Hacker News story: REVERSE JOB SEARCH: I will pay to work at your company

REVERSE JOB SEARCH: I will pay to work at your company
I am a coding bootcamp graduate who is having a hard time finding my first dev job. PROBLEM: Most internships want students who are in college (I'm not) and most junior positions want people with at least 2 years of experience. I'm looking for my first front-end development job. ABOUT ME: - I changed careers from the medical field. - I'm African-American. - I live in NYC. - I graduated from a good coding bootcamp, so I know basic HTML, CSS, and JS. - I briefly helped a friend with a React / Redux app, so I know the fundamentals of React. Because I've had a hard time finding my first job, I was thinking about going back to take more web development classes to build up my portfolio. The school I was looking into is about $10K and it lasts 7 months. So instead of that, I wanted to see if there are any companies out there that I can pay who is willing to let me learn on the job. I know it's a rather crazy idea, but you never know, right? JOB REQUIREMENTS: - I want to be treated like any other dev in the company (work with PMs, designers, other devs, and be assigned tasks). - I'm interested in front-end development particularly. - Since I have started learning React, I would prefer to work on a React app. - I would like to work with someone who is patient and is good at mentoring beginners. - The company should be located in NYC ideally (but open to remote if you think it can work). - The job should last full-time, 7 months at least (ideally). - Since I'm paying and the whole point is to learn on the job, I'd expect the interview process to be more lenient. PAYMENT / "TUITION": - Up to $10K Message below if there's an opportunity out there for me! I'm hopeful. 9 comments on Hacker News.
I am a coding bootcamp graduate who is having a hard time finding my first dev job. PROBLEM: Most internships want students who are in college (I'm not) and most junior positions want people with at least 2 years of experience. I'm looking for my first front-end development job. ABOUT ME: - I changed careers from the medical field. - I'm African-American. - I live in NYC. - I graduated from a good coding bootcamp, so I know basic HTML, CSS, and JS. - I briefly helped a friend with a React / Redux app, so I know the fundamentals of React. Because I've had a hard time finding my first job, I was thinking about going back to take more web development classes to build up my portfolio. The school I was looking into is about $10K and it lasts 7 months. So instead of that, I wanted to see if there are any companies out there that I can pay who is willing to let me learn on the job. I know it's a rather crazy idea, but you never know, right? JOB REQUIREMENTS: - I want to be treated like any other dev in the company (work with PMs, designers, other devs, and be assigned tasks). - I'm interested in front-end development particularly. - Since I have started learning React, I would prefer to work on a React app. - I would like to work with someone who is patient and is good at mentoring beginners. - The company should be located in NYC ideally (but open to remote if you think it can work). - The job should last full-time, 7 months at least (ideally). - Since I'm paying and the whole point is to learn on the job, I'd expect the interview process to be more lenient. PAYMENT / "TUITION": - Up to $10K Message below if there's an opportunity out there for me! I'm hopeful.