devCodeCamp

I recently completed the Flex program at devCodeCamp, and I must say, it was a fantastic experience. The instructors were knowledgeable, supportive, and always willing to answer questions. The curriculum was comprehensive and hands-on, giving me the opportunity... Read More to learn by doing, and the projects I worked on were challenging and rewarding. One of the things I appreciated the most was the emphasis on real-world skills and problem-solving, which I found incredibly valuable in preparing me for the workforce. I also appreciated the flexibility of the program, which allowed me to work at my own pace and balance my studies with my other responsibilities. Overall, I highly recommend devCodeCamp to anyone looking to gain practical skills in software development. I feel confident and well-prepared to tackle the challenges of the tech industry, and I am excited to see where this new career path takes me. Thank you, devCodeCamp!

After spending the last 12 years working in the HR field, I wanted a change in my career and since my path started out in a technical field, I knew that’s what I wanted to get back to. My passion for working with technology was something that always seemed... Read More clear in each position I held, but I didn’t know where to start in making that dream become a reality. That’s when I found devCodeCamp’s Full-Stack flex program. The advisors did a thorough screening on why I wanted this and discussed any potential barriers that might stand in my way. Starting into the program seemed easy at first, but as I found out, the program started scaling up to be a little more difficult each week. I remember telling my instructor that I originally wanted to be a front end developer, but the program did a good job of highlighting strengths and opportunities for frontend or backend development. Having some experience as a programmer/analyst in my background helped a bit, but not as much as I thought it would. I feel like it seemed easier to forget all that I had done in the past and just start fresh to learn new habits. The group lesson each week was incredibly helpful and James did a good job of highlighting potential challenges each week. Another thing that I really appreciated was how well received the questions were that my classmates had in the group sessions last Fall. The groups were broken out by subject, but it seemed that no matter who the instructor was, each one had the ability to gauge how deep to go in finding the answer. After getting the news that I had successfully completed the program, career services started helping me to tailor my resume for the transition, market myself through LinkedIn, and send me opportunities to apply for. I’m so excited to slowly see my dream becoming a reality and be in a field that thrives on collaboration. I can’t wait to learn more and evolve with technology!

Learned the fundamentals of coding as well as building full stack, functional applications. Instructors were awesome and provided all the attention and help I needed to best learn the material. Wasn't overwhelming and felt like I learned a lot. Would... Read More highly recommend!

After two months of research of coding boot camps. I decided to do this one. The course was challenging and I learned a lot that instructors were awesome and I feel like I’ve created real friendships with them and my cohort. I currently graduated January... Read More 2023 and I’m in career services as of writing this review career services has been awesome setting up my career for success.

Going into DevCodeCamp I had minimal computer knowledge but no background or practice in coding. The course was very easy to start off and is ramped up in a steady fashion. There was no point I felt as though the course was not workable. There were times... Read More when roadblocks did occur but the instructors were quick to help. I never felt looked down upon for having a question, in fact, the instructors congratulated me for having questions and showing that I wanted to learn the material. When I left the course I did feel like I could make a career from this learned experience. I felt accomplished and the instructors reinforced my confidence to take on the careers ahead.

I graduated from devCodeCamp as a Flex student back in October of 2022. I was one of the first to participate in the flex opportunity and was able to successfully complete the program while still having a full time job, and even a second part time job,... Read More AND I got married! The camp was extremely flexible with everything I had going on and they were constantly supportive and making sure I was set up to succeed. After graduating, career services assisted in helping me create a resume and they also kept me updated with open job positions. Because of them I have gained tools to land a job as a local web developer. I completely recommend taking this course whether you are just breaking into the field or even just wanting to freshen up on the newest and most relevant skills in the industry.

