Claim Academy

awesome bootcamp, the final month was really challenging but in the end with the help of mentors and peers I was able to graduate. Highly recommend if you can assist in person because you will get the most complete experience with them. I was really impressed... Read More with the quality of the instructors.

The pros for me: -the ability to do the entire course online remotely from Hawaii -Fully funded by VET-TEC from the VA -Perfectly aligns with my personal goals in the software development industry -Provides tools for success -Job placement and resume... Read More assistance Cons: -More instructors that have the right credentials for the course being taught

Claim Academy is amazing at what they do and how they run the program. If you need help they will be there every step of the way. That being said is don’t be afraid to reach out and ask questions to both the staff and the other students. There is always... Read More something new you can learn from everyone. This course will definitely keep you engaged as long as you are willing to put in the effort.

Overall, I learned a lot and was challenged by Claim. I do not regret signing up and recommend others to sign up with Claim. Claim is very supportive and will help you propel yourself tremendously. I currently am going into my sophomore year of college... Read More and majoring in computer science. I decided to sign up with claim to prepare myself for my college degree and I feel after completing the 12 week full stack java bootcamp that I am more than prepared for the next 3 years of college. I will say during my 12 weeks at Claim there were a couple circumstances. We had a teacher change after the fourth week which made the next 3 weeks more challenging than I expected. However, a group of students and myself banded together and overcame those 3 weeks. The remaining 6 weeks of the course with our teacher, Lamar, was the best experience I have ever had learning about coding and building a real world application. Do not hesitate and sign up with Claim. I promise you will come out with loads of knowledge and confidence that you will get a job or succeed in college!

The instructors and mentors were extremely helpful. I learned more than what I expected in 3 months. You will have to put in effort on your end though. A lot about the bootcamp is teaching yourself but the instructors are always there when you get lost.... Read More

When Claim Academy defined itself as a boot camp and expressed how time consuming and intense the work would be to me, I was expecting a mentally grueling 12 weeks. Instead, I found it to be very laid back, with only 3 hours of lecture a day, and the... Read More rest of the time to work alone or in groups. I often wished for more class time, even though learning hands outside lecture hours was invaluable. My class in particular had some issues with teachers. One left the school halfway through, then another led in a difficult to follow manner. Our final instructor was phenomenal, however. They also have non-instructor mentors on-hand that are great assistance. One of my biggest grievances was the erratic nature of their schedules. We started the course off doing class at 10 am, but after two or three weeks it was switched to 4pm without any warning or reason. They also provide "company spotlights" and "alumni meetings", which are great, but were also often scheduled directly over our already limited class time. A lot of these spotlight hours are also sprung up randomly with only an hour or two warning, which personally led to me missing many of them. As for the content, I can safely say that I do now know how to code, when I had zero experience or knowledge before coming here. Although I do feel like there is so much I don't know or understand, that would be expected from leaving any school. Most learning comes from real life experience. I used the VETTEC program to fund my way through this school. Having done that, I would tell anybody with the same capability to go for it. I don't know if I would feel the same way if I had paid out-of-pocket. I'll leave that opinion to somebody who had done that. Since, I'm only graduating at the time I write this, I haven't received much job assistance yet. They claim to be very helpful. I just hope they don't just copy and paste everything they find off of indeed that requires 5+ years of experience.

Can improve, at least needs full time instructors. Overall, there are better options, but Claim does have potential, although they must be willing to take suggestions and be willing to improve. Although it was 12 weeks long, the course was really only... Read More on for 3 hours a day, schedules got shifted around depending on the instructors' other employment and communication (basecamp) was a thorn in the side of the students.

Claim Academy will challenge you to push yourself through the arduous task of learning Java as well as Front end programming technology. They will give you access to renowned Lecturers and mentors who will be there to help guide you through your learning... Read More process as well as your practical assignments. You will take your newly gained knowledge and be challenge to complete projects that are difficult, but with the aforementioned mentors and teachers you have the tools. You will come out of the experience better because of the experience and will have met many interesting people along a similar journey from around the world.

I believe Claim Academy is a great opportunity for anyone looking to challenge themselves with learning a new skill and possibly a new career path. From an administrative standpoint, Travis Wyrick and Matthew Hook were excellent in helping me find out... Read More about the VETTEC program to pay for the course. Training wise Denish Otieno and Lamar Myles were as good as it gets to help new students understand such complex material. They were always helpful and wanted students to learn. Also, your fellow classmates were very helpful in helping you understand problems you are having trouble with. If you put in the work it is incredible what you will receive from this program.

Pros: well reviewed, approved by VA and MO Dept of Higher Education, interesting and well constructed syllabus, helped me to learn to code, staff was very helpful and friendly, and the VA process was smooth and painless cons: if you cant handle immersive,... Read More this isnt the course for you.