General Assembly

I have mostly good things to say about General Assembly with the caveat that you have to know what you are getting into before you know you will benefit from the course. Which can be difficult to do if you don't know what you don't know. As you'd expect... Read More from a 3 month course teaching complicated subjects like Single Page Applications and Computer Science topics, it moves at an extremely fast pace. And if you don't have a passion to keep up, you likely won't keep up and the course probably isn't for you. If you get excited when you refresh the server and the code you didn't know would work or not looks amazing, then this course will definitely fill in gaps quickly.

The instructors were all helpful. Each of them in their own way and certain students seemed to gravitate towards one type of instruction over another, but everyone was motivated to help me learn and get what I wanted from the program.

The curriculum itself felt very flexible and like it was being updated frequently.

As far as job support I don't have much to compare it against, but I've been happy so far.

This course was amazing. It was a great way to meet current product managers and hear from their insights into the role. I was the least experienced person in my cohort but it was definitely an advantage to learn from so many people who are industry experts.... Read More

You still learn some things along the way of bootcamp, but don’t get an understanding of deeper concepts. Once you get to interview, you bump. Interview preparation is not covered at all. Job search support is a joke, they might mention referrals and... Read More will only give it to a few students (With a computer science background, for example). Of course, you can cover the gaps and learn yourself, but it takes time and gets expensive. The projects you built are never get reviewed, and it’s very hard to get support (not enough instructors). The lab times during the course are not supported by instructors, they just leave 4-5 students in the breakout room for hours, then if you say something, they say:
“You, guys need to problem-solve”, and a lot of times instructors don’t know the answers. Instructors seem overworked by the school (they are intelligent, hard-working professionals who caught up in the bad working environment and lack of training by the General Assembly). Very frustrating experience. If any questions you ask, the first thing you hear is google and come back in a day to us. So overall this intensive is overpriced and not well structured. They are not putting the students first. I would call this bootcamp is a money-making machine. Sadly, that’s the world we are living in.

The best parts of this class were the instructors and classmates. Because of COVID I took this class online, but I would have preferred to have taken this class in person but that was obviously not possible.
The instructors though did a really good job... Read More of keeping us engaged and motivated while still being in an online setting.
In terms of the content, I would have like this class to have been longer and covered some areas in depth more. Specifically the SQL and Tableau parts could have been longer to learn more about these tools. This is a good introductory class, but still hard and requires a good amount of studying and dedication after hours to practice and learn the content.

You learn a lot. The instructors are awesome and want you to succeed, but with only 12 weeks, 4 of which are devoted to just working on projects, they have to blast you with a fire hose of information. Upon graduating, I realized there was actually quite... Read More a bit that we simply didn't have time to really cover like data structures and algorithms. Yes, you will learn to develop software and write code, but the fundamentals of software engineering and computer science aren't covered because there simply isn't enough time.

Pros: Excellent facilitators: experienced, efficient, and able to engage the whole class effectively. Wonderful hands-on learning: Innovative and exciting course work and final assignments Cons: None! Wonderful experience and able to achieve the learning... Read More outcomes effectively.

GA has a system and it gives reasoning as to why they are one of the biggest bootcamp companies across the world. They provide you with an aggressive but worthy program that will set you up for success. I cannot rage enough about the experience I had... Read More through my time in the Software Engineering Immersive Program. It was the toughest program I've done but one thing I can say for certain is I've never gone into a program and come out with so much knowledge and ability. The professors and TA's here area amazing as well, they give you a reason to walk away, they empower you to keep going and that's what made the biggest difference for me. A bootcamp isn't for everyone but if you're up for the challenge then GA is the place to go.

The Data Analyst Remote course was great for me. I had no prior experience with the tools we went over during the course. The course content consisted of Excel, SQL and Tableau. The flow of the class was great. First the instructor presented what each... Read More tool could do. Then we started with the basics, next we did practice in break out groups and then we were given the opportunity to practice. The teacher team was always available to help us. We were groomed to the point of presenting solutions to real life business questions that an employers would ask you to look into as a Data Analyst.

Don't get me wrong, I learned A LOT, but $15,500 is so much money. I'm not sure if it was worth it because I don't have a job yet.

I know I could have taught myself all of the curriculum, but to be honest, that would be difficult and take me much longer... Read More than the 12 week program.