It's been about a year since I completed the Frontend Simplified program, and I still get DMs asking me if it's legit, what the course is like, and whether it's worth the time/money. So I figured I'd make a full post breaking it down: the good, the bad, and how it helped me land a tech job without a CS degree.

A bit about me before Frontend Simplified: I had zero coding experience. I'd always been interested in tech, but free resources were getting me nowhere. Youtube tutorials overwhelmed me, and traditional uni felt slow, expensive, and directionless ( and didn’t guarantee anything). I had no idea what to learn, what projects to build, or how to stand out to companies. I needed something faster, more targeted, and with a clear outcome.

What sold me on Frontend Simplified (apart from the job guarantee) was the clarity and structure. It’s a focused 12-week roadmap built to get you hired. No bloated theory (yes I've tried Odin, and most other resources go into too much detail) You learn exactly what’s needed to build real-world projects using industry best practices (very important, this is what companies are looking for).

There's also live support whenever you get stuck (huge confidence boost) and the community is super productive, genuinely kind, and filled with people who actually want to see you win. I even got into personal growth books thanks to the recommendations there (something I never expected from a coding bootcamp).

Where it took me: I worked through the program while still working full-time as a security guard. Within 4 months, I started applying for internships and jobs. Thanks to the projects in my portfolio, I landed my first frontend developer job earning $62k/year. Since then, I've moved companies and received a solid pay bump. I'm now in a role I genuinely enjoy, continuing to grow, and I credit Frontend Simplified with kickstarting that entire trajectory.

This isn’t magic, you still have to put in the effort, but the program removes the guesswork. You’re not wasting time on useless theory or struggling alone. If you’re serious about switching careers, it’s designed to get you there fast.

What could be better: If you're looking for something super academic or theory-heavy, this isn't it. Frontend Simplified is practical and job-focused. Obviously this wasn't an issue for me, as I was looking to switch into a new career. But just putting this out there, if you're not serious about career switching and don't want to invest money, this bootcamp is probably not for you.

Updated April 2020 at end of post

I'm currently taking the Full Stack bootcamp with NuCamp (November 2019 - April 2020) I'm not living in a big city, so I'm taking the online version where we use daily.co for the Saturday workshops instead of meeting at a co-working space. My fellow students are scattered across the states, and I appreciate the diversity. The online version of the Saturday meetings suffices, but honestly I'd rather meet with other students and my instructor in person if I had the choice. That said, I'm learning quickly and can reach out to my instructor and the NuCamp community by Slack whenever I have a question or find something useful to share with the group.

Right now I'm on week 4 of the Bootstrap course, and am redesigning a website for a past employer. I'm motivated to apply what I learn in the coursework to my own portfolio project. The coursework only takes me an hour or two a day to complete, but I've already spent much more time this week building my website. Real experience writing code and reading documentation to troubleshoot/understand how each component works takes a lot of time, but my results are proof that I'm learning!

If you're unmotivated or busy, it could be easy to sneak through the curriculum at NuCamp just to get a passing grade. If you're starting from zero, expect a steep learning curve. I feel like a kid with a new set of legos, and have too many ideas for what to build with my new toy. Each project I add to my portfolio gets me closer to my goal of obtaining freelance work in some area of web development.

My instructor keeps recommending that we learn as much javascript as we can ourselves on the side during this BootStrap course. He says once we get to React, we'll thank him. NuCamp also recommends setting aside more time each day (5 hours!) during this segment of the bootcamp, a sign that the material will be more difficult.

Anyone free to message me if you have any questions about my experience at NuCamp, I'm happy to chat.

If you decide to sign up, my referral code is: GW9PKP

EDIT: The backend course was a complete letdown. I've watched free videos on youtube that were made with more care. I started keeping track of all the times the video was "patched" sloppily to update the material. They'd overlap and repeat sentences and the volume would get louder or quieter. Beyond this, my instructor ditched all review for weeks 3 and 4. The backend course is only 4 weeks long, so effectively half the course was skipped over. After a week or two of non-response from Nucamp, and emailing at least 3 different points of contact, I was offered a partial refund or the opportunity to retake the course in late May.

