FORM
- (3) Ibotta
- (3) Volie
Continued Transitions
With this large of a data set there is constant change. Among the folks who have yet to find their first technical role, many are continuing to job hunt, building portfolios, participating in job coaching, and developing their skill sets.
Of those listed in technical roles here, sixteen are in time-limited employment (such as an internship or contract), part-time employment (primarily contractors), or have left their first technical role and are looking for a new full-time home. Over the past year we've seen job hunts for alumni with experience getting shorter and more successful, so believe that these folks will find great full-time positions before the end of 2024.
Where We Go From Here
We are proud of our alumni. A strong majority are making their way in the software industry.
For those who are still job hunting, we believe in you and welcome you to participate in our ongoing individual and small-group job networking opportunities, and mentorship programs. Come see us on Slack!
And for the present and future students of Turing, everyone of these great folks is out there proving their skill and opening doors for you. The future is bright.
PS: This article may be updated with corrections in the future.