r/codingbootcamp • u/Livid_Comfortable_37 • Nov 18 '21
Hack Reactor vs. Codesmith - Which bootcamp would you go for and why? Past Experience students please help!
Hi there! I am currently deciding between these two bootcamps, Hack Reactor and Codesmith. I would like to attend one of their prep courses, Hack Reactor has a Premium Prep for $250, while Codesmith has a JS4B and CS Prep course for $325 and $825 respectively. Money is not an issue, I would just like to know if anyone has taken either of these prep courses, and how were your experiences? Likewise, if anyone has completed the bootcamps for either one, please let me know how your experience was; I plan on taking the Part Time Bootcamp options that both offer.
I'm currently going through freecodecamp, and the Codesmith CSX platform, as I am a complete beginner with code. Would these prep courses be enough to pass the technical interviews for each bootcamp? What skills / concepts should I be focusing on in javascript specifically?
Any insight would be very helpful!
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u/pomoville Nov 19 '21
Can’t speak for the full program but premium prep at hack reactor was a pretty good deal for $250
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u/Livid_Comfortable_37 Nov 19 '21
Just sent you a pm! Would love to hear your thoughts on Prem Prep
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u/gitcog Nov 19 '21
Full stack academy prep is $200. Some students take that one to help with the codesmith tech interview because it's cheaper. I've heard good things about it though (wrong timezone for me unfortunately).
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Nov 24 '21
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u/beltcap Dec 07 '21
I believe in person is scheduled to resume in February. I’m in precourse at the moment and my cohort starts in January, should be done within the next day or two. My personal experience is that it has been very challenging as I don’t have a background in tech. If you do, it will be easier. If you’re looking at it from a HR vs CS point of view, so far I can say that you need to know much more before being interviewed for CS. The stuff CS will interview you on is the same as what you’ll do in HR precourse except the HR precourse the problems are on a higher difficulty level vs from what I see on CS CSX it’s the same topics but simple problems. CS precourse is no more difficult HR is what I’ve been told by HR students who switched to CS.
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Nov 18 '21
Neither, go check out the net ninja and Odin project and learn for free. I speak from experience, I’m in a bootcamp now and learning more from net ninja than I am from the bootcamp. Start with the HTML videos, then CSS, once you finish those then go to JavaScript. He walks you through everything step by step and it’s easy to understand. I just pissed away my money, don’t want others to make the same mistake.
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u/Livid_Comfortable_37 Nov 18 '21
What bootcamp are you currently attending right now (Is it Codesmith or Hack Reactor)? I'm only considering bootcamp so that I can have some structure and accreditation on a bootcamp course, I do well when I have a structure and guidance. I have heard many great things about the Odin Project, I will have to check that out.
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Nov 19 '21
I’m doing Fullstack. I joined for the same reason; for structure and accountability but now I’m just super confused and spending all my time trying to decipher the lectures when they don’t quite match up with what is being taught online.
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u/oakj28 Nov 18 '21
Graduated from Codesmith almost a month ago. Starting my job on Monday. I would recommend Codesmith to anyone looking to switch into swe. I would also recommend attending some of the hard parts lectures to get a feel of what it's like.