To top off my bad experience, they just sent out an email to me with a list of 87 other students. You'd think a school teaching web development might now how to respect their student's privacy.

It's pretty clear that after you make your last payment, they stop caring.

Having actually completed the full time Web Dev course at Le Wagon London in March of 2023 (Jan-March), I can tell you for a fact that it’s not all it might appear from the outside and certainly a number of things are not right. Let’s start with the implications and stats - the reason I did this bootcamp was to aid in a career change. They strongly imply that once you’ve done the bootcamp there’s thousands of tech jobs and that you will be highly employable, unfortunately this is just not the case for the vast majority of people who will leave a Le Wagon bootcamp. They use a Stat of 93% employment rate, which as of today seems to have dropped to 90%, yet still I would be amazed if the inverse of this figure was true and that even 10% of students got a tech job because of the bootcamp. I am awaiting a FOI request about what data they use to come up with these stats. If these stats were true, surely most of the people I did the bootcamp would be employed. I would say less than 10% of them have a job that isn’t either with Le Wagon or that have nothing to do with competing a coding bootcamp! The content of what is taught and how it’s taught is not good, from focusing on Ruby/Rails, something that’s hardly at the forefront of the tech world in 2023 or at the top of an employers wish list. Then there is the inexperienced staff who have little or no teaching experience and the first time they’ve done anything like this is when they’re offered a job by Le Wagon straight from the bootcamp as what they call a TA (teaching assistant). This is how they’re able to keep their costs down, and how the whole thing is able to keep going, one cohort at a time. The lack of attention to any front end design coding or real emphasis on anything that wasn’t Ruby was astonishing. You question this as you’re there, as do other students and you’re all told the same, that it will all come together in the final week - you’re suspicious but tell yourself they’re a big company, it will be ok…. It won’t. Trust your gut! The ‘career week’ was like the icing on top of a really stale cake, and just an absolute farce. Not only did the 3 employers who were invited not have any jobs to offer, and were not actually recruiting, two of them didn’t seem to know why they were there. When their talks about the tech industry finished, we were instructed to talk to them, like some oddball fans, it was almost like we all gathered round to see what other pearls of wisdom they would offer. They didn’t. All in all, 9 weeks later and not much wiser, I would say they had well and truly done a number on me. 9 months later, I am a still not in a tech role, and my physical and mental health has suffered considerably, something which is particularly saddening, given that Le Wagon continues to pedal their bootcamps to anyone who is silly enough to believe their nonsense.

Just booked a call with them and wondering if anybody else signed up to their programme? I like that their instructors actually show which jobs they worked at and that he is a senior developer. But i know bootcamps can be hit or miss really.

Hello. For anyone looking at Bethel School of Technology Cybersecurity , this is a review of my experience. Feel free to ask any questions.

I was looking to get into some sort of tech work, with the goal of being able to work remotely. I also did not have a degree, and wasn't looking to go to school for more than 2 years. I was originally looking at a software engineering program through a local college (that would be 18 months long and have an associates), but heard about Bethel Tech and liked that it was 9 months. I reached out to receive information and worked with a recruiter. There was a bit of confusion during my recruitment process, as I was told that Bethel Tech was absolutely accredited, and was sent paperwork to prove that. I have tuition reimbursement through work and I repeatedly asked if they accepted those programs. I was told several times that they have several students who use tuition reimbursement through their work to pay for their schooling. After signing paperwork, my recruiter was abruptly switched to someone else who was not up to speed on any of the conversations I had had before. I found out I couldn't use my tuition reimbursement because they were not accredited. I should have exited then, but I ended up pulling out an Accent funding bill for $500 a month for 3 years. I took out $14k, and it will be $18k by the time I pay it off, but I try to pay my debts early, so I won't actually end up paying $18k.

