HyperionDev

Software Engineering Bootcamp March Cohort Pros: 1.Course content This course is excellent in helping cultivate a philosophical mindset.6 months ago I didn't know how to research on Software Engineering or which learning path to take.Now that I have completed... Read More the bootcamp,I have alot more confidence and no longer view Software Engineering as a extreme mental sport for really smart dudes.I have gained computational thinking tools ,I am able to rely on them in my day to day life,and that is priceless. 2.Course Support Theres a international social network of developers from all experience levels.This makes it very easy to make up for knowledge gaps you are unable to fill on your own or with the help of your mentor.And you can collaborate very quickly with other mentors,learners and graduates at all times of day,(even at 3AM if you're that zealous) CONS: 3.Code Review Process can be tedious It can get exhausting when multiple mentors review your code and ask you to improve different parts of your program without referring to to the feedback you received from the previous code reviewer.If this happens to you,take a chill pill and reread the task requirements,and then substantiate why you think they are not grading your code fairly using clear evidence that you met the requirements :-) 4.Guidence after your bootcamp ends Theres no assistance with CV writing after the bootcamp ends .Before your bootcamp ends your CV will be reviewed by your mentor.If you need guidance after the bootcamp ends you will not recieve it(e.g perhaps you need help with putting the relevant buzzwords as you apply for different positions or with interview skills) So make sure you think long term in this regard,be prepared to market and prove that you have newly found skills. Overall awesome course for those who are mentally resilient,I'd like to end the review with quote from Barry Finlay "Every mountain top is within your reach if you just keep climbing."- Barry Finlay

I am still new in this bootcamp, but my experience so far is really good and the recources are up to date and well rounded to suit a beginner, i found myself flying by because of mentor support. Overall i suggest this bootcamp to anyone willing to learn.... Read More

I did the Full Stack Web Development Part Time Bootcamp. It is a great course and I had an amazing journey throughout the course. The mentors and other departments are very helpful and they will assist in any way possible. The course content is relevant... Read More to to current market. The most popular development stack is part of the course. You will also learn a lot of other technologies and they all compliment each other. The course is well planned and easy to follow. You will have to do a lot of research, which is part of the tech path, and this also develops you into a better full stack developer. I highly recommend this course to anyone who want to start a career in web development.

Where do I start as the list of negatives are basically endless. I really wish I had seen the HelloPeter reviews before deciding to spend R20 000 on a course that doesn't offer you anything near what they promise. This is meant to be a modern, tech, educational... Read More platform that is forward thinking, but I can promise you it’s just like any other old school company. Theres nothing revolutionary in the way they teach, mark your work, provide your tasks… It's basically a drop box folder and are code isn't reviewed line by line, you just get overall feedback.

The course has massive holes in it (full-stack web development), and you basically just end up running a bunch of free courses in parallel to try and get you over the line, which makes you think what the point is of spending R20 000 on a mentored course that does nothing of the type. You get a PDF outlining what you need to do which suffices at first (to make sure you get past the refund clause in their policy wording), but as you move on you may as well just skip to the tasks and research those online. I had to get the developers in my current company to help me out and due to learning everything online from multiple sources, the way I write code isn't good practice. This leads me to my next point…

There are way too many students for the mentors available and there is no personal touch of them knowing where you are, and what they should teach you because of this. Sometimes it takes over two weeks to get a session and by that time your ripping your hair out as your 5 tasks behind and need another 4 sessions. I work a full-time job and getting sessions after hours is a nightmare. The one thing they are good at is selling you the course, I was promised this would be a breeze outside of my 9 - 5 job and that they are specialists in this. Don't even think about this course if your working, but I wouldn't recommend it if your not either. My tutor really tried to help me out after hours but was always exhausted or had to cancel sessions at the last minute. I put aside weekends for this only to be cancelled on last second and then to spend the rest of the weekend just stressing about how to finish the tasks by myself.

The customer support operates at a snails pace, to get anything sorted takes days to a month. I complained and eventually got a small refund which took over a month, still not happy with the outcome.

My advise, keep your hard earned money and grab courses online, as you learn way more from free websites than spending a huge amount of HyperionDev.

This course has been amazing. Due to finances I was not able to join, but HyperionDev Team helped me get in. The course content teaches you what you need to know. You may need to go do research to find out more. That is where you have the discord channel... Read More where you can ask any questions and people in the course can assist you. The few times I have needed support assistance, my issues were resolved within a few hours. My mentor marks very well. All the comments and tips on how to improve really help. I have learnt much while on this course, specifically on how to make comments correctly :D. If you know nothing or very little about programming and want to learn more, this course can do that for you.

