Codeworks

CodeWorks is an intensive software engineering bootcamp with friendly, well-prepared instructors, a top-notch curriculum, challenging projects for your portfolio, and excellent career support. It's not easy, but if you're willing to put in the effort,... Read More you'll graduate with the skills and confidence to succeed as a software engineer. Highly recommended.

After graduating last year I can say Codeworks is the way to go. Specially if you're switching careers from inside the IT world. If you're not coming from IT it'll be a bit tougher, but still worth the ride. When you're switching careers, time matters... Read More a lot. Other less immersive bootcamps may be cheaper but at the end of the day your time is money, and being able to go through the course topics in depth and in such little ''real world time'' makes it for me. If you add the customized support you'll get from instructors and the personalized career support at the end... It's an easy choice.

One of the greatest experience in my life. For me the bootcamp was a guide on how to become a software engineer in my case I started learning Software Engineer since 2020 where I started building Full Stack application however I felt it was not enough... Read More and I need to get to a different level if I wanted to be a competitive Software Engineer and the bootcamp with all the awesome instructors and colleagues. I was able to polish my skills and become a better Software Engineer been able to build more complex applications and go deeper in my knowledge. Pros: The tutors really drilled down in-depth on JavaScript topics and prepare one to be an expert in JavaScript Worked on 3 projects to allow one to showcase to potential employers Worked with a team of other engineers and learnt about collaboration techniques and communication with others Cons: One has to be prepared to go through really long hours - 12 hours a day for 6 days a week - but this is also how one can be well-equipped after the bootcamp to handle any technical interviews or coding challenges

In 2022, I attended this bootcamp at the London campus, which had a rigorous application process. Prospective students were required to complete an introductory course (if new to coding), pass a technical interview, and complete a pre-course consisting... Read More of three repositories with different tasks. I spent a month before the course completing the last requirement. The course itself was divided into two parts: learning and doing. The first six weeks focused on technical theory and completing daily assignments either alone or in pairs. While the curriculum could benefit from some improvements, overall, the tutors were available 12 hours a day and provided necessary help to students. However, I found this part of the course to be especially stressful. The second part of the course involved working on various applications, beginning with solo work and then progressing to legacy projects (refactoring other students' code and writing tests) and final projects. Although this part of the course was also stressful, I found it more enjoyable than the first part because I was able to use my knowledge to build cool things. Overall, while the bootcamp was challenging, it provided a valuable learning experience, and I appreciated the supportive tutors and emphasis on practical applications. I would recommend it to anyone serious about going into software engineering and wanting a strong push in the form of guidance to help them with this goal. I changed my career in 6 months (last to new job).

Codeworks has been the best choice in my career and life. My cohort has been amazing and i managed to find a highly paid job with only the experience made in codeworks. Pros: 3 Months is the shortest time investment you can find for this level of quality... Read More The curriculum is only made of highly requested skills in the market. The project you they make you do are very useful in the job search. The pre-course allows you to reach 20% alone, learning the basics so you can spend the 3 months of course getting as far ahead as possible, compared to other bootcamps that waste you time by teaching you the very simple basics. Cons: Some of the instructors in MY cohort did not have enough experience to be excellent teachers the cost can be prohibitive for some people (even though i consider them really worth it) The course is 12h a day, 6 days a week. You cannot work and study at the same time

What an an amazing experience! I thoroughly enjoyed studying there and found it to be an incredibly valuable investment in my career. The program is super intense and requires a lot of hard work and dedication, but it's totally worth it. I was impressed... Read More by the quality of the curriculum and the expertise of the instructors. They were always available to help me whenever I needed it and pushed me to be the best I could be. What I appreciated most about Codeworks was how well it prepared me for changing careers. I came into the program with little to no experience in programming, but by the end of it, I felt confident and ready to take on a new role as a developer. Overall, I would highly recommend Codeworks to anyone looking to transition into a career in tech. The bootcamp was an excellent experience, and I'm so glad I made the decision to enroll.

I really didn't expect that I'd be able to turn my career around in only 4 months, but with Codeworks I did. I had to borrow the money to afford the tuition fee, but it is easily the best investment I've ever made. I had been using HTML and CSS for a... Read More few years, but my JavaScript knowledge was very minimal (even after doing a couple of online intro courses). I have experience in design but had been a teacher for the previous few years and to be honest, I felt like I just about scraped through the pre-course without fully understanding how and what I was doing with JavaScript (the pre-course is structured with recommended online reading and some practical elements). I was a bit worried I wouldn't be able to keep up when it came to the intensive element. During the first two weeks, I still felt the same and was beginning to think if I was able to forge a career out of this. But around Week 3, when things became a bit more practical as a oppose to theoretical, I felt like everything began to make sense. I want to emphasise that at times you may feel lost, or just about keeping up with all the new information but not really understanding it, but it does eventually begin to make sense and now I've managed to find a job within a month of finishing the course. This has only been possible by a really supportive environment (instructors and peers), amazing curriculum and extremely helpful job support. They say 'trust the process' and you should! It's been a completely lifechanging experience for me which has opened a myriad of new opportunities and allowed me to find remote, flexible work that pays more than double my previous salary, allowing me to have a much better work/life balance. I'd 100% recommend this to anyone who is willing to put the effort in on their side and looking to begin a career in coding and if you're thinking about doing the course but are worried about the cost of it; beg, steal and borrow - it will be a worthwhile investment for sure!

