4Geeks Academy

The choice of a relevant full stack boot camp is particularly challenging for small businesses and startups, since they usually have limited budgets and, thus, need a technology stack that provides the most bang for the buck to get their projects off... Read More the ground.

4Geeks Academy provided me with the stack tool knowledge to get my project off the ground based on:

1) Type of Web Application: Functions, integrations, processing heavy loads, and low latency.
2) Time to market: Solution resources and libraries, integration with third-party solutions, development trends availability, documentation and developer community, testing, and maintenance.
3) Security: Technologies stacks that allow the developer to create secure applications.
4) Scalability: Horizontal scalability, which means the ability of a web application to accommodate more requests, and be able to work if the number of users grows. Vertical scalability, which means the ability to add new components to a web application without damaging its performance.

This program was definitely one of the hardest things I’ve done in my life. It was 16 weeks of constant work and practice. All things in life worth having is not going to be easily obtained. If you can stick with it and follow what the teachers are teaching... Read More you, you will succeed.

I came into this with absolutley no, coding knowledge outside of, ctrl,alt,delete. The greatness of this coarse at this bootcamp, is the experience and knowledge of the instructors at hand. They got madd, skills and are not afraid to teach them. It took... Read More a little, time and effort, but most importantly, with consistency all has been revealed and the mountain is now a little easier cause 4Geeks gave me a quick dirtbike to scale it, safer and more efficiency.

I found out about 4Geeks online while searching for bootcamps, at first, it all seemed like so much information to take in, I held back on pulling the trigger, with a full-time job, I felt as if joining a bootcamp and getting all the paperwork done would... Read More be near impossible. Gladly, I was wrong, I applied at 4Geeks, went through the interview process, and then applied for financial assistance, I was done with the whole process in approximately a week. I could not believe how quick and easy the whole process was. This allowed me time to begin working on the assignments before the course started in order to be ready to go.

I like the group of study that we have, all the people wants to share the knowledge and the teacher-assistant is very friendly and answer all the questions. There is an option to watch the stream if you can't attend the class, which is great because I... Read More work late and I can watch the stream when I travel to the office. The staff is also great, they always want you to feel like home, and they also organize a lot of workshops :)

I'm really happy so far, projects are great and we get a lot of help.
Content is excellent and I really believe that by the end of the course I'll be ready to do tons of new exciting stuff.
At least the part time course seems to be heavy for absolute beginners,... Read More people need to have several hours available of their own time to prepare clases and do exercises.
On class could be a bit better by improving how contents are presented and going through how projects are done after they are completed.

The team at 4Geeks have been fundamental in my growth to someone who barely knew Coding to then become a Full Stack Web developer. I took the part-time Full-Stack Web Development based in React, which was a wonderful experience. The environment, instructors,... Read More and curriculum were all modern and of the highest quality! I recommend them to everyone I know!

What attracted me to 4Geeks Academy originally was the option of attending a part time cohort. For me, it meant I was able to continue my professional uninterrupted by a 3-4 month full-time course. I went in Mon & Wed 6-9 and Sat 9-12.

Starting the cohort... Read More was a bit overwhelming for me as I had to get used to retraining myself how to approach a problem. The instructors at the academy do a pretty good job at trying to minimize the learning curve, but in reality they can only do so much with ~4 months of time to play with. Being a part-time course, a good portion of the learning falls on you and your motivation in your personal time. A lot of the assignments were the type where you learn *just* enough in class to go home and apply it yourself. Then, come back to the next class with any questions or concerns. There were absolutely times that were frustrating, and those frustrating moments hit everyone at different points. Luckily the team was very supportive/encouraging, and we managed to develop a kind of support group within the classmates.

The course focused heavily on JavaScript/Reactjs for a large chunk of the time which, looking back, I appreciate because it’s the thing that I fell back on the most during the job interview that I got hired in. If you’re wondering whether they can teach you how to code - the answer is yes, but you have to put in a considerable amount of effort and time as well. They’ll lead you to the stream but you have to be the one to drink. 4Geeks has a well developed ecosystem of online resources as well as their knowledgeable staff that’ll do everything in their power to make sure you can surmount new topics and concepts. What’s was crazy for me was, because of imposture syndrome, (which you’ll likely have) I didn’t realize how much I had learned and was capable of until the very end when I had a functional final project that I was showing off to my peers.

Above all, though, the most personally valuable skill I gained from the course was learning *how* to learn and teach myself. If I had been told that learning to learn would be one of my major take-always before signing up, I probably would have rolled my eyes. In reality, though, yes learning how to code is a big accomplishment (and with effort, you will), but in such a quickly evolving tech landscape where everything you need to know is available for free online, the most powerful tool you can have is your ability to pick up new skills and tricks to evolve with it. From what I saw, 4Geeks was working behind the scenes to make sure you gained that ability before they set you off into the world.

4Geeks hosts in-house meetups with local business from time-to-time to introduce their students to the industry. They’re a good opportunity make connections with local leaders as well as network with new and former 4Geeks students. I’ve heard of some students leveraging them to land interviews.

I managed to get hired for my first tech job just a little before graduating (so I can’t personally speak on post-grad job support) which was great and very possible, but not exactly the norm. A few of my classmates also recently got hired within a few months after graduating (one of which I know what’s receiving job support from the academy). What’s amazing is after graduating I’d come back to 4Geeks whenever there was something that I couldn’t figure out at the new job and they (Alejandro and others) would *always be willing to set aside time for me and smooth out my confusions.

All-in-all I would definitely recommend 4Geeks with the caveat that you only get out of it what you put in. However, if you’re motivated to change your life and can weather some inevitably stressful moments, you’ll do fine and be well positioned to transition into tech.

Me inscribi en 4Geeks con muy altas expectativas, y la verdad es que no me ha decepcionado. Me encontre con un programa muy bien pensado que no solo apunta al desarrollo tecnico en el desarrollo de software, si no que apoya dicha formacion con "side events"... Read More y un "career support" en el cual te orientan segun cuales sean los planes que tengas en mente con los conocimientos que adquieres a traves del programa. Respecto a la metodologia de enseñanza, es bastante dinamica y con un desafiante nivel de dificultad. A su vez, utilizan toda clase de herramientas para que no existan excusas al momento de tomar las clases (streaming y posterior disponibildad del video en una plataforma online). Debo decir que el lograr avances reales depende netamente del esfuerzo y tiempo que cada uno dedique al programa. Una de las cosas que mas me gusta es que puedo estar conectado con las otras sedes y hacer preguntas tecnicas que pueden ser respondidas por estudiantes y/o profesores de otras latitudes, generando una gran comunidad dispuesta a colaborar con los demas. Mi experiencia en 4Geeks ha sido tremendamente satisfactoria, ha valido cada peso que he invertido en el programa.

I went to 4Geeks because I wanted to learn how to build API from scratch and Python. I compared 4 different bootcamps and none of them were up to teach Python. Price wise is cheaper vs other bootcamps. I have learned Python, I have got 150% support from... Read More 4Geeks teachers.
It is a good academy, everybody is willing to help us.

RECOMMENDATIONS:
- Try to increase the level of complexity of some exercises.
- Involve interested students in the Academy's projects.
- Try to advise on how to write Apps outside the boiler-plate.