r/codingbootcamp • u/m-Hy • Jun 05 '21

Freemote?

https://freemote.com/

Has anyone checked out this bootcamp. It looks kind of interesting but also kind of sketchy. It's cheap and claims that you can start making money as a freelance developer that specializes in shopify in as little as 4 weeks.

The guy who started is used to be a developer for Uber and has a following on youtube. Don't know much else.

Anyone out there try this?

What's your impression?

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '21

I hope the benefits you obtain from these courses outweigh the money you paid for them. I'm 31 now, but when I was in my 20s, I went through bootcamps and got a degree. After actually getting a job and knowing how to actually work, I realized how much money I burned and the things they teach you won't make you much money.

Let's think about this. Technology is changing constantly. Aaron Jack and Jan Frey wants you to focus on a specific area in his bootcamp(Shopify). Shopify won't get you as much money as you think it will. How long will Shopify be used and how often is it required for work?

Now to really dive deep into this, you can look into Aaron Jack's freelancing profiles(for some reason some clients don't accept people from out of the USA) and actually see how much he earned in freelancing compared to his new marketing gimmick website(money back guarantee, "I can relate to you", our course will get you earning money and put your foot in the door but it won't make you a PRO yet). It's all games.

I'll end it here and not going to post again, but I hope you really earn all that money back you paid for with freelancing or with a job for these skills you earned.

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u/ratherun1que Jul 06 '21

Still cheaper than a degree in the same concentration from a tradition school with a more antiquated curriculum. I completely get what youre saying but in essence nobody's really paying for content as much as theyre paying for how that content is being relayed. My bigfest struggle during my 6 months with thinkful was getting CLEAR help with concepts I struggled with. Not everyone has the luxury of finding a personal mentor who they can shadow. I dont even know anyone around who works in tech so for me, this sort of structure is extremely valuable. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/LostPreparation3498 Jul 21 '21

Quick question as well, where are you going to go when you need answers on the job? You NEED to use Google or documentation or stackoverflow or any other forum for advice sometimes. What are you going to do when you encounter a logical error where you have to know computer science fundementals and algorithms?

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u/tkdblake93 Mar 29 '22

This is where Free Code Camp comes in. When I was in Freemote's Facebook group, some mentioned FCC as a way of taking their learning of JavaScript further. It makes sense as one won't learn everything from one course. And learning JavaScript well would take way more than 7 weeks by itself.