General Assembly

If you are like me. Who tried college and just seemed unfitting. You are at the right place. I like to get to the point. Learn what I have to and go. Not only do you get field professionals. You get genuine people who want you to succeed. I have learned... Read More so much in 10 weeks. I also saved money too. Besides spending 60k on a degree that takes 4 years. Yeah carry on with that. As a former Marine. I don't like to waste time. I also like that mentorship that I got with GA. If you want to grow or focus on increasing your skills. This is the place

This course was incredibly relevant, tactical and applicable to anyone who is working on marketing or wants to learn how to become a marketer. GA was a great platform. I loved this course, I highly recommend it! The instructors were really personable,... Read More patient and made the content palatable.

I have almost 10 years of full-time design experience, but I wanted to make sure I was going to be successful in my move to user experience design. For me, there was some information I already knew but there was a lot of new content, which is what I expected.... Read More The new content flowed like water from a fire hose and the days were long, but what can you expect from an "immersive boot camp" after all? The new software was really easy for me to pick up, but if you aren't quick to pick up new design software or haven't used any design software before, you may have more of a learning curve. I looked at several boot camp options, including General Assembly, Bloc.io, CareerFoundary, and a boot camp the turns out to just partner with big-name schools (but doesn't actually have any connection to the schools or the alumni networks). I investigated them myself and interviewed people in my LinkedIn network who had done one of them. I decided on General Assembly because of the success that their graduates had versus the other boot camp graduates. I recommend doing your research and deciding based on that, but if you want to work with other people in hands-on teams (outside of COVID-19) I can't recommend General Assembly enough. There are definitely cost differences, but I wasn't willing to spend a big chunk of money, even if it was less than GA, if the content and results weren't going to be worth it. $5,000 might seem like a safer bet, but if it turns out to be a waste of time, it is also a waste of $5,000. No matter what you choose, it is on you to make the most of it. Don't just phone it in. You need to commit the time and effort—you get what you give to the course. It will be hard work but it will also be worth it.

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We started 24 and 4 people quit in the journey.

I will advise to anyone that is attempting to make the course to work at home as much as they can with JavaScript due that the pre-work is not enough at all to prepare... Read More for the intensity of the course. If will have to make a tbt the only think Ill change will be definitely to come doing some more JavaScript from home to make my life easier during the course, I was doing HTML and CSS by myself at home but the course will cover that really quickly and it will focus in JavaScript most of the time.

You will be instructed by one teacher and 2 teacher assistant. I have to acknowledge that in my class in particular I was lucky to count with the most supportive teaching team. I'll never manage to pass trough it without their assistance at all. They were once again a key part of my course to make it till the end. The teaching assistance are two previous students from GA, they were from 2 courses ago and they were really good with what they were doing even tough was their first job after the bootcamp as a Software Engineer .

I started to make the course at the campus in London and due to the COVID-19 we had to place it unexpectedly online using Zoom to make the classes online. The felling in the beginning wasn't positive to go from campus to Online due to that we choose a Immersive On Place rather than online what they offer too. The really first week in general we were struggling a bit but after all we even didn't notice the difference.

During the course you will be doing 4 different projects and one optional.

The class is placed in the following format.
Morning Stand Up
Classes
Class Work
Lunch Break
Classes
Class Work
Homework

You will have to invest around 12 hours daily most of the days.

Overall Illl give the 5 starts.

CONS
JOB Support is weak

Normally remote courses would deter me, but this course quickly garnered my respect and admiration. The Zoom/Slack stack was not just effective, but the instructors laid it out very well and created a very efficient workflow for us students. I didn't... Read More expect to make friends AND learn a metric ton of information, but I came out doing both of those and with a better attitude towards my programming career.

Digital Marketing Part-Time 10 Week Course - General Assembly NYC Pros: Coming into this, I had 0 experience in marketing, digital marketing or anything digital for that matter. I wanted to change my career trajectory and open up new opportunities. After... Read More spending 20 years in fashion, getting into a classroom setting to learn something completely new was quite intimidating but exciting at the same time. With that said, I can only speak highly of the whole experience from the classroom learning, quality of content taught, teaching staff and just the whole positive environment that GA promotes and stands for. I am walking out of this class feeling confident enough to work with digital marketing clients on projects, apply for a digital marketing job and be confident in my skills. Cons: The only "con" I would say (which isn't really a con) is that if your completely new to the field, it will require significant time out of class for studying. You know the saying, "You get what you put into it." If your already in the field and have basic knowledge, you don't have to spend as much time. For newbies it is, in my opinion, very important to spend the time with the material in order to make the most of the in classroom learning time. The teachers are great, but they can only help you if you communicate what areas you need more guidance on.

PROS: This program covers the whole engineering of software from computer science topics to best practices in the field to how to be a functional and productive member of a killer development team. The instructors are industry professionals who hone their... Read More teaching craft with constant feedback cycles that they take very seriously.
CONS: There are never enough hours in a session or day to cover everything in 3 months, it's just not possible for any bootcamp. But the topics covered are well researched and relevant according to what hiring managers and recruitment data say are the most relevant for a developer in the field.

I have about 10 years of professional experience under my belt. I went to a military college which had a very high attrition rate due to the stress of the school. After a few years in the Army and another few years working in a very demanding and intense... Read More industry. When coming into this immersive, I was doing so to upskill myself specifically to increase my knowledge of those I intend on leading/working with. I have never been so tried in my life. The level of grit required to stick through this program is high. I will say that I highly recommend this course, but I want to warn you, that if you're staying power (resilience) isn't high, this isn't for you. I've also been told that the industry has high regards for General Assembly and the quality of the graduate.

I really enjoyed the experience of completing the UXD Immersive at General Assembly in downtown LA. I truly believe that the education I received there and the experience that I gained is worth every penny spent to make it happen. A month and some change... Read More later, I'm still job hunting (amidst a global pandemic) and I'm very well supported by the Outcomes team in staying focused and continuing to apply for jobs-- it's just not a great time to be out of work and seeking. I am glad that I took this course and will use the tools and methods I learned there throughout my career.

Pros:
Had 3 teachers
Class was on time
Cons:
Lack of organization
No real flow in class if you didnt do the prework first
Not detail explanation in real life situation
No much team work or project work in class
Grades were not posted ontime and had to do follow... Read More ups to make sure