Follow Up - "My Complete Experience With Revature"
Hey everyone!
Earlier this year I made a post going over my experience with Revature after I was laid off. TL;DR is that I had a relatively positive experience, but not a perfect one. However, due to the client downsizing my team, not renewing my contract, and with no other clients looking for ServiceNow developers (what i trained in), Revature decided to let me go. Which in all fairness is a reasonable decision. They still sent me new opportunities incase I'd be interested in it, however most of it was not in my tech stack. These new opportunities would be shared via email or through the alumni discord, and anyone could apply to it. While I did apply to some of these new opportunities that were in ServiceNow, I still failed to obtain an offer.
With only 1 year of experience in this job market, I knew it would be an uphill battle. I spent a few months of applying with no luck. I noticed many ServiceNow certifications were in demand, so i decided to get some certifications (just my CSA) before applying again. But after I got what I wanted and resumed applying for jobs again, I noticed that there were significantly less jobs than earlier in the year. Especially true entry level jobs. I kept at it though, and applied to what I could. Post labor day I noticed an influx of new jobs, including true entry level ones so I made sure to take advantage of the surge and applied to everything. After 3 months of applying since getting my certifications, and 8 months since I was laid off, I managed to not only land an interview, but also land an offer! I start next week and I am quite frankly relieved.
The point of this post is to simply leave a ray of hope to those either considering Revature, or Alumns who are in a similar position as I was. My interviewers were actually very surprised by the experience I gained from the work I did with the client, given my singular year of experience. Although, this was likely due to being overworked by my former client than anything else. I even recall one of my tech leads at my former client who joined after me, unaware of me being a Brightspeed hire, being shocked learning that this was my first IT gig. Saying that the work I was doing is something mid levels should be doing, not a junior. But regardless, it helped me stand out from the competition and my interviewers even liked the certification I got as well.
So hopefully, given I don't get laid off again, I think I'm finally ready to part ways with Revature. While far from being your best option, it really did help me kickstart my career. If you can roll with the punches, put in the work, and start committed, then I think you'll be able to pull it off as well. If I could do it, then I'm sure anyone can.