Burlington Code Academy

I just completed BCA's first UX Design Bootcamp. It was an amazing experience. If you're in an appropriate time zone, you can take this bootcamp remotely. I wasn't anywhere near Burlington and I still felt connected. Their biggest strength is that the... Read More UX program is taught by Rick Machanic, who has decades of experience in this field. He owned his own web agency so he offers much more than the typical bootcamp teacher. BCA is great about gathering feedback and I'm sure they're going to improve the Bootcamp based on my program's initial feedback. They're going to solidify some of the prework, Figma lessons, and have more consistent labs that span the length of the Bootcamp. One of the highlights of the course was our capstone. They work with real clients so your portfolio has real-world experience before you're even done. Another shining star is Etienne Morris, the career coach that BCA uses. They place a high emphasis on finding a job and networking throughout your time there. The TA, Mateo Cohen, brings more experience from a visual design perspective. His feedback and design critiques were super useful and he's still helping our class out despite the Bootcamp being finished. All in all, you should definitely go to BCA if you want to become a UX Designer. I entered having only enthusiasm and left with a ton of new skills!

As a career changer, jumping into a course like this was a bit scary, and definitely a huge risk. Quitting my job, dropping a decent sum of money, and not working for three months is a big ask when you have kids, but the folks over at BCA were always... Read More there to help, and figure out ways to make it happen. They have been incredibly supportive of me from the beginning, and even now, two weeks out of the course being over they are still working with everyone to find jobs, continue learning, or just chat if the need presents itself. The course was fast paced, challenging, and loaded with information. I really enjoyed the projects we covered, and I felt like they solidified a lot of the concepts we were learning in the course. This was especially apparent with the capstone project. Being able to work with real world clients on real problems was huge, and gave me a solid footing when jumping into this new career path. I can't express how happy I am that I took this course, and would recommend it over and over again!

I entered their bootcamp without much of any knowledge of coding. Decided I needed to change my career. The course goes at a fast pace and covers everything needed to become a full stack developer and the staff is always available to help. So far they've... Read More been really helpful in looking for employment too.

12-week course in full-stack development (JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Express, React, MongoDB and Firebase). 9am-5pm five days a week with 8 weekend projects plus a month-long capstone project that addresses specific needs of real groups in the community.... Read More
BCA provides an excellent foundation in JavaScript and web development, with plenty of practice in front-end and back-end design. While there is no coding prerequisite for the course, it is very rigorous and BCA highly recommends taking some time to get familiar with the three main languages they teach before joining the course. The weekend projects really help solidify the material covered, and the lengthy capstone projects, which are real projects submitted by local organizations, pull everything together in meaningful and unpredictable ways.
The instructors and support staff are outstanding: clear, detailed, and always available to assist.
There are weekly career workshops and exposure to local hiring partners, plus one-on-one career and resume counselling with a brilliant, caring mind in the field. The demo day at the end of the course brings in hiring partners as well as other area development organizations to see the capstone presentations and get better acquainted with each of the student teams.
The coding foundation they provide is thorough and meaningful, but is only part of what BCA offers: their goal is to grow the local talent pool and make the community aware of how developers can help to enrich and expand the way businesses and organizations operate. BCA is about developing coders who are an integral part of the community.

I came into this program having "self taught" JS to myself. I'd used online tutorials and books but didn't have a lot of confidence in the things I was doing. This course helped me harness the confidence that I was able to do it. The course was very good... Read More for me as I'd already had some knowledge, and it helped to make what I'd learned into an actual foundation that I could build on. Between the time I started the course and the time I'd finished, I'd started working on a project with a few friends and at this point have built a fully functional API for a front end app!

The positivity and welcoming nature of BCA is unrivaled.
If you need help with anything, these folks would go our their way to help you. That is invaluable.

I really appreciated the positive atmosphere at Burlington Code Academy. We were encouraged to have fun, support one other, take breaks, and experiment and grow in our own way.

