Software Development Academy

Czuję pewien niedosyt po zakończeniu kursu Java od podstaw w SDA. Na kurs zapisałem się z myślą o zmianie branży, ale. Pierwszy trener, który prowadził wprowadzenie do Javy ( pierwsze 4 zajęcia) okazał się nieprzygotowany do prowadzenia zajęć. Przez co... Read More przez resztę kursu miałem problemy z ogarnięciem materiału. Dopiero w późniejszym okresie pojawił się konkretny trener, który okazał się 100% profesjonalistą. Mówię tutaj o Panu Wojtku P. z Warszawy :) Innym mankamentem, który mocno mnie zabolał było to, że niby zapisałem się na podstawy z nadzieją, ze na kursie będzie więcej osób, które nie miały styczności z programowaniem. Okazało się, że znaczna większość grupy już miała styczność z programowaniem czy to na studiach, czy technika informatyczne trafiła się też osoba, która już pracuje jako programista. Sytuacja ta doprowadziła do bardzo szybkiego przerabiania materiału, co skutkowało w moim przypadku ogromnym zagubieniem się w tym wszystkim. I owszem rozumiem, ze też trzeba samemu się uczyć aby utrwalać materiał, ale jak samemu można coś utrwalić skoro się tego nie rozumie. Moja drobna sugestia jest taka, żeby lepiej weryfikować osoby zapisujące się na kurs w szczególności podstawy, aby większość grupy była na podobnym poziomie wiedzy. Bo jaki jest sens brać do grupy początkującej ludzi, którzy mieli już styczność z programowaniem? Reasumując. Kurs kosztował mnie bardzo wiele, ale z tą ceną nie idzie niestety tak super jakość.Oczywiście zamierzam kontynuować naukę, ponieważ ponieważ poświęciłem na to wiele czasu i pieniędzy, ale chyba lepszym wyjściem są filmiki na udemy bądź youtube, które są darmowe, a przekażą podobną wiedzę. Jestem też ciekawy Czy SDA będzie wysyłać po zakończonym kursie certyfikaty w wersji papierowej czy tak jak zostałem poinformowany w mailu jako załącznik w wiadomości, który będę sobie mógł wydrukować.

Great Academy that gives a full stack course of Java with great teachers, best of them (Hall of Fame): Eivydas, Rūtenis, Mindaugas. Great support from teachers. Maybe a bit disorganized but teachers compensated for it. Course is as difficult as it has... Read More to be and that works very well. Provides meetings for companies. Students have to realize that everything is done only by their hands for once and stop blaming others. Everything can be done :)

Teachers who are working in the company share their real-world applications of the study. Constant overall curriculum checks from the SDA, with feedback forms to improve from their side. Resume and Linkedin checks after the course is finished. Overall... Read More a good learning experience.

I will highly recommend SDA as an fast education platform. I took Java course and after 1 year from the start I got my first position as a developer. With the knowledge after the course I was competitive on the market, and my knowledge helped me on the... Read More interviews

Python Remote course in English:

Software Development academy Estonia remote course, I am writing here cause the main office is in Poland.

I can say I have lost 825€. I withdrew from the contract at half of the course.

I’ll start saying that I’m not new... Read More in the IT, I actually work at ibm and I have other languages programming knowledge.

I have made my researches before getting in this course, I added many people on LinkedIn related to the SDA and asked them how was their experience and 90% of the feedbacks I have got was good. So I was feeling exited to start this journey with sda that was also recommended from a my colleague who’s a backend developer here in Wroclaw.

At the beginning I/we were just a bit worried about the material given to us from sda but the first two teacher were compensating with their knowledge.

After about 2 months sda started changing teachers.
At that point everything got worse.
The teachers started rotating between them. We started having teachers that barely spoke English and the material was really poorly written in English and even though we asked with many complaints to them to review it and upgrade nothing still had changed.

For the records I have to say that At the end when I was leaving they asked me if they would cover back all the “missed and badly delivered” lectures for free if I would stay. Due the total disappointment I said no. At that period I had found 100 times better material online for practically free confronting the sda price range.
Other 3 people left the course.

I want to underline and repeat myself that I am talking about The Python remote course from scratch.
The others might be excellent courses, but this was my experience with that one. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. Drop me a message I can send u plenty of material for basically free. Instead of spending thousands of euros for course that isn’t worth 300 EUR.

Here attached an email that a teacher wrote for us being concerned about general disappointment of the class.

I have plenty of other screenshots feel free to ping me on LinkedIn or fb and I’ll reply you back :).

