Journey Education

I enrolled to Journey's web dev bootcamp a little more than a year ago after deciding to make a career switch. What a ride, I hadn't been to school for a decade and I didn't know a iota about coding. I think the way the program is setup, from top top... Read More to bottom, makes it easier (relatively, this is hard and takes effort, it truly is a bootcamp) for total newbs. Whether it's your teacher or the technical coaches, the people managing this program made sure to hire the bomb. That's for the bootcamp part. When you're done, they made sure to not leave you on your own with your newly acquired knowledge. Which is awesome, because, well for my case anyways, I still lacked confidence. So for another 3 months ( I'm not sure about the span of time, all hell broke loose (covid) when we were at the bootcamp) I had access to a technical coach who would answer my questions as well as a career coach who I could speak about nothing and everything , both of them guiding me further up my journey. Landing a job is not guaranteed at the end of the bootcamp, and while they do organise job fairs (some of my colleagues find their first gig that way!), it's important to keep grinding. Coding every day, sending cvs, staying studious.

I chose this bootcamp to make a drastic career switch from working my usual bank job. Covid hit and the course had to be taught online. The bootcamp was by far one of the best experiences I've ever had. I was going into this bootcamp with an *inkling*... Read More of an idea of coding. There were clearly other students who had a background in coding/relative experience in the domain. The TC's were fantastic in helping the student with the assignments. My only gripe was that I had to spend longer nights trying to figure out what I was learning at my own pace. The "Teaching" aspect of the course could've been a little better, I felt too alienated to ask a simple question when half my class was on to bigger things. After the bootcamp, the career support was great. I had weekly meetings with my coach and we practiced interviewing, had an improved version of my CV, and a technical coach was available if you needed help with an assignment a company was handing off.

Very happy with the decision I’ve taken to register to the Diploma in Full Stack Web Development at Concordia Bootcamps. The curriculum was very well written and laid out in a way that you’d always learn and build and concepts you learn. The teacher was... Read More very knowledgeable and very dynamic, same for the TAs that were helping him and us. Even though it all happened remotely due to the pandemic, it was very smooth and interactive. When coding, the teacher and TAs will let you fail as long as it’s no longer productive for you to do so, which according to me, is the best way to learn. Once the course is over, you’re fully supported by their career services. They bring you in front of employers, they help with your CV, they coach you for you first, second, third interview and a technical coach is assigned to you to review and comment on technical tests some companies will make you do in order to move to the next step. Only 3 months after graduation, I’ve had one freelance contract as a full stack developer and I’m now a full time front end developer at one of the coolest dev shop in Montreal. Highly recommend it!

I had previous background with computer science, however I wanted to learn more about development process & get my hands dirty. After the course there is a career service, it's one of the reason I attended because I know nothing about job-hunting. The... Read More career coach I was paired with was experienced and always prepared; I am deeply thankful for her support during the job-hunting period. Regarding the 4-month course itself, the instructor was a knowledgeable & professional developer and shared many valuable perspectives. The materials and assignments were prepared well and imo met my demand for "getting my hands dirty". The one thing I feel that can be improved is that the instructor could be more prepared to teach; I had previous knowledge but not everyone had, so when the basic concepts were not introduced well I can see it caused confusion for them (e.g. the difference between deep-copy and shallow-copy; the concept of functions, scope and data structure). Sometimes the instructor just read the slides of codes, which I believe can be more condensed.

Best school experience of my life. Each day you learn more and more that builds on what you learned previously. You learn from doing, building, and creating rather than through studying. My instructor was super nice and always approachable, as were the... Read More technical coaches. There are always people you can turn to if you're struggling a bit, but honestly I didn't often find the pace too too hard to keep up with. Once graduated, there was quite a bit of help provided as well. We were taught all about what to do and not to do during our job search, and there were weekly meetings with a career coach to help you stay on track. There were also coaches available to guide you through any technical test/interview you might get while on the hunt. All in all, a great experience which opens so many doors for you and gets you started down an amazing path! I'd recommend it to anyone!

