I completed a General Assembly course seven months ago after leaving a software sales job. I’ve been in the UX industry about a year and a half. I was born and raised in D.C., and I was looking for something a little different. Up here it’s a rat race, the same routine. resident looking to relocate to South Florida, UX designer That’s true for large and small companies. No one wants to put in time to develop talent - they don’t want to have to hold your hand. If I apply for 100 jobs, 80 of them will be looking for a mid to senior-level developer. They were good with communicating and telling me things I needed, but when it came to actual positions, they would say I don’t have enough experience. I just graduated coding bootcamp a month ago, but I’ve been looking for a job since the second month, just to give potential employers a heads-up. These interviews have been lightly edited for clarity and length. Another problem is a lack of support or mentorship, even (or perhaps especially) in the case of immigrants.Īnd finally, South Florida suffers from geographic isolation - both in terms of individuals trying to move down to the area for jobs, and for individuals looking to move out of the area. For instance, even Wyncode, which has one of the strongest placement rates in the country, still doesn’t get to 100 percent.

A few common themes came up: First, graduating from coding academy is not a guarantee of full-time employment.

We spoke with four jobseekers, and one employer, to get first-person views on what job hunting in South Florida tech is like. “Certain companies have the bandwidth and the right mentors to take on juniors, other do not,” he said. He added that what more frequently happens is that junior talent looking to go into a company for mentorship and experience are hired to do “very trivial tasks,” which ends up inhibiting their growth as a new candidate in the tech market. “If you are experienced in this city, you’ll get offers left and right if people are not trying to poach you already,” Manueco said.

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