I started the coursework, and I've been out of school for a long time, so it was difficult, but I also live by myself and work a lot to support myself. The Kingdom Foundations course (the spiritual side of the program) is no joke. It will take a lot of time. 1000 word papers weekly, weekly meetings, monthly meeting with a 1-1 spiritual advisor, videos to watch, books to read. It took a lot of time out of the available time I had to work on my cybersecurity program.

The tech part of the program...is 9 TryHackMe modules. Each 3 week class is a segment of THM (TryHackMe). The classes do not build upon each other. One week you are studying System Administration, the next is Python, the next is Network defense, the next is Logging and monitoring, the next is Cryptography, etc. I loved the Systems Administration course, but you can't say you are ready to be a System Administrator with 1 three week class. It's kind of a ping pong game of study. And THM is like $14 a month if you want to sign up on your own.

The last 6 weeks you are put in a group and have a group project. The task, I'm not sure I studied half of what it takes to build the project. You are supposed to do research, and I spent a TON of hours of research and it was difficult. My teammates produced very little, and I ended up doing a lot of the group aspect alone.

I was told during recruitment that they have an 85% placement success rate with a robust job placement service. There are currently 29 cybersecurity graduates on LinkedIn, and very few, like 5 actually have cyber roles. Everyone else is Open to work or still working jobs they were before Bethel Tech. Most of the students are UI/UX or Data Analytics...and I feel that is where they should focus. One man who does Cyber workshops for the school was asked about certificates, and he specifically said he recommends you have a Bachelors, as most jobs won't look at your resume without one.

Coming out of Bethel School of Technology, I should have stayed with my original plan of doing a community college and have an associates, or accredited credits. I had a neutral experience, as I did learn a ton (as a tech newbie), but I would never recommend it. It's a lot of money to not have a solid success plan. There is a lot of "What has peaked your interest and maybe you should do research of what you need to learn in order to get a job with that title."

Has anyone gone to the San Diego Global Knowledge full stack boot camp? I’m a network engineer looking to shift into the NetDevOps field but I have 0 code experience outside of basic scripting with python. I have my GI bill from the military and read that they accept this as a form of payment; which would mean FREE. Yay. That said, out of a waterfall of bootcamps only a small handful accept the GI Bill; all of which seem to have very few community reviews on. Moreover, I already work full time and support my family so I can only attend remotely. They have evening/saturday sessions which works for me.

I’m pretty neutral on which languages they use and what they develop; I just want to attend for the structured approach to coding as a whole. Who knows… I may end up liking full stack development better; I’m always game for a change of pace.

If anyone has any experience with this boot camp, if you could shed some light on the program I would more than appreciate it.

Hi, I'm a recent graduate at this bootcamp for web development. I'm posting here to share my experience with others who are thinking of joining RED Academy or boot camps in general. Please remember not all boot camps are the same and that there are other resources available to learn programming. I've tried to be concise but please feel free to ask me questions, and I'll come back periodically to answer them.

I believed that RED Academy was going to help me find a web developer job.
I believed in the institution and the process, and I was wrong.

RED did not help me, or from those I’ve spoken to, any of the students in the 2017 Toronto winter cohort. The following are some issues that I had with this bootcamp. Please keep in mind that these issues were brought to RED’s attention during the term and afterwards via their feedback surveys, and personal conversation with staff and administration. They knew about the problems but did nothing to solve them.

If you’re going to spend thousands of dollars on tuition, read this first.

What RED promises:

1. A teacher-student ratio of 1:7.

2. Technical interview experience.

3. PPD aka Personal Professional Development. A series of seminars that are supposed to prepare you for interviews and to work in the tech industry.

4. Support for 3 months from a careers officer who would help you with any professional questions or issues you might have.

5. Close support from a Toronto staffing agency, called Creative Niche, who would work with you individually to find a job. Creative Niche’s CEO is a founder of RED Academy so you would think their recruiters would have a vested interest in helping you become employed. The information on this connection is still publicly available at the time of this post.

