Software Development Academy

As I mentioned - It was something important. On this course I met a lot of wonderful people. Each of them is from other industry. But everyone was here for one goal - make self a programmer. I found next friends here that is very important to me.

Life... Read More showed that not everyone finished the course because of many private life situations. What about course? Yea, the all knowledge was structuralized what is very important to not get lost in all chaos on the Internet. Trainers were always prepared to lessons, and they react on our needs. During my course happened "covid-lockdown" that is why all timetable stopped for 1,5 months. After that we started lessons online. That was weird because we had to wait 1,5 month. For me it was very long time in compare to length of the course. Unfortunately management of all course was not so perfect. We had to wait long time for email answers. We needed to keep watching to make the timetable correct. Trainers not always got the same information as we did. That provided to misunderstandings. Person which was responsible for our group tried to make everything good of course. And in the end of course everything was good. Definitely it helped me to get a Job in IT industry. And if I had to make this decision again - Be participant of this course or not - I will make the same chose. This is my private opinion and not advice.

I had no idea that I would learn so many things at the course since "null" :). I was also so lucky to have awesome trainers like Titas Lapinksas and Saulius Veinšreider who could include a student into a new topic to teach it, also always they were helping... Read More and giving tips when you were encountering with a problem. By the way, I have to mention a Career advisor Barbara Ciach which was helping to create a professional basis of CV and LinkedIn profile by adding big efforts and tips during the course.
Thank you, SDA!

Cieszę się, że dzięki uczestnictwu w kursie miałam przyjemność współpracować z Doradcami Kariery a dokładnie z Panią Dominiką Cobel, która pomogła mi w tworzeniu dokumentów aplikacyjnych. Dostałam mnóstwo cennych wskazówek dzięki którym mogłam stworzyć... Read More jak najbardziej korzystne i poprawne CV. Wiem, że nie jest to najłatwiejsze zadanie i wielkim udogodnieniem była możliwość poradzenia się kogoś kto ma na ten temat dużą wiedzę. Ze wsparciem od Doradców Kariery mamy przewagę w wystartowaniu w świecie IT :)

Such a great experience! In the first place I had no idea that I would learn so many things, giving the fact that this was my first experience with java...I was also so lucky to have the most awesome colleagues, trainers and group coordinator.
I will... Read More miss this for sure!
Thank you SDA for doing such a good job!

When I started this course I've expected to learn only about Java programming but I didn't expect to learn much more stuff than just Java! The trainer was an experienced person with tons of knowledge that helped understanding multiple situations that... Read More may appear and how to deal with it.
I would recommend to anyone who wants to start a new career and becoming a Junior Programmer of Java.

I've started this course after a 2 year stay-at-home mom period, to make a change in my routine and to prove myself that I have some working neurones :D. I hadn't had high expectations about my performance, but with the help of our trainer and the well... Read More though curriculum I've exceed all of them. It's a well organized course that can make anyone understand programming. It provides more tools to help you become a good developer like Database intros, Spring Framework and also some front-end tools. After this course I am able to make an app from start to finish. It triggered some buttons in me and I will proceed to learn more in this direction

I can heartily recommend sda services. For those who decide to take the course, I highly recommend preparing for the class by doing some free Udemy courses as a pre-work, I wish I had done it before the course. The entire course is divided into several... Read More modules, usually one topic with the same teacher. I heartily recommend contacting SDA Career Consulting (Thank you very much Dominiko Cobel for your help!) I got great feedback on my CV.
If you count on the fact that you will only attend classes and become a programmer, do not sign up for the course, because you will only complain that the SDA is wrong. If you want to learn something from the course you MUST to work a lot individually in your spare time.

I finished the course right before pandemic, but my certificate exam was postponed due to safety reasons. Despite all the difficulties I managed to get the job and pass the exam on the first try. The course is nice option to learn basics of the job as... Read More a Software Tester.

I had a very basic understanding of Python and programming prior to the course. Here are the pros and cons of the course:
Pros:
- does a great job at teaching the basics
- gives a clear idea what programming is about
- nice and supportive teachers
- great... Read More atmosphere
- no prior knowledge required
- excellent job support during and after the course (CV and LinkedIN help, trial interview, roadmaps etc.)

Cons:
- Curriculum falls short midway through the course (touches too many subjects on the surface, fails to teach one properly)
- A bit messy order of lessons
- Teachers changing basically every lesson (the course felt inconsistent)
- No real portfolio at the end of the course (I had literally 0 projects on my GitHub)
- The knowledge is not sufficient for a junior position
- Price (given the above)

Overall I was glad I took the course as a guide in my way to becoming a developer, I met many great students and experienced programmers and felt assured with what I am going for. At the same time I was deeply disappointed with the lack of group projects (or any projects for that matter) - this is the first thing recruiters look at in juniror's CV. I believe that greater emphasis on portfolio and team work would go a long way and help juniors grow even before their first job! :)

Thanks to Software Developement Academy I started my adventure in the IT industry. In August 2019, I started the Java from scratch course. The knowledge gained during the course made possible me to look for a job in the IT industry. I received support... Read More in the process of preparing my CV and plenty of valuable recruitment tips. The SDA Academy allows you to start your adventure with the IT industry, they gives you the tools that you need, but it's up to you whether you will use it to find the desired job. Thank you for your support.