CodingNomads

I joined the Machine Learning course with Gilad and I can honestly say that it was a fantastic experience. The mentored sessions are incredibly flexible regarding their schedule and also pausing for number of weeks with the sessions was no problem at... Read More all. I could focus on anything that was important to me during these sessions - Gilad was extremely helpful in every case. Even outside of these session Gilad always helped me with issues I had during the week. The Jupyter notebooks for the course are extremely well done in many regards (good coding, good structure, good topics, easy to follow) and were just a lot of fun to work through. The videos accompanying the course are of great help to understand new concepts and are doing a fantastic job at explaining everything in easy to understand terms. For many years I wanted to get into machine learning but never got to it. I am a PhD student and machine learning was not yet important for my work. With the high working hours in my job I needed a weekly push to start, while still being able to spend time on the course as flexibly as possible. The online course format of CodingNomads was perfect for that purpose! The course is based on fantastic jupyter notebooks with supplementary videos explaining everything and quizzes you can take - all of which you work through during the week. If you choose to do the mentored course, you get a 1h session with a mentor - for me almost always it was ~5-10min longer than that, never less. The mentored sessions were the perfect push for me and Gilad really did a fantastic job focusing on whatever was important for me. Importantly, the timing of the meeting was incredibly flexible - which was just awesome for me. Pausing for a number of weeks and adding these sessions to the end of the course - no problem at all. Changing the time or day of the course - no worries. Since I had quite a bit of programming experience prior to the course, I finished with the course material ahead of time. But Gilad immediately pointed me towards another course to work through (about deep learning) and also put me in contact with some people to address specific math questions I had for deep learning research. The course he recommended actually is quite a famous course but I found the programming there less good on many levels than the jupyter notebooks of the CodingNomads course - great job, Gilad! In addition, he also helped me improve my IDE for coding and gave recommendations for implementing testing more thoroughly. Thanks a lot for this fantastic course which was exactly what I needed!

CodingNomads seemed unmatched in terms of personalization as I did a deep search for schools. My experience around Machine Learning meant I didn’t need to learn everything and they set up a great plan for me. I started working with Gilad who would be... Read More my DSML mentor and the whole experience was fantastic. I moved through Python and Data science in 2 months total and started working on deep learning before I graduated! I’m looking at my continuing education and working with modeling uncertainty with CodingNomads and I would recommend this school to students at all levels of coding

I followed the Data Science and Machine Learning course and I loved it. The course is extremely well structured and takes you step by step so you never feel overwhelmed by too much information. The resources are great and the projects to complete on Jupyter... Read More notebooks at the end of each section were extremely useful to consolidate the topics covered in each lesson. They encourage you to make mistakes and reflect on them at each step. I could not recommend mentorship enough. It changes your whole learning experience. I have just finished my PhD in neurosciences during which I taught myself how to code and conduct statistical analysis watching Youtube videos and reading online papers. Learning with someone is tremendously more effective. My mentor guided me towards which resources to use, tested me on my knowledge and made sure I could actually explain with accurate terms what each algorithm meant. Until you are asked, you never fully realise the grey areas of your knowledge and what you decided to make approximations of to move on faster to the next topic. A mentor makes you reflect on what you learnt, on why it is relevant and more than challenging your knowledge, challenges your motivation and curiosity to wanting to pursue in this field. The whole community is amazingly supportive. Ryan is very responsive and truly cares about helping people achieve their goals. The community and my mentor helped me prepare for a technical job interview only a few days after I enrolled to the course. I got the job. Now having started my new job, I am still in touch with Ryan and my mentor who make sure I am succeeding in my new role and regularly offer help and guidance. I usually don’t write reviews but I couldn’t not write one for CodingNomads. Thank you for a great course and an amazing support!

I've just finished the Python course and thought that it was great! I purchased the access to the learning materials and completed the whole course in around 2 month. Overall, I think it's a great way to learn Python because it provides a clear roadmap... Read More of topics to study and very good exercises. It also a very practical course that touches on various topics. The final project is challenging, but fun!

I'm really glad that I finally found Coding Nomads. But I had to do it the hard way. I've tried to learn programming in a few different ways. First on my own, but I found that I hit a wall because I couldn't always find the answers that I needed. Sometimes... Read More the material is just difficult to understand, especially when you do not have any background in programming. So, then I tried a fairly expensive bootcamp. They were all about proving they could work you to death. Some of the teachers were great, but the pace was just ridiculous. In the end, it really seemed more about them than me. Learning suffered for no good reason, other than their bottom line. The content was also really imbalanced. Some of it was old and not even written well. Honestly, for the amount of money they charged and all the promises, I really expected more than that. As you might have guessed, that ended in disappointment and a feeling of having been ripped off. However, with Coding Nomads, I found the right mix of what I needed. They are much more focused on letting you learn. It’s not designed to be easy, but it is not hard either. The learning materials and content are very good. The structure is good. The pace is good. The cost is particularly good (nowhere near as ridiculous as some boot camps). I have always gotten my questions answered. They are way more focused on my individual learning needs. I have learned way more with Coding Nomads than anywhere else. It was also a much more pleasant environment that is well-balanced in many ways. Would I recommend this education to a friend? Yep! With all that I know and have experienced it’s really a no-brainer. Because of my prior experiences, I researched the heck out of Coding Nomads. I did not make a fast decision. I took more time. I spoke to them, before signing up. I wasn’t passed through a chain of salespeople and phony processes to see if I qualified. I actually talked to my soon-to-be mentor. That made a big difference. More importantly, they have delivered. No false promises. I got everything that was promised and then some. I plan to continue on with their more advanced courses. Do your due diligence and you will see why I say this is a no-brainer. Good luck!