The instructors we had were top notch and came with lots of real-world experience... Read More as coders and coding teachers. And with the small class size, they were very accessible, so I was able to ask questions whenever I felt confused or just wanted to learn more.

The projects they designed for us were fun and challenging. Getting to work with other students through pair programming, peer code reviews, and the longer-term capstone project taught me so much because my eyes were constantly being opened to new ways of approaching a problem. It was also helpful in the job search to already have working full-stack applications in my portfolio.

I like the course’s emphasis on Agile development principles because so many companies use Agile. It made my transition to a new job in software easier because the Agile process felt familiar from my time at Burlington Code Academy.

The skills I gained at Burlington Code Academy allowed me to break into the field of web development and work every day at a job that I enjoy.

It was about this time last year when I first heard about the Burlington Code Academy (BCA). After making the decision to leave an industry and career that wasn’t for me, I signed up for the part time class that BCA offers. I then continued on to take... Read More the web dev bootcamp, that following summer. And to cut to the chase, I graduated from BCA’s program in late August 2019 and landed a full time salaried position at a local web development agency less than a month later. A job I wouldn’t have been qualified for, just 8 months prior. What Burlington Code Academy Does Well: - Exceptional Instructors and TA’s who are willing to go the extra mile. - The founders of the school are both highly motivated to see you succeed and will also go the extra mile to see that happen. - Giving students a strong foundational understanding of coding. - Classes are well structured with Lectures, Labs, and Projects. - Listening and responding to student input. - The courses teach relevant technologies that are being used by today’s tech companies. - Connecting you with local employers and tech leaders. - The Capstone Project and final presentation were great real-world experiences. What Burlington Code Academy Could Improve Upon: - Prior to class beginning, communicating the commitment that is necessary to succeed. - As a class going over higher-level solutions to projects and labs. Exposure to advanced solutions helped me improve my problem solving skills. - At the end of the bootcamp more time should be spent on coding and less on the tangential material that is meant to broaden our horizons. I enjoyed it, but with the condensed schedule it ate into too much capstone project time. - More movie nights ;) All in all, Burlington Code Academy delivered on their promise to teach me how to code, and enable me to change career paths, in a very short time. It was quite the undertaking and requires a full commitment from you as the student. However, if you put your head down and focus, BCA will lead you to success. I owe them a big thank you wouldn’t be where I am without them.

I had a wonderful and eye opening experience at Burlington Code Academy. The education was fast paced and immersive, much like the industry that I was being prepared for. There were definite moments of doubt, but the instructing team encouraged me to... Read More see the problem solver in myself and never gave up on me. The course opened up a new world of understanding to me in both software and internet that I would not have been able to achieve in such a short period of time at a regular school.

Burlington Code Academy is a boot-camp, full stop. Coming in with some practical knowledge of web-development was beneficial for me, but certainly not a necessity for attendees. With that said, the 12-week course is intense and should be treated like... Read More a full-time job in order to fully succeed and grasp the concepts being presented. The curriculum is jam packed with front-end and back-end concepts and methodologies to fully prepare you for the responsibilities and tasks expected of a web developer/software engineer at the end of the 12-weeks. But you really get what you put into this course. In order to stay sharp on the concepts, you must be willing to study and apply the knowledge beyond the 9-5 schedule. Fortunately, the team of instructors will assist you after-hours and on weekends if needed--they want you to succeed! I am grateful for my time at Burlington Code Academy and I recommend it to anybody looking to break into a new field with the assistance and guidance of a highly knowledgeable and compassionate organization.

I'm really happy I took Burlington Code Academy. The instruction is top notch, the TA's are great, and the projects are interesting and challenging. The employees of Burlington Code Academy seem to really care about your success during the class and after.... Read More They put in a lot of effort to develop a network of local businesses, and are constantly updating the slack with new job opportunities. I'm extremely happy I took this course.