General Assembly

Personally I had a great experience at Bitmakers. I was in the first cohort and I learnt a great deal about creating web applications with Rails. I was lucky when graduating I had a few job opportunities spring up. Overall, its up to the student to learn.... Read More The bitmaker program provides opportunities and supports learning but the student needs to committee time, energy and absolute focus.

I was in the 3rd cohort and have had a successful and exciting experience post-bitmaker. I got hired by a great company, but left to pursue my own business which was actually just a continuation of my final project. Before applying you must understand... Read More that paying money and going through the hoops placed before you does not in itself impress employers. You must use the skills learned and your story to convince people of your value. Nobody gets anything for free, and you still have to hustle. Just yesterday I went to move a couch, I saw a guy programming in the building lobby and asked what he was doing. He showed me his site and I told him about mine, and then he offered me an interview. My point is, Bitmaker is the best way to motivate and accelerate your desire to learn to code, and should be viewed as such rather than a free ride to a dream job. The hiring week is a bonus, and can be used to practice pitching your value proposition and networking. And even still, I know many people who were hired directly from it, including myself. The best part about bitmaker is immersing yourself in the tech community, experiencing the completion of difficult goals amongst like-minded individuals, and sparking your inner programmer/entrepreneur. In the end, as with all things, it's up to you where the experience takes you. Happy coding to all who apply, and don't ever stop giving it your all.

I'm surprised by the reviews below. My experience with GA has been extremely positive. I took the back-end web development class (BEWD). My instructor was Gil and my TA was Justin, both were incredibly helpful inside and outside of class. I really bonded... Read More with a few students in the class as well. Overall, there's always an energetic vibe at GA. Nicole, our course producer, is always available and checks in frequently to ensure that we are getting the most out of the class. Perhaps the quality differs from class to class, but my BEWD experience has been incredibly positive.

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