The process to get into the bootcamp is an extensive one that took a month to get through, with simple tech interviews, a pre-course, as well as a front end website you have to complete all before you join the actual bootcamp. I will say these were a... Read More good filter to determine whether you are actually set out to be a software engineer and have the mindset of constant learning under timelines and pressure (I say that but i had a classmate that couldn't access a 2d array in his 4th week of the course)(he dropped out soon after). So is the 3% thing true? I doubt it tbh (This also ties in to my other points later). As for the course itself, its divided into two parts with the first part being a daily learning/exercise driven ciricculum and the second being a project driven one. As for my thoughts on the ciricculum, the teaching style, and finally whether its worth the hefty price tag (they've recently increased it so its really really expensive now): The course itself, while is up to date with recent trends in the tech world, could feel a bit rushed. At the end of the day, you only have 1.5 months to go over a HUGE amount of learning objectives - with front-end frame works, backend frameworks, and data structures - it can be extremely overwheming. If you fall behind in the important bits of this course, you will feel like you are drowning because the course is a learn-by-doing kind of teaching style. You only have lectures for 1 hour AT MOST at the start of the day giving you a brief rundown of the concept, before you have to do the given exercise of the day. While there are instructors to help you, they often just run you through the entire solution to the exercise at the end of day/topic (yes you have help support during the exercise but they only try to point you to the right direction). This sucks sometimes. Becuase, if you come from a non-technical background, getting flooded with minimal teaching material while being thrown into the deep end and then being given the solutions after 2 days mean YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IT before you move onto the other stuff. Or else, you will fall behind and simply not get your money's worth for the course. So in order for you to maximize learning, it requires 1. you absorb materials easily and quickly 2. PRAY you have good coursemates that can explain you some of the concepts that you might not understand. As for the second half of the course, its quite good. No complaints there. You do three projects and those go on your cv. Job search is also amazing as you have job support right after you graduate. Mireria Soler, she is the GOAT and deserves all the pay rises in the world!!!!!! TLDR: Is it worth it? I got a job within 1 month so I guess it's worth it now? But if you're short on cash, Ima be real, you should skip this one and use the CRAZY AMOUNT of free resources online.

Codeworks gave an outstanding experience, as someone who already had a fair amount of experience - it was very enlightening to learn a wide array of things in such a short time! If you're looking to begin coding or just sharpen your skills, I couldn't... Read More recommend a better place than here.

First things first: Codeworks is capable to deliver what they promise. In my case I got a very good offer already three weeks after graduation. But the course requires full commitment from your side because the time you spend at Coderworks is very intense.... Read More Also keep in mind, this is NOT a bootcamp for beginners. You'll need a solid understanding how web apps are built and basic understanding of  In fact, during the screening interviews you'll have to solve some easy problems with JS and also to build a simple web app using HTML / CSS / JS (jQuery to be precise). Make sure to have very good basics otherwise you'll struggle a lot. Before the course you'll need to finish a 100 hours pre-course in order to improve your JS knowledge so you'll need to put some time aside already before the bootcamp.   In terms of topics we covered: we spent the first four weeks of the bootcamp with data structures, algorithms, important JavaScript concepts and databases. Every day after the theoretical intro you'll need to work on exercises to solidify the concepts. Then you'll spend time with Angular and React and by the end of the first half of the course you'll be able to build a full stack web app on your own. Already at this point you should be able to apply for junior positions in my opinion. In the second part of the course it's time to work on projects and build your portfolio. First you'll build a full stack project on your own. Then you'll work in pairs on someone else's project in order to refactor it to Typescript and to add new features. Finally you'll work in a team on a big final project.   To finish the course, you'll have a career week. Here you will work with a coach who will help you to update your CV, LinkedIn / Github profile etc, learn about interview strategies etc. and you'll start to apply for jobs.  Also, after the course you'll have weekly follow ups with the coach. Again, they won't do the job for you, you'll need to apply consistently and with full commitment as it turns out job hunting itself is a full time job. But you'll have all the support from Codeworks. Pros: - I really enjoyed working with very smart and hardworking people. - I liked the tutors let you struggle, they never gave you the solution but only hints. - First part of the course turned out to be very useful for interviews (data structures, algorithms) - I found the career support very useful, even after 15 years of professional experience and many interviews I could use some of the strategies proposed by the coach - Team projects were extremely helpful to learn about collaborations and how developer teams (should) work: code reviews, git workflows, handling pull requests, merges and conflicts. - Some of the instructors were excellent Cons: - I personally didn't like the lectures of the second part. Topics were very interesting and I wanted to learn more about them (testing, Redux, CI/CD, Docker,  etc.) but the lectures were way too short to go deeper in those topics.  - Some of the instructors were rather unmotivated