Before coming to devCodeCamp, I had 8 years of varied experience in the IT sector, with small dabblings in C, C++, and a variety of topics before I found that self-teaching without any prior basis in the topic was an intense struggle for me. So, I began... Read More weighing my options for educational assistance. I found that a bootcamp course would probably be my best option. I pursued a number of different bootcamp courses, some were okay, some were very bad, but devCodeCamp seemed on the level. And, initially, it went great. Their introduction, featuring python, was wonderful and I took to it like a fish to water. Concepts like Object Oriented Programming and Algorithms were taught, live, with an instructor and it was exactly what I expected. It went absolutely great, and the instructor was very helpful. Inheritance, SQL, database concepts, ORM querying, and many projects went swimmingly. 5 stars. And then, in the 4th week, on day 17, there was a sudden and drastic shift. It started with the Django REST framework: suddenly, the instructor live sessions ceased and we were left watching tutorial videos in order to teach us the concepts. Now, while these videos could be argued to be far more on topic with the task on hand, I did not plan on paying thousands of dollars for content I could find on youtube. This kind of self-taught approach is good for those already out in the field, but I strongly felt that I was not ready for this, and it was not what I was looking for in a structured learning environment. This, I feel, was much better suited for a more self-paced learning environment. And my grades reflected this. While not terrible, it was clear I was struggling with this particular method. It wasn't a show stopper, I muscled through it, and, for a while, things went back to the way they were. We picked up JavaScript, HTML, and CSS utilizing the old method, and I hoped that was just a bump. It wasn't. React.js was introduced with another slew of tutorial videos, and it was absolute hell. And whenever I inevitably ran into issues, I heard the same litany of "it's in the help center" as if I had even the vaguest idea of what I was looking for and "you should know this" when my grades showed that, clearly, I did not. And then the capstone came around, and guess what? It involved react.js, which at this point I was already quite vehement towards. I will admit! I gave it my best shot, but my user stories didn't match up and I failed by a few points. In the follow up weeks, I fought and fought and fought with react.js while my instructors became steadily less and less helpful until finally? I noted very keenly how the user stories did not specify using react.js. So I didn't. I disabled it all and wrote the entire frontend in JavaScript with some help from some coder friends. My instructors didn't notice until after they had passed me with flying colors. Despite mentioning it my EOD reports. And my GitHub updates. However, the trouble didn't end there. I found Career Services to be distinctly lacking. On the onset, I found them difficult to contact and difficult to get instruction from. Then, after some help with my resume, I was sent to watch, guess what, more tutorial videos, mixed in with the occasional PDF, which they apparently expect us to just memorize and utilize. What little face-time I received with these instructors was usually spent trying to force me out of my comfort zone, into doing things that were self-depreciating, and then expecting me to be a natural at it. I began reaching out to my fellow students, one who had passed on the initial try, to see if this was the case with them as well. I quickly found out that they, too, were quite underwhelmed by it all. It felt like they were inattentive at times, or missing crucial details. I had to be asked, twice, if I was a veteran, and shortly there after? My resume was sent off to an unknown without any of my prior console or consent. And there was a bit of a bump, as much as I hate to bring up anything that may involve someone's personal drama, but: one of the two career counseling folk promptly resigned from the company, and twas evident by their LinkedIn post that they had not yet lined anything else up yet. And, mind you: this was shortly before the holidays with all its juicy bonuses. I cannot even begin to claim to know half the details of what went on here, but.. with what little I was presented, it seemed evident something was amiss. The issues were an ongoing thing, one after another. The new instructor kept harping about GitHub updates, which would be fine and well, if they could get the number correct. My reports said I was due 5 updates each week, where as their number kept jumping around, despite me repeatedly informing them of this. And then the other instructor wants to start to seeing "research on the company" and "who you reached out to highlight yourself", two things I have not been doing because I have no idea how I should. I started to dig into that pile of tutorial videos and PDFs, and, along with noticing how they were fraught with typos and errors, I did indeed find the section where they covered this. It really felt like something that should have been focused on in the first week. This is the point where I started calling the loan company to talk about refunding, because, devCodeCamp was clearly not worth it. You might as well just watch youtube videos, because, half the time? You'll be doing that anyway. Unfortunately, it looked like I was stuck paying for a weak, watered down product. And any hopes of becoming a developer are gone.