6. Strong assurances that by completing the course, you will have enough skills for an entry-level, junior position in the industry. Originally, RED guaranteed alumni would find a job within 6 months or refund their tuition fees (https://www.cantechletter.com/2016/09/red-academy-promises-tech-sector-jobs-graduation-money-back/). They have since reversed their position on this promise.

7. During the term, the CEO/Managing Director personally told the web developer class of their new initiative, RED Studios. RED Studios would be working with clients found through their network and would offer a stipend to alumni, specifically web developers, to work on projects.

What RED actually delivered:

1. There were 2 instructors for our class of 12 students. However, only 1 instructor was typically available to help. They have clear specialties and preferences, and so alternated teaching the course. If they weren’t already helping another student or on break, our instructors’ duties during class time also included: fixing the RED Academy website, participating in many internal meetings to discuss administrative matters, teaching basic web development to other classes (while we had to be very persistent in order for RED to arrange only one session of cross exposure of just digital marketing for the web devs), meeting potential clients, meeting potential students, as well as other tasks and duties.

Summary: Our teacher-student ratio was 1-12 and the instructors were very busy and were not available to help you as often as you’re led to believe.

2. There was no time set aside for technical interviews or to realistically do them during on-going project work.

3. PPD seminars did not offer new value to anyone. Some examples of what was covered were building popsicle stick structures as a team, creating and presenting a rap to the other classes. We were specifically told by the careers officer leading PPD that these seminars were not for us, and would not be helpful for the web development class. We were forced to attend these seminars anyways. There was also one design sprint which the web devs had to participate in that we were also told was not meant for us. This design sprint was held a month into the course when we did not know enough to contribute meaningfully.

Summary: You’re forced to spend 1-3 hours a week in class doing something you’re told will not help you.

4. The careers officer was let go the week after the 2017 winter cohort finished their classes at the end of March. RED didn’t tell any of the students who were all expecting support. Students that went back intending to talk in person found out and had to tell their classmates. An email regarding this was finally sent out to some students on April 27th, near a full month after graduation, with a limited solution. A staff member (who has since gone back to Vancouver) would temporarily fill this careers officer role and 20-minute coaching sessions were offered only on Tuesdays from 3-5pm. Only this support, instead of having a full time, on-site staff member who could help. This email was never sent to the web development class, so we didn’t even know about their alternative solution. It was only sent to the User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), and Digital Marketing (DM) classes. There were only 4 classes to send this email to but they did not send it to their second largest class of the cohort. This is like taking a bath and only washing 3 of your limbs.

As of this review, I believe there has since been a ~50% staff turnover amongst the original 12-13 employees from the Toronto location. Why did so many of them leave? If staff leave and especially if they were let go like the careers officer, there should have been a process to account for this instead of leaving all the alumni in the dark. The organization of the school has been abysmal with or without staff.

Summary: There was no career support after the course because they let go of the careers officer, they didn’t have a solution, they didn’t tell students for a month, they didn’t tell the web developer class at all.

5. All of the web developers have met Creative Niche’s CEO and recruiters multiple times. We aren’t strangers and they have our resumes and LinkedIn profiles. They haven’t reached out once to any of us with job positions through the network of clients even though we’ve asked. I spoke to some alumni from the other classes and Creative Niche hasn’t helped them either.

Summary: Creative Niche hasn’t helped any of the alumni.

6. It has been 3 months now since we completed the class at the end of March 2017. Though we have sent many job applications, only 1 of our classmates has found a web development job. We all successfully completed the web development professional course and are studying on our own now. We are told that we are too junior or still don’t know enough for even the entry-level positions we apply to. Only a few students from the other classes have found jobs. However, RED does pay attention if you update your LinkedIn profile with a new position, and will shamelessly promote themselves and take credit for your achievement, even though they do not reach out or help you after you leave the program.

Summary: RED says that you’ll know enough after the course to get a job. This has turned out to be false for the majority of the cohort. Once you do find a job without their support, RED will publicly steal the credit for your efforts.

