I'm in my second job as a .NET dev after boot camp. My salary has nearly tripled since when I attended the boot camp. The technical skills I learned at boot camp were a great start, but I'd say the biggest change is just how slow work gets done at an enterprise. Most of the work I've done since has not used the newer tech (Angular, ORMs) I learned at the bootcamp, but I've been a rather successful advocate for them.
Needless to say I am pretty happy about my choice, the ROI manifested in the first year. I'm not so certain the rest of my class did as well, as many of them struggled with the material and most of them did not understand our final team project. I would also have not gotten very far if I stopped learning independently and pushing myself after bootcamp.
I'm in my second job as a .NET dev after boot camp. My salary has nearly tripled since when I attended the boot camp. The technical skills I learned at boot camp were a great start, but I'd say the biggest change is just how slow work gets done at an enterprise. Most of the work I've done since has not used the newer tech (Angular, ORMs) I learned at the bootcamp, but I've been a rather successful advocate for them.
Needless to say I am pretty happy about my choice, the ROI manifested in the first year. I'm not so certain the rest of my class did as well, as many of them struggled with the material and most of them did not understand our final team project. I would also have not gotten very far if I stopped learning independently and pushing myself after bootcamp.
Working as a .NET developer is relatively unusual for a bootcamp grad. That's not a bad thing - and you might find it to be a significant advantage in the long run.
It's one of those things that isn't likely to help you get a job at a hot startup, but is probably more bubble resistant than a skillset based mainly around something like React. And I say that as someone who uses and loves React. I get pinged by recruiters all the time due to having React experience, but if I had to put money on it, I'd say that my .NET and Java experience are more likely to be earning me money in 10-15 years than is my experience with React. The React/Angular/Node job environment seems a bit frothy right now - it feels a bit like the U.S. real estate market in 2007.
.NET is one of those things that flies under the radar of many HN readers but in many medium to large sized companies, it is everywhere. I can only speak from experience about Ottawa and Toronto, but I've seen a ton of opportunities for good .NET developers here. I've had friends who worked for the government of Canada, and they told me that some government departments would be completely unable to function without their .NET applications.
I've also met a few .NET developers who are doing phenomenally well with Sharepoint consulting. Sharepoint is, I think, one of those 'iceberg' technologies. Not very visible externally, but lurking beneath the surface in lots of large organizations.
Needless to say I am pretty happy about my choice, the ROI manifested in the first year. I'm not so certain the rest of my class did as well, as many of them struggled with the material and most of them did not understand our final team project. I would also have not gotten very far if I stopped learning independently and pushing myself after bootcamp.