I truly can’t say enough good things about Coding Nomads. I went into the Java course as a complete beginner feeling in over my head. My mentor was nothing short of amazing. He was always available to answer any questions that I had big or small. I never... Read More at any time felt that I was alone in my journey. I knew that I had a whole team as my cheerleaders and my support system. The one on one mentor meetings were invaluable to me and I looked forward to them every week. I highly recommend Coding Nomads to anyone looking for the best coding camp around. On top of a great experience the pricing in comparison to other camps that do not offer nearly as much is amazing. Thank you Coding Nomads for everything! If you are on the fence when it comes to choosing a boot camp then look no further.

CodingNomads is my second online bootcamp but it's definitely stands on the 1st place for me.
It's community is small but friendly and in case of questions - you'll always receive an answer or feedback on fourm or by e-mail. Ryan, Martin and people on... Read More forum are helping a lot!

I've tried different books and free courses to learn Python, so I have some experience in self learning :)
Based on this experience, I can say that CodingNomads Python online course is constructed with surprising balance between the code explanation/videos, labs for practice, links to outer usefull resources and self learning part with google/stackoverflow. Basically, every step will give you a solid part of knowledge (basis) that could be easily expanded if necessary. Furthermore, you will also get experience with Linux, MySQL database, SQL queries and some tips about how to learn effectively - you will 100% need all this stuff if you want to be a programmer.
As for me - I was already familiar with Python in some way before enrollment, but after several months of studying this course my Python knowledge became much stronger.

Learn on CodingNomads! Or not. It's your choice :)

Two factors influenced my choice of coding bootcamp. First, finding one with outstanding reviews that offers backend courses, and second, supporting a school with a worthy mission, not just another business.

After reading Kim and Ryan’s story, and speaking... Read More to them, I was convinced that CodingNomads was the right choice for me, and I was not disappointed.

Ryan is truly passionate about teaching and helping others achieve their goals. I was part of the Bali cohort that had to unfortunately cut the in-person course short because of COVID. It was visibly a very hard decision for Ryan because he really cared about our ability to continue learning and was conscious that most of us had travelled halfway across the world for this course. In the weeks that followed, Ryan did his best to create an online training schedule that worked for students spread out across 3 continents, even if that meant an early start and late finish for him.

As I adjusted to the sudden changes in my personal journey due to the pandemic, I fell behind but Ryan was a consistent source of motivation - and never gave up on me (when at times I gave up on myself!). I am now embarking on a journey to become a professional software developer.

If you still have doubts about which coding bootcamp to go for, all I can say is that I usually don’t write reviews but I couldn’t not write one for CodingNomads. This was a great course!

I was struggling to teach myself coding for my new job and was looking all over for mentorship. CodingNomads Java course was exactly what I needed with weekly one-on-one mentor calls and a mentor available via Slack when I had questions. The mentor sessions... Read More kept me moving forward. Sometimes I did feel like I ended up getting walked through exercises rather than figure them out myself, but that was still helpful to learn the concepts. I am definitely considering signing up for more Coding Nomad classes. Maybe Python next time.

I attended the CodingNomads in-person bootcamp this year in Bali. I was ready to start a new career path and have loved my experiences studying abroad so the Bali bootcamp seemed like the perfect answer. After a couple of months of online learning to... Read More prepare for the full-time in-person classes, we finally made our way to Ubud to live and study under the Balinese sun. I loved every minute spent in Bali even with long nine-hour class days. Our instructor, Ryan, was very easy-going and considerate of everyone in the class. He was very knowledgeable about the topics and explained them many times until we understood.

Unfortunately, after three weeks we decided to hold classes for the rest of the course online due to the coronavirus outbreak. Everyone in the class went home and we began Zoom classes. I was bummed about this since I did not think virtual classes would be as effective. However, I was impressed by how dedicated Ryan and his co-instructor Cameron were in making sure we still finished the course. We had four-hour Zoom classes twice a day for almost two months and both instructors were very available to answer questions outside of class time.

My review is based on my experience with the Java in-person course, but since that is no longer being offered for obvious reasons, I will say that the online portion of the Java course covers programming fundamentals very well, and I am glad to have it as a resource to review what I learned as I begin my job search after the course. And a course is only as good as its instructors, and I think Ryan is a great person to learn programming from. He is very knowledgeable and personable so that makes learning from him less intimidating. I also appreciate how responsive he is through Slack/email with any questions I send. I am very glad I chose CodingNomads and got to meet Kim and Ryan, and I’m excited to see how it continues to expand and develop in the future!