Pros:
- many different teachers give a different point of view for problem-solving in IT
- topics covered during the course are in fact very wide and useful during the first steps in the carrier as a software developer
- contact with company employees is... Read More very fast and fluent - I usually received help in a 24 h or less
- the price is adequate - it's because the teachers are also employees in other companies and they won't work for free

Cons:
- sometimes a little disorganized, but it may be due to the year 2020 :)

This was just what I needed to be able to switch to a career in IT. I have tried alot to study on my own, to follow guides online and so on, but it just wasn't enough.
The course helped me understand the full scope of a developer job and offered knowledge... Read More for a variety of tools needed. You always have the support of the teachers and they can explain concepts in multiple ways until you understand it. Having the teachers there for assistance is much better then just the text online, as they can help each individual specifically for the problem encountered.

As a result of the course, I got a job as an Application Management Engineer in the same month I have finished my course.

Pros:
-A great deal of knowledge and subjects in the curriculum
-Supportive and experienced teachers
-HR support for CV and LinkedIn account
-300+ hours of practical and theoretical study, which is more then I have seen on other courses

Cons:
-You need to put in alot of extra-effort, especially if you have zero knowledge of programming; attending just the course is not enough (it's something they tell you from the beginning), you need to work at home as well, which can be difficult if you have a job as well (this is not necessarily a con)
-Some of the tools studied are outdated (like JavaFX), but this is usually changed with newer generations of students
-It can seem like there is a huge deal of knowledge crammed into a small time-frame, especially if you don't put in any extra effort at home; I would suggest spending more time on the important tools and knowledge, like the Java basics, Spring Boot, Angular etc, and less on things like Java FX or parts of Spring that would take more then a day to understand (like Spring Security), done in half a day

Since this was an unprecedented year for all forms of education and my course managed to be both offline and online, it's hard to say how much of my experience will apply to future applicants, but I think the general impressions still apply:
- Courses... Read More are taught by working professionals, which not only means real life insights, but also exposure to different opinions and schools of thought - something with which one will have to deal during the real career and the ability to understand the different perspectives is certainly a benefit.
- Introduction to a broad spectrum of technologies and ways of developing software. I'm still constantly surprised by how much different concepts I picked up during the course and even just being able to say "Yeah, I've heard of that and did a couple of exercises in it" is a great advantage at the workplace.
- A double edged sword of sorts: they will not make you study and test whether you have done it. On the one hand, if you want to take it easier one weekend, it's completely ok - there are no "miss one class/homework and you're out" rules here. On the other hand, this makes self-discipline and motivation that much more important, since if you expect that simply doing the bare minimum and getting the certificate will make you employable and net you a job, that will most likely not be the case.
- No requirements and skill assessment for course participants - while this certainly helps with developing soft skills, it can be frustrating for certain types of personalities at times, since the course might go faster/slower than one might like, or the motivation and goals of course-mates might not align with one's own.

My story will be a story of success or a story of perfectly matched coincidence or a story of a stubborn person.
It happened in the beginning of the March I accidentally bumped on the adv of SDA Software testing courses. Of course because I was searching... Read More for it in google, but I am sure I am lucky just because it was SDA and the info meeting was in couple of days so I registered and attended. Most valuable information that played final part in my affirmative decision was: -possibility to pass ISTQB exam after graduation (the price for exam was included), -SDA cooperate with Tootukassa (so my study was completely sponsored by Estonian government and I think it’s incredible supporting program).
The study process: a lot of practice with lectors who actually work in this field with a huge experience and the most important ability to transfer knowledge. The most popular and widely used tools. And of course all theoretical material based on ISTQB syllabus.
As you guess I successfully pass all tests got certificate of SDA and later the same happened with the ISTQB FL.
The useful tip: register yourself on any croudtesting platform and get rated there in order to have some proven testing experience in addition to your FL certificate from ISTQB (it equals necessary education in IT field).
So in order to became an attractive candidate for employer this will be enough.
As a result of my 6 month journey I got 3 official offers from Estonian IT companies (1 of them found me via LinkedIn page, so keep it fulfilled and updated. Barbara will help you).
I said “YES” to Derivco Estonia and now I am a QA Specialist!
Wish all of you good luck. Don’t doubt, everything is possible when you working hard to get it.

The trainers and management team are very professionals in what they do, so i highly recommend SDA to those who want to enter the IT industry.
From zero knowledge to becoming a java software engineer by studying at SDA!
Special thanks to the career advisor... Read More ''Barbara Ciach'' for the support and advises during course period and after graduation.