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Skillcrush has more than 17,000 students in all 50 states and in 127 countries worldwide. Their mission is to make tech careers attainable for everyone. Skillcrush Blueprints are designed for beginners to learn all the skills they need to start making... Read More
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Break Into Tech + Job Guarantee: Designer Track
Break Into Tech + Job Guarantee: Front End Developer Track
Skillcrush Coding Camp
Skillcrush Reviews
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Tammy
Graduated: 20163/17/2016
"just what I needed!"
This online class teaches one to be remote and accountable. I read some bad reviews and thought, too bad. This type of learning isn't for everyone obviously. I joined because I was trying to learn coding on my own, thru udemy and treehouse, men taught... Read More
It is different because you do short lessons and then a few exercises. Always a fun video, instructions on what to do and then exercises.
NOTHING just pops up. Sure its not going to get you a 4 yr degree in a discipline but the monthly cost was worth it for my learning style and to have an understanding of what I need to know, why and what is next. Invaluable resource also for the blog and free resources. They are always posting helpful articles on breaking down job requirements and how to write a great resume cover letter, tips on interviewing from actual people and very current.
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Anonymous
Graduated: 20152/13/2016
"Don't waste your $"
Just do CodeAcademy. It's free and you can now get support for $20 a month. This course started out okay for me but if you need techinical help, like with your account it takes DAYS for anyone to back to you. The actual interface that they use for you... Read More
Anonymous
Graduated: 20159/14/2015
"I so wanted to love this Skillcrush, but it was not to be."
I love Adda's message, and she's a talented writer and coder. But I had technical problems the farther I got into the Web Development course. Quizzes would popup days after I had finished related sections. Also, new class sections popped up that I hadn't... Read More
I tried MightyBell for class questions, but I guess I wasn't linked by the staff to receive daily emails. I needed to contact staff too many times when I couldn't download material, which they then sent to me by email.
Very frustrating, because the website was well designed. Just didn't work for me due to too many technical issues.
Erin
Graduated: 20159/1/2015
"Very misleading."
I already do website maintenance (html/css) in my career, but I wanted to step it up and add to my skills so I could branch out. I thought the Web Development blueprint would be an easy and affordable way to advance. I liked that it was flexible and I... Read More
I breezed through the HTML/CSS portion because I am familiar with that, but after starting Javascript, I was totally lost. It made me feel as if I was stupid and incompetent, but really its caused by the lack of explanation and information on Skillcrush's part. There just wasn't enough guidance! There are so many holes they expect you to fill on your own. They literally instruct you to "google" how to do certain steps when they don't take the time to explain them in lessons. The majority of the lessons told you really simple information and then you were left to put the pieces together and magically create something out of scratch. So a 30 min to 1 hour lesson would take hours to complete. What a deterrent!
There is no way someone who is a complete novice could successfully begin a career in web development after finishing these courses. That claim is such a joke. Employers would scoff at this resume if you brought this lack of skill to them. Even though Skillcrush claims you will have a polished, impressive portfolio at the end of Part 1, you get basic HTML & CSS to make a one page site with a few paragraphs and pictures. That's not acceptable in the modern web anymore and honestly is something you should expect from 1998. I got completely frustrated with how much the lessons leave you sitting in the dark that I haven't even finished the 2nd part of the blueprint. I suspect the third and final portion will be the same way.
There is a support system of other peers which can be nice, but I found the Mighty Bell platform to be very confusing. Most of the time the students questions would go unanswered by the instructors and we were left trying to answer each others questions without any confirmation. My instructor was constantly late posting or posted the wrong week and took far too long to correct the mistake. That made learning even more confusing. The office hours were always at odd times...always during the weekend. I couldn't make any of them. It would be more useful if the office hours were during the week in the evenings.
Overall, I was disappointed with what I got out of Skillcrush for the $400 price tag. After giving up on Skillcrush, I picked up a Javascrip & JQuery book and felt more informed after reading it for 30 minutes than I did pulling my hair out for 2 weeks in the lessons. The lessons can help you start understanding websites, but I wouldn't use it to change your career....because it just simply does not give you that knowledge. I will say that the blog has a lot of great ideas and guidance on changing your career and how to get started. A++ in that aspect, but the lessons are terrible and were a waste of money.
Anonymous
Graduated: 20158/5/2015
"Extremely meh"
Offers nothing that isn't available for free hundreds of other places online, and charges more than even the best courses. All for something that dumps you out... not far from when you started. These courses aren't even beginner's courses, they're basic... Read More
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