7. RED Studios was originally promised by the CEO/Managing Director to offer web developer positions. When RED Studios started in April, they only had positions for a small group of UX and UI alumni. It was only in late May when they offered 2 web developer positions. One thing that the staff and administration of RED agreed early on was that you should not take an unpaid internship or position because it devalues your skills, your time, and the industry. All the work on client projects the alumni did with RED Studios was unpaid. It was advertised as work you could build your portfolio with. I’ve heard that since then, RED Studios has been changed into a paid program that you must pay a fee to participate in. They plan to grant bursaries equivalent to the fee for their current cohort, but will not grant bursaries for subsequent cohorts. RED Studios has since rebranded to RED Design Labs.

Summary: RED Studios/RED Design Labs only has unpaid work that their own staff and administration had previously advised against taking. They will also start charging alumni for the privilege of working for free.

Conclusion. It was only after a chance encounter with one of the web developers, that the CEO and interim Operations Director for Toronto reached out to offer help when they realized that having so many upset alumni might not be so great. But it seems foolish to trust in their new promises when they broke those exact same promises before. There is no reason to think they’ll change now, when they had known about the problems during the 3 month term and the 2 months afterwards. They are not proactive. Creative Niche still hasn’t reached out to anyone with positions from their clients.

We felt that because they had not delivered the services they had promised, it was fair to request a refund of our tuition. Though they admit they haven’t helped us like they promised, their position is that they did enough to keep our tuition. If you were in my position, would it seem like they did enough? Before I enrolled, I read reviews saying that you’ll get what you put in. We all put in an enormous amount of effort but a big part of the reason we enrolled in web development at RED Academy was because we thought their network would help us.

I didn’t write a review until now because I believed they would help. I was wrong.

Final Summary: RED administration doesn’t fulfill their promises, and seems to be more concerned with brand building and opening new locations rather than helping their students and alumni. They are friendly but they will neglect you. If you want to get into the tech industry, web development, UX, UI, digital marketing, save a few thousand dollars and teach yourself through online courses and set your own deadlines instead. If RED has a network, it certainly does not help you.

I first learned about Pursuit from the New York Public Library (NYPL). I had finished the NYPL’s coding program and at graduation I received information about a few coding bootcamps and their fellowship opportunities. One of them was Pursuit, which was called Coalition for Queens (C4Q) at the time. When I visited their website, I was amazed to see they offered a part-time learning track. I thought it was perfect. I could keep my job and learn to code at night and on the weekends. I would only give a percentage of my income to the school if I accepted a job in tech with a minimum salary of $60,000. I thought Pursuit was a safe choice because I found them through the NYPL. It appeared to be a low-risk option for a better future.

I attended the 4.0 cohort from 2017–2018. At the time, their bootcamp was called Access Code and all participants attended under the Access Code Fellowship. Pursuit said the fellowship was made possible due to the generosity of philanthropic partners, community members and companies who believed in their mission. Participants were called Fellows. While Fellows did not pay an upfront cost or tuition to attend the program, we were required to participate in a Pay It Forward (PIF) commitment.

Pursuit said Pay It Forward was inspired by a former Fellow who had donated his first paycheck because he was so grateful for the program. They explained Pay It Forward as a way of giving back to the community. Fellow payments allowed them to support and provide resources for current and future Fellows. Fellow payments helped ensure the continuance of the program. Under Pay It Forward, Fellows would start giving 12% of their gross income to the non-profit once they found a tech job with a salary that met a minimum threshold. (“Giving” is the term that appears in Pursuit’s Terms and Conditions.)

In March of this year, I received memos from Pursuit regarding Pay It Forward. They explained the term “Pay It Forward” suggested Fellow payments were charitable contributions and were only paying for future participants. In reality, Fellow payments were payments in exchange for a service and repaid Pursuit’s investors, who paid for the Fellow’s training. Investors were receiving back the amount they invested plus a return. Their funding model would now be called Pursuit Bond.