In 2019, I had decided that I wanted to do something better for myself and I had seen the Concordia Bootcamps show up in my feed a couple of times on Facebook until one day I checked out the website and found out the possibilities that could be waiting... Read More ahead for me. So at that moment I evaluated my budget and I was good to go. From the moment I started the bootcamp, I had access to a multitude of resources and the only thing that could set me back was actually just me. Being part of the part-time cohort, it allowed me to keep my full-time job as well as reserving some time in the evening and weekend to code away. It had been a while since I was challenged to this point in my professional life and that is what I was longing for. After graduating, I followed the advices from the career services and my career coach/ technical coach to improve my chances to secure a job. 2 months later, I was able to get my 1st developer job and I have never felt so accomplished since it took less than a year to achieve this goal that I had set up for myself which was to change careers! I definitely would recommend this bootcamp to anyone that is serious and committed to go through the multiple hurdles that comes in a career change and you won't regret it! The instructors and technical coaches are very accessible as well as the career services in case we have questions or need help. My career coach also was invaluable to me as I was able to be accountable for my actions and the support was priceless. The curriculum was well-organized and the logic to it made sense in how it develops you from the fundamentals in order to understand more complex ideas. In the end, everything becomes interconnected which helps to solidify your understanding and are able to work more independently.

I was initially skeptic at any chance of success jumping into a bootcamp, but after meeting the very dedicated staff there, I take it back. It was far more efficient to learn in this environment than taking any number of online courses, I received detailed... Read More feedback on my understanding of topics and my instructors were an amazing source of technical and career knowledge that no MOOC could offer (as far as I've seen). The tech stack is very relevant to the job market as of this review, and I believe in the program's aim to keep the curriculum as current as possible. I was in the part-time cohort working full-time and time was not my friend. You have to put in the work in and out of the class to truly grasp the concepts and practice your newfound abilities as well as pursue your own interests in coding outside the scope of the course. Your peers are also a great source of learning and motivation. The careers services team delivered great webinars to keep you motivated and to help you prepare your mindset/profile for the jobs you'll be hunting for. We also received updates about the job market during the pandemic and post-graduation. I definitely recommend this route of if you have the determination and commitment to change careers!

For me, switching carreer was a very important and difficult decision. I wanted and needed to put all the chances and my side and I couldn't be happier with the way the bootcamp allowed me to do so! The learning process is intense but it gives us all... Read More the tools and ressources needed to learn a new job in a very short period of time. In addition to learning all the basics (and more) of the MERN stack, this bootcamp taught a way learning and a state of mind which in my opinion is the most important. To me it was the best and fastest way to go from knowing almost nothing to being able to work as a developer. Another very important part of the bootcamp is the coaching and career services we get when we graduated. Not only the advice we get there are super usefull and really helped me to keep moving and get my first job but it also allowed me to set a path of what I need to learn next and how. Thanks a lot to the team for all their hard work and support!

The curriculum flow is well elaborated. You progress logically, build upon what you learned in the previous lessons and use it directly in workshops to properly assimilate what you learned. Be ready to devote a really big portion of your time to learning,... Read More especially if you're new to programming. I did not enlist as a total beginner, but I could see it to be extra demanding and overwhelming for one. The instructors and teacher are very good at what they do. Tailored technical help is available at your fingertips whenever you feel stuck, albeit in a queue :P. This plays a big part when learning something new and demanding. After graduating, it is not over. You are offered job support to help you ease your way into a developer position if desired. CV tailoring, mock interviews, building online presence: you can expect things of the like. My only cons is the steep price for tuition. Though the quality was very good, I believe in my opinion the suggested price is very high. Nonetheless, I enjoyed my experience and recommended it. Even more if it was a bit less expensive.

TLDR: I would recommend this bootcamp to anyone who in interested and isn't too sure about making the jump into development. With these teacher, anyone who puts in the work will be a developer!! I had a great time with Concordia's full stack development... Read More program. The school proved to be very flexible, since COVID happened right as we were starting the class, and within weeks they implemented an online structure for us to follow the course remotely instead of in-person as planned. The stack they teach is extremely relevant, and an excellent base for any developer to get started and have a solid base. We went through HTML and CSS, and then basic, Javascript, NodeJS, React and MongoDB.  The instructors were top notch, extremely patient, and very knowledgable, and also very easy to contact and get help from (very important!!) The best part for me was the excellent post-graduation support for job seekers. They helped me with my cv and portfolio, but more importantly, they have interview coaches (both for HR interviews and tech interviews). How to present yourself, how to do away with the stress of interviewing, and how to best present yourself to interviewers.