Codeworks

I know it must be sceptical to read such amazing reviews from everyone. There must be a but, so I am giving my honest review with a but.
Pros
met cool people, learn new technologies and have portfolio. (which you can do on your own)

Cons
Poor job support,... Read More people who says they got good job support must be talking about years ago because recently, codeworks popularity rises so they just accept anyone into the bootcamp, although it is a 3 stage interviews, it's not that thorough. They just want your money and by the end of it, too many people are joining the course and there is only one person in charge of job support, when you ask for help they always say the same thing. Not really helpful. I've talked to a lot of people going to different bootcamps and one thing that codeworks does not have is hiring partners.

Conclusion
choose wisely, 100% hiring rate is because they hire their own students

Definitely the best way to learn how to code! The instructors have a very good level and helps you to learn how everything works under the hood. The bootcamp is really demanding and that's the best way to learn a lot in a short period of time. I definitely... Read More recomend it!

I attended Codeworks remotely in the middle of the pandemic and have only positive experience with this course. It's super intense - 70 hours a week, and requires commitment and motivation. I was lucky that my cohort was a great group of people and that... Read More is something that helps the experience. It has definitely changed my life - I got a job as a web developer and I'm loving it.

The bootcamp is divided in two parts, junior and senior. I can say that during the junior part my learning experience was very intense. I had some very basic background on web development (js and php) from working with joomla and drupal, which helped... Read More me to understand better the concepts around programming (networks, servers, OS configurations and other basic things). Having this basic knowledge was essential for me to cope with the junior’s part, so much was being thrown at us during the lectures, and every day we would have to work on those concepts in code. Yes, it is true that you need to be VERY motivated to learn, since most of the time it is up to you to come up with a solution, you are encouraged to become fully autonomous and use online resources to help you solve the problem (stack-overflow, official documentation etc). For some this might be a bummer, in my experience this was essential to my formation since once you leave the bootcamp you are on your own. Even so, if you really get stuck (which happened often) the teacher assistants are super helpful in guiding you through possible solutions, giving you hints or even explaining concepts that you haven’t “sunk in” during the lecture. By the end of the juniors part, I was able to work with many libraries and frameworks on my own. The seniors part is different, it is all about creating projects. There aren’t many lectures since it’s all about coding a real project, which might feel different for everybody. In my case it felt more like learning how to deal with complicated documentation from libraries and frameworks, learning the main differences between technologies you might want to use, understanding better how sql databases work etc. It was good, but I had more fun during the juniors part.
My advice is, that if you are wanting to change career (like it was my case), you should be passionate about computer science (not only development). There is a TON of stuff that you will have to learn and understand, before, during & after the bootcamp, it never ends. If you are not serious into spending hours and hours studying hard, and banging your head against your laptop from all the frustration you might find during your new career because of all the thing you still need to learn, then maybe reconsider. The bootcam is a great introduction to the main concepts of computer science and you start developing your programing skills, so yes you learn lots of things, but, it DOES NOT END THERE. After the bootcamp I had to spend hours and hours doing test for job applications, every test I learned a lot more, and more confident each time. For some people it might take two weeks, or even less to get a job, it all depends on your personal skills and how far you want to go. The staff will always be by your side during the job hunt, the support is amazing, and you will always get excellent feedback on how to deal with your next interview. So yes, it definitely pays back.

I attended Codeworks bootcamp under exceptional circumstances, during the coronavirus pandemic.
Due to the situation I attended remotely. Although a bit worried about the remote setting to begin with, it proved to work well both for the Zoom lessons and... Read More the pair programming: neither was badly affected and as a cohort we tried our best to support each other and socialise virtually throughout the course. I also believed this prepared me to work remotely as a professional programmer.
The course combined code-alongs, pair programming, solo practice and docs reading - the variety helped keeping it interesting and I learned more about my personal preferences when it comes to acquire new tech skills. In my opinion, the curriculum seemed up-to-date overall (the technologies learned were reflected on the ads in my job search afterwards).
As in any programme, it's important to put effort in to see the results: integrating the lessons with your own reading, focusing on the technologies you're most interested in, and choosing personal projects wisely.
Despite the market crisis during the pandemic, I found a job 2 weeks after the end of the course.

The bootcamp is as intense as it sounds, however this definitely helps you switch career in only 3 months.

I am really happy with my investment and the support from Codeworks staff from the beginning to the end. During hiring week at Codeworks, I was... Read More able to find a frontend developers job.

Would recommend it to everybody who wants to step in into developers world.

The software engineering bootcamp at Codeworks has changed my life.

I spent 12 hours every day, 6 days a week for 3 months at the bootcamp, still the time seemed too brief. The things you learn (not only coding), the amazing people you meet, the excellent... Read More teachers and the whole environment has made the experience totally worth it!

Attending the bootcamp has helped me boost my career immensely. It has enabled me to find a great job, where I can apply all the concepts and skills acquired by me at the bootcamp, only two months after graduation. I am still in touch with their job support staff who constantly provide me with career guidance.

I would highly recommend this bootcamp to all the people looking for a successful career as a software engineer.

Coming from a University I was shocked with how invested everyone at CW was in my doing well in the course not only grasping the material but in my overall well being.

Im used to a learning environment with huge 100+ people lectures and then small 30+... Read More "lab" sessions with a tutor once a week. So coming into something where the class sizes are so small and you can get help in literally minutes was insane and made me feel like what have I been missing out on my whole life! I was looking at other bootcamps but they were either more expensive with larger class sizes and less TA's or cheaper with larger class sizes and less TA's so I found the perfect middle ground for me. My experience was awesome and then of course getting a job within 2 weeks of graduating was a huge confirmation.

Do it you won't regret it

Before starting the Bootcamp I didn't know if I would endure the intensity. But I just spend every day learning something new without ever thinking about the time. I would recommend it even if you don't want to work in the technical department.

The job... Read More support is also great, even to this day.

Since the beginning I felt like I was treated like money. There were some complains the first days of the bootcamp and Barcelona because the lectures in Zoom were exhausting. The answer that we got was that if we didn´t like we could leave at any time.... Read More

When I signed up on there website they had that there were conferences by professionals in the industry in the same campus... We didn´t recieved any. In the syllabus we had presentations from the alumini at the end of the day in which they weren´t very good due you were not getting any feedback, "you can record yourself and look the points in which you can improve...".

About the curriculum. I think that learning jQuery was a waste of time. You are given lots of topics and you could have consolidated them better with some extra time. But jQuery was a must do to roll into the bootcamp. You were left with the official Docs for a day time to time, I felt like they could have prepared something.

When covid happent there was poor action taken by the bootcamp. We went remote for a quarter of the bootcamp and I did not see any money back from doing it from home. They have an option from doing the bootcamp remote that it is 2000 euros cheaper. They refused to give me back a quarter of it.

In other hand, my objectives were to find a job as a software engineer and I achived that 4 weeks after completing the bootcamp even if the salary wasn´t close to the stadistics( they look unrealistic to me, just my opinion ) that they provided in their site. I have learn very good practices thanks to some amazing TA. Half of them are recent graduates.

In conclusion, I didn´t have many problems to work as a mid Level engineer after 3 months precourse + 3 months bootcamp + 4 weeks interviews. Therefore they did something well and it work all out at the end. By the way the job support is 10 out of 10, Marc is a star a he will help you all the way trough.