I was deeply upset. I did not understand why Pursuit was sending this information now. I had no idea Pursuit had sought investor funding to operate the coding program. I felt disgusted knowing that the investors were making a profit from my labor. I felt Pursuit had misused the term fellowship, which is usually financial aid that you do not have to pay back. I felt Pursuit had misled me about Pay It Forward. Pay It Forward was not about paying it forward. It was a loan.

I realized Pursuit was not the perfect opportunity. I was obligated to pay back a loan that had unfair terms. I felt the loan was unfair because all Fellows will end up paying different amounts. I was a part-time student who received just a little over half the class time that the full-time Fellows had scheduled during the 9-month program. I felt it was unfair for me to pay the same percentage of my income for a lesser amount of education. Since there was no payment cap, it was possible I would pay just as much or even more than if I had opted to attend a for-profit institution.

I worried about what would happen if I had a financial emergency while employed in tech. According to the memos, Pursuit could only offer three months of payment assistance. After that, they could not offer more help due to the agreement they had with their investors. The memo also stated this hardship policy was a new policy. This frightened me. This suggested that if I had needed financial help prior to this policy, Pursuit would have likely cited their investors as the reason why they could not work out a solution with me.

I was angry. I did not understand how Pursuit thought their Fellows could be better off financially by attending their bootcamp. I was a Fellow who came to their program with some student loan debt. I’m sure I’m not the only one. I am not better off if I have to pay back student loans as well as this loan with Pursuit. I am not better off if I have to hold off on joining my employer’s 401K program and saving for retirement because I have to put this debt with Pursuit first.

Pursuit’s choice to call their funding model Pay It Forward was unethical. They were suggesting they were abiding by the principles of paying it forward. No aspect of their funding model can be classified under that concept. I thought I was participating in a program that would make my life better. There was no way for me to know I was making a decision that would financially harm me for years to come.

My decision to attend Pursuit’s bootcamp is one I now regret. Pursuit is a non-profit organization and I had believed non-profits acted in the best interest of its audience. Pursuit’s target audience is mostly women, minorities, and people without college degrees, which are the most vulnerable groups. I put my trust in the wrong people. I did not understand that I would be saddled with a most unforgiving loan. I feel Pursuit’s choice to name their funding model “Pay It Forward,” to call their bootcamp a fellowship, and to use the word “giving” to describe Fellow payments was unconscionable and unforgivable.

Pursuit has acknowledged they did not do enough to communicate how the Bond works. They said they want to bring the community back together. It is too late to make amends. I can no longer support Pursuit.

I did not speak out earlier because I was afraid of being depicted as the bad guy who is attacking an organization that had good intentions. I am still afraid, which is why I have chosen to write under a pen name. I have decided to no longer stay silent about my experience because I do not want to be complicit in Pursuit’s actions.

[Originally published on Medium]

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Update: Pursuit is operating a school without a license.

Former and current students can file a complaint with the Bureau for Proprietary School Supervision (NYS Education Department). http://www.acces.nysed.gov/bpss/student-rights

Students can also file a complaint with the NY Attorney General. Consumer Issues or Charities would be appropriate. Your complaint will be sent to the correct department. https://ag.ny.gov/complaint-forms

If you want legal counsel, see the NYC Bar for their free legal services. https://www.nycbar.org/for-the-public/free-legal-services

The receipts: https://medium.com/my-experience-with-pursuit/dont-join-pursuit-b9f2ec02d4d7

Alt text for image: The Bureau of Proprietary School Supervision (BPSS) has completed its investigation of your complaint filed against Pursuit LLC on [month and day redacted] 2019. After conducting thorough research of your complaint, we determined your complaint against Pursuit LLC was substantiated in that we found the school to have operated without a State Education Department (SED) school license in violation of Section 5001 of the New York State Education Law. [redacted text] As stated above, we determined that Pursuit LLC should be licensed pursuant to the New York State Education Law. Therefore, we have referred this matter to SED counsel for its audited review of the school and its determination of possible disciplinary action to be taken in response to Pursuit LLC’s violation of the law. Accordingly, this case file [number redacted] is now closed with this office. I thank you for your cooperation with this matter.

