10 Pieces of Advice for Surviving Coding or UX Bootcamp!

Sarah Nohe
UX Planet
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4 min readOct 28, 2018

An acquaintance, who’s currently attending the same bootcamp I went to (hey, Ironhack), reached out for some advice-10 pieces of advice, specifically.

‘Well, okay’, I thought. I was at work and a bit busy, so I counted to ten as I rattled off words in a sort of stream-of-consciousness mode over slack.

Looking at that list now that a couple days have passed, I think it was more honest and spot on than if I tried to take the time to draft something. In any case, I thought I would share. Some (perhaps all?) points are a bit common sensical, but I hope they are helpful- even if only to serve as a reminder or anchor to anyone lost in the thick fog of bootcamp. I edited and elaborated on the list for clarity, rather than just dropping a jumbled mess with slight profanity and heavy typos here. Comment to let me know what you would add to the list!

  1. Prioritize networking events. I know, everyone says it’s important to network: go to meet-ups, attend talks or demos, put yourself places where you can meet people in the tech industry. Here’s the…

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Written by Sarah Nohe

Writes about Digital Product, Human Behavior, and Personal Development

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Great article!, nice tips, i’m a new IronHacker that just started out yesterday, nice time to read your blog, greetings from Mexico City!

Thank you Sarah for sharing this! I started at Ironhack last monday and i’m having a blast. See you soon at FluxYeah meetups!