Springboard

I really enjoyed my time at Springboard! Pros - great mentorship, well curated course, excellent student support, job guarantee and career guidance, and great projects to get the ball rolling on my portfolio. Cons - expensive (but they do have great options... Read More for those who cannot make the entire payment upfront).

People who wants to change their career in tech without any experience. This is a place where you can get opportunity to learn from low level to high level. Understandable curriculum, good and helpful mentorship and fantastic coach where they give you... Read More a motivative advice to move forward

I enjoyed learning with Springboard very much. Comparative to college, it was nice to be able to go at my own pace and the price isn't terrible either. I had great support from my mentor and it was nice to get some insight on career components to see... Read More how I can improve my chances of getting a job. I do have some critiques however. While I enjoyed the curriculum and understand that it's a little older, I do find that it was in between a point of needing to be updated. My mentor would have to further explain things and how things would be a little different in "the real world". I would really enjoy some career coaches that our more familiar with the particular fields we're going into instead of being general career coaches. It's hard to explain how to incorporate tools of the trade if you don't know the trade. Lastly, I really hope Springboard improves the background checks with the companies it partners with for the IDP project. My team had a rather difficult company to work for that was not very open to working with us and it is hard to say that I really learned real world situations from that project other than dealing with difficult clients.

Springboard was great and showed the basic foundation of UX design. However, I still had to do my own research on some of the topics for a more in-depth understanding of the concepts. UI design and how to use Figma is almost nonexistent, but there are... Read More a lot of resources on Youtube. My mentor was the most helpful and the most important resource Springboard offered. Overall, it was a good experience, especially, while having a full-time job.

Lousy, to this day I have not had a single Data Analytics class, they tell me that they are going to change the instructor, and they never do, there is no feedback of activities, there is no follow up, I am about to finish the course and I am totally... Read More disappointed, a course at UDEMY costs much less and it is the same, only recorded classes and lousy customer service.

As someone going through a career transition, I was very satisfied with my experience in this program because of its well-designed curriculum and weekly mentor meetings. What distinguished this program from other bootcamps I researched was the month-long... Read More internship at the end of the course, where you complete a project for a client in a real-world setting. On top of the one-on-one mentorship for completing assignments and projects, you are also given a ton of support from career coaches that help you practice everything from resume writing to job interviews. The career coaching even remains available to you for six months after you complete the course! Overall, I'm extremely glad I took this course because of how many resources were made available to me.

I like the case studies in Springboard's Data Analytics Bootcamp curriculum as they really enable me to practice what I have been learning throughout the course. When faced with challenging questions, I find the Slack community as a very helpful resource.... Read More More often than not, other students had the same questions that I had, and therefore found helpful insights from other students and Springboard mentors/advisors alike. Not to mention that my mentor provides useful feedback and guidance on capstone projects.

I decided to join Springboard in order to facilitate my career transition into cyber security. I came in without much technical knowledge and left with the foundational knowledge, skills and confidence needed to grow and thrive in the field of cyber security.... Read More Springboard strategically put together a diverse curriculum that exposes students to the many different facets of cyber security. The curriculum contains videos, labs and projects and students are paired with a mentor which they meet with once per week. The mentors, career coaches , administrative and support staff are all amazing and pleasant to deal with. Students meet with career coaches periodically throughout the program and also have access to them for 6 months after graduation. All the career coaches I have met with were amazing. The job guarantee support is good from what I hear, however I did not sign up for the guarantee option so I can only speak so much on it. I will say, that as a non job guarantee student , the job support and career resources have been fantastic. This program is entirely online, offering students flexibility if they have other obligations in their personal and professional lives. If you are looking for an in person experience, you may have to consider something else. What you get out of this program is what you put in so try to get the most out of all the resources Springboard makes available to its students. Some things that helped me were taking good notes and asking the mentors and career coaches lots of questions. Springboard also hosts weekly office hours giving you another opportunity to ask any questions you may have. Before you sign up for a bootcamp, I always recommend doing thorough research into the field you are interested in. Bootcamps can be challenging , so if you aren't sure about the field , you may find it hard to keep your motivation up. Overall I had a pleasure attending SpringBoards bootcamp for cyber security and highly recommend this program !

Overall, my experience with Springboard was very positive. The mentorship provided was especially helpful in guiding me through the bootcamp, as I had little knowledge before joining. However, I did find that some of the articles provided were out of... Read More date, which could be frustrating at times. Nonetheless, the program was extremely helpful for someone like me who was transitioning from another industry into tech. I feel much more confident in my skills now and would definitely recommend Springboard to others looking to do the same.

Pros: - Material is excellent. You go through so many different areas that you would need to be a Data Analyst, Business analyst, BI Analyst, Operations Analyst, etc. - Great online support (office hours, Slack channels, mentorship) - Career coach is... Read More top notch - I literally got a job offer before half of the class was complete Cons: - I can't think of any cons other than it is not for people who are not at least a little self motivated.