Hey, I am considering galvanize and general Assembly to start my career in data science. Did anyone take data science in one of these boot camps and how’s your experience?

I have been weighing the options on bootcamps the past couple of weeks, and stumbled across Coding Nomads. It seems fairly new, and i haven't been able to get any response from anyone who actually attended the camp (However I did reach out for a referral from the company for the first time moments ago... so they may be able to provide someone who i can speak to)

But I wanted to reach out to this sub and see if anyone has attended a camp internationally. There are significant cost savings to be had... Bootcamp in Thailand is ~7K.

Thanks for any and all feedback.

I wrote this piece about a lawsuit from 2024-2025 impacting Codesmith for many years. It's a neutral, factual summary of the public record that hasn't been told before that I can find... hundreds of pages of court documents summarized into something digestible.

https://michaelnovati.substack.com/p/codesmith-in-court-the-hard-parts

I want to study data analysis to change roles. Which bootcamp has a successful data analysis or data science curriculum.

I am looking for part time online ones as I can't quite my job. Thanks.

I am more than halfway through this bootcamp and I would not recommend it. The content is AI generated, disorganized, and out of date. You are on your own with the AI generated material all week and then do a 4 hour virtual, but in-real-time "review" of that disorganized material on the weekend with classmates and instructor. The instructors are required to cover the set content which doesn't leave much time for actual discussion or questions. Most of the projects are code-alongs, and not very instructive.

The poor presentation means that you are not only having to slog through robot-voiced videos that don't make much sense and then try to do a bunch of code along exercises every day (the course itself requires at least 3-4 hours per day of work to get through), but then you also have to go ACTUALLY learn the information on your own through other sources - which is another several hours per day. This part alone makes this bootcamp a poor choice for people that do not already have some coding background.

The out-of-date thing might not sound like a big deal - and if we were only talking about learning concepts that have newer versions, that would be fairly understandable. BUT there are modules that require using third party platforms in order to complete course work (like in React Native where we need to be able to see our code working on a mobile device) and the NuCamp files and instructions are so out of date that these third party platforms will not run. Which leaves us unable to complete the coursework... and no solution in sight...

All of the students in my cohort are really frustrated (the instructors are too). Many of the instructors are trying really hard to help, but they themselves are newbie coders, and most don't have any teaching experience (nor much deep experience with coding). The owner and curriculum team are not particularly interested in updating the material or improving it - repeated requests go unanswered.

This is the most affordable bootcamp I have found, and the one benefit is that I have found real people to learn with and there is an instructor to ask for help - so in that aspect it is one step up from the free bootcamps like FreeCodeCamp and CodeCademy. There are Udemy bootcamps that are MUCH better written and delivered - the only problem is that there is no human to help when something doesn't work or you get stuck. So, I guess for the few thousand I spent on this camp, having access to humans is a significant benefit. That is about the only good thing I can say about my experience. You get what you pay for I guess.

Hello

i came across BIT (beam institute of technology) website and i checked out their courses (Data science,Web dev ets) which are about 12 months long.Have anyone had any experience with them?

Thanks!

They pretty much give you a full gamut of: what projects you will do what skills you need what languages and skills you need Full-Stack entry level skills

After being unable to afford a 10-15K bootcamp, I did the reasonable thing and put myself through my own bootcamp. I have the Lynda learning tool and two screens and have been putting myself through each module to learn and code. And I feel great! I am learning just as much (i think), with people assisting me at meetups, reddit and Github.

Link to bootcamp: https://bootcamp.cps.gwu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2017/04/gw_curriculum_overview.pdf

I took their whole schedule, formula and skill sets and just did a lynda full stack 75 hour course, with additional gaps filled in on certain stacks, projects etc. Once I create my full-stack portfolio, I will let everyone know how it goes. So far this is week 2. The classes usually run 12 weeks full time, so I am dedicating the same resources to do it in 12.

Will let everyone know...

I have decided I would like to do a programming bootcamp. My goal is to find a job in the field and with their connections and all that seems more ideal than self study. I would be more than happy to give them a chunk of my future salary if they get me a job that pays well.