Pros:
~ Course content suitable for beginners
~ Mentors provide improvement tips
~ You can retry your task if you do not meet the requirement of 70%
~ You have access to a discord channel where you can ask many questions
~ Support team responds quickly
~ Access to HyperionDev Careers
Cons:
~ After a lesson, you may need to do some more research to fully grasp the concepts (finding examples etc)
~ You can only submit 3 tasks a day and have to wait 24 hours before you can submit again (prevent mentors being swarmed)
~ Discord help may take long depending on people's availability
~ If you are more advanced in programming, Part 2/3 is where the fun starts
~ No job guarantee

It has been my dream to become a software engineer, however plans did not go as anticipated, I found myself in the built environment profession. Learning about HyperionDev and how they have produced numerous aspiring software engineers regardless of their... Read More educational background, skill level and age, revived my hopes once more that I am not too late as well to pursue the life fulfilling dream. The curriculum has been super amazing alongside with extra helpful mentors. I have not only gained the skills sets in python and Java languages so far, but also a new way of thinking, which is logically and new approaches to problem-solving. I now wish I had known earlier about HyperionDev and their flexible and convenient way of producing aspiring software engineers. Now I cannot wait to graduate in July and dive into the real world of software engineering.

The software engineering bootcamp is full of exciting tasks and you learn quite a lot. Even though I am only in my second week in the software engineering bootcamp, I certainly do not regret choosing to study through hyperiondev. I would probably have... Read More lost interest studying through another school. It is definitely more fun than doing coding when studying toward a specific degree. You feel excited to code. You want to code non-stop which makes it enjoyable. The staff are friendly and always helpful.

A Really great Software Engineering boot camp, with a well thought out curriculum. Hyperion Dev are always looking for ways to improve and you are able to see that. They have a great mentor system, post bootcamp support for graduates as well.
If hiccups... Read More arise, do not worry Mentors are there to help you all the way.

A really good experience and well worth it

I enrolled in HyperionDev's online Full Stack Web Developer Bootcamp, at the start of March 2020, and it has been amazing so far. The course content is clear and concise and easy for anyone to understand, no matter how much or little coding knowledge... Read More they have. Besides the actual course content, multiple external links are provided to point you in the right direction when it comes to researching a topic or wanting to learn more, as well resources/learning material provided for further reading. One thing I think a lot of people learning to code struggle with is structure and where to start and and this bootcamp offered a much needed solution to this problem to help one advance their learning as there is a clear path or direction that needs to be followed. The tasks that are given is the perfect opportunity to test what you have learnt. The tasks get progressively more difficult as you move through the course and they do become more labour intensive but they are great in that they aim to really get you to show that you understand and are able to apply the knowledge that you have learnt. If you ever get stuck, you have your own mentor to assist. Besides that, HyperionDev has multiple communities and forums that all mentors, educators and students are apart of, you can speak to and work with people who are doing the same bootcamp and tasks as you are. Overall, I have had a great experience so far and highly recommend HyperionDev!

I started the HyperionDev program for full-stack web development on October 5th after some calls with the admissions rep and then someone from the career support department since I had a lot of concerns given web development would mean a career switch... Read More for me. They assured me that career support was guaranteed and that they had a placement rate of over 93%. The program will give you the basics of the MERN stack and although they sometimes state a certain subject will be covered in more detail in another section it sometimes isn't (they did some changes to the last section by the time I got there, so there seems it may be an issue with them updating their instructional pdfs). On a positive note, some of the lessons are quite challenging and will require additional research which enhances comprehension. I only had one mentor throughout the whole program and I ended up with mixed feelings, although he was helpful to overcome some hurdles there were other times where he simply stated he would investigate some more but never did (so those issues were left pending). I finished the program since March 2020 and started asking questions about career support and the next steps only to receive no replies as of April 14th. I emailed them five times to different people (one of those times they said it was due to a change in personnel, but I also didn't get a reply from the other person). On a last note, they project themselves as being international but their career support and writings seem directed only to South Africans, which would explain why once I finished they simply cut all support.

PROS: Structured program that gives good starting points for additional research and helpful for those self-taught students that have a hard time knowing what to learn next. Mentors can assist with basic issues that new developers may stumble upon.

CONS: Absolutely no career support, so if you're switching careers or thinking this bootcamp will help with employment avoid it. Mentorship feels strong in the early lessons but in more complex subjects there may be times when the mentor doesn't know the answer and he is be unable to provide it or he doesn't give recommendations to improve the code complexity in his review. They take two weeks off during the holidays (which they don't make up for), so for those that take the program during the holidays they end up having two weeks less of support.