Tech has always been a part of my life and my focus into what I wanted to do WITH my life. My journey was a little different than most I would think; I started by being an integral part of the "other" side of IT. I was a Systems Administrator and Network... Read More Engineer for most of my professional career that I was more than lucky to break into WITHOUT a degree. During this time I had the opportunity to work with numerous amounts of diverse pieces of software and the more I worked with them the more intrigued I got with how they worked and how they were built. This led me to my choice to attend devCodeCamp. I was increasingly worried that I had made a mistake or would regret my decision to leave my current career to pursue software development. When I first started at dCC I wasn't exceptionally confident that it would pan out. But as time progressed and the more I got to work with my instructors and classmates I was very quickly shown the support and positive feedback needed to ensure myself that anyone with the drive and willingness to learn could pursue software development. While the course material is very fast paced, the instructors and resources provided were extraordinarily helpful to make sure I stayed on task and up to par with the coursework. Everyone learns and adapts at different levels and paces, but the instructors were incredible and constantly provided a lending hand when asked. The way dCC is designed is essentially "learn by doing" and for a hands-on learner like myself this type of work was perfect. You have to stay vigilant with the strong combination of independency, resourcefulness, group work, and the idea that while the instructors aren't constantly visible - they are there, present, and ready to assist. Anyone with the right mindset and grit can and should get into the tech field of software development and devCodeCamp has the tools and personnel to help anyone along the way

I recently completed a 14 week course at devCodeCamp and I can confidently say that I feel prepared to start a career in software. The course itself is great. The instructors take it step by step and build your knowledge just enough so you can tackle... Read More the next project and then the next. I never felt overwhelmed but when looking back, the amount I learned in a short amount of time was impressive. But the real value of is the support system. The instructors and staff are great. You can tell they genuinely care about your success. If you can't figure out a problem, they can push you towards solution the right way, so you still figure it out yourself and aren't just given answers. On the other hand, if you finish a project/lab early, they always have more problems and projects to challenge you with. I am only a week into the start of the job search, but I am already impressed by the career services team. I know they will guide me through the job search process just as well as the instructors did with coding. If you are thinking about taking a devCodeCamp course, just know the more work you put into it the more you will get out of it. And it will be hard work, but devCodeCamp definitely gives you all the tools you will need to be successful.

devCodeCamp is a great option if you are thinking about a career transition or wanting to learn some of the languages and technologies they teach. I took the full-time full stack engineer course (online) and devCodeCamp was a great experience for myself.... Read More I was able to learn at a fast pace with plenty of resources available to me to reference, while also having access to an instructor when needed. The simulated class environment was very welcoming and easy to work within. My instructor was very willing to help, but also made sure I was self sufficient in finding solutions to what I needed and did not hand feed me answers. The learning curve does start out moderate but does increase the further along you go as you should be getting more comfortable with the material and concepts. The class time allotted for each day is more than enough to finish assignments and projects, but if you are determined and interested in what you are doing I recommend spending a little extra time so that you can cement the concepts into your knowledge. I will add that before beginning my bootcamp with decCodeCamp, I self taught and familiarized myself with Python, HTML, and CSS, which extensively helped me digest the concepts in which we learned throughout the bootcamp. Coming in with some sort of prior knowledge or slight understanding will be a great help and lighten the load of concepts that you will need to understand to be successful within the bootcamp. Overall I enjoyed my experience at devCodeCamp, I feel as through I have learned an immense amount of knowledge in such a short period of time, and that I am fully capable of building a full stack application front to back. The Instructors are very friendly and insightful and will always help you find a solution as long as you are willing to put in the work to understand or get to one as well. I'd recommend this bootcamp to anyone SERIOUS about learning how to code!