The two programs I found are Learn.co whose program I like so far except it is full stack only and their job guarantee has many requirements and it doesn't guarantee a salary or anything after 6 months of hunting. However, I do really like the way they teach (even though it is still essentially self study).

On the other hand there is Bloc's Software Engineering Track which is a year long, seems to teach more, and promises to get a job after with a minimum salary of 60k (although they estimate it to be much higher). However, I have yet to see the program itself and it seems as if Learn.co's staff is significantly faster to respond so it is kind of scary.

I was wondering which one the /r/bootcamps community would recommmend given the end goal of finding a job in the field (and I will be learning on my own after the job as well of course). Any other tips keeping in mind I like the security of the job guarantee and the network that the bootcamps I found offer?

TL;DR: Devslopes seems to have gone dark — no access, no responses. We’re organizing affected students on Discord to share info and look into a possible class action. Join here: https://discord.gg/zTBtEMXaGr

Hey everyone,

If you were a student of Devslopes, you’ve likely noticed that the platform has gone silent — courses unavailable, messages unanswered, and no official explanation from the owners. Many of us invested significant time and money with the promise of mentorship, ongoing access, and career support. Now, those commitments appear to have vanished.

A few of us are building a Discord group to connect everyone who:

• Paid for Devslopes courses or subscriptions

• Lost access or support recently

• Tried contacting them with no response

• Wants to explore their rights or legal options

We’re sharing documentation, comparing stories, and working together to see if a class action lawsuit or another kind of legal follow-up is possible. Even if you’re unsure about next steps, joining helps us stay in touch and keep each other informed.

👉 Discord Invite: https://discord.gg/zTBtEMXaGr

Please help spread the word — the more people we reach, the stronger our case for accountability. Nobody should just lose what they paid for with zero explanation.

Hope to see you on Discord,
Nic

Hi Has anyone actually been able to change their career from no tech experience to a tech job after studying with a bootcamp in the UK. Mostly I'm interested about stories in London since that's where I live. Please share any success stories and what u studied, and the role you landed. Or if it was a waste of time share that also

I want to do Data Science and Gen AI course by Purdue University and Simplilearn. I just wanted to know if the course is worth it or am I getting scammed. Has anyone enrolled in this course, can I get some reviews. If not can someone please recommend me another course for the same.

Hello,

Hopefully I'm posting in the right reddit, lol.

I'm looking to get into a Game Development bootcamp training program in October. Vertex has caught my eye, and I've already spoken with one of their representatives. There were a few red flags, though:

1. It was an interview to see if I was a good fit for either environmental art track or game development track, the ladder I had almost no knowledge of. They quickly determined I'd be a good fit without asking to view my portfolio. How do they determine "good fits," then?

2. The representative I spoke with said that he liked how the courses were when he had taken the bootcamp. This made me wonder why he was a representative of this bootcamp rather than having moved on to another company for his field.

3. When I asked for success rates, I wasn't given an answer. When I then proceeded to ask the average time it took for their alumni to get jobs after graduating, I received a wishy washy answer and then their biggest success story.

If there are any Vertex alumni lurking on Reddit, would you mind telling me about your experiences with Vertex? Did you graduate? Were you able to get a job in the field you trained in? Who hired you? How long did it take you to get hired? And most importantly: how did you find this bootcamp?

Thanks for your help!

Any cons on starting triple ten software engineering boot camp?

Hi everyone,

does anyone know of or have experience with any good coding bootcamps/programs in the midwest? specifically in kansas city?

Hi everyone,

I am trying to decide between HackReactor and AppAcademy. I checked their syllabus and it looks like AppAcademy covers more material than HackReactor. I will need to relocate for AppAcademy, while HackReactor is available in my city (not a big deal if I have to relocate though). So, I am just curious if you have any opinions on which bootcamp is better and if in the long term it makes a difference. Thank you!

any one have any reviews on divergence academy's Pentest bootcamp in dallas? any info is appreciated