Springboard

Springboard taught me all aspects of ux/ui design with hands on projects, it also offers unlimited mentor time with both career coaches and design professionals. You get to set your own pace but the curriculum walks you through the process with articles,... Read More videos and projects that you submit for grading.

Springboard is an excellently curated program for people who are motivated enough to learn independently. It's true that a lot of the material can be found for free online, but there's so much information online that it would be hard to curate only high... Read More quality materials as they have. There was one part of the course that was a learn along video mini course, and there were a few challenges like this as well. I wish they would incorporate more of those, as most of the material is article reading. If you're a distracted reader, this can be a challenging, frustrating way to learn. But they are also really great about making you practice the new things you learn, so you're actively doing UX/UI work from very early on instead of just consuming information. My mentor was incredible and helped me grow tremendously. The career coaches are great too, and my internship was such an impactful thing for my career. I learned a ton and really felt like I was working in the field - collaborating with other UX researchers and presenting to stakeholders. I would definitely recommend this course to people who are diligent and can manage a self-paced, independent curriculum. I would have liked it more if there had been more collaboration with other students peppered throughout the course, instead of just at the end. And of course having professors would be ideal. But all in all, I felt the content I learned was top of the line, relevant, up to date information that left me with a competitive edge for my new career. I'm very happy with what I got out of it and felt the material was very in-depth, just as I had hoped.

Do not waste to time or money. This is just a completion of LinkedIn learning courses. You can access this without their ridiculous tuition. There is very little Community support, and almost no original content made. Complete waste of time, if you don’t... Read More have a background in this field already.

The data analyst career track program at Springboard was a great experience. The exercises and projects provide meaningful experience of applying the skills learned into real world examples. The weekly mentor calls are great for asking questions and staying... Read More on track during the program. Mentors not only provide help with projects, but provide life examples of when the training will be used, how to get better, and the importance of understanding the material. My mentor was one I came to trust and go to for help with all things data analyst related, even when not directly related to what we were working on in the course. The community of fellow students and peer mentors provide great help in-between mentor calls and with weekly assignments. From Excel to SQL, Python to Tableau... Things I had 0 experience with before... I now feel confident in that I can not only apply to my day to day job, but also that I can apply to data analyst positions.

Springboard UI/UX design track was a very fulfilling and mind-blowing experience. I started this course to have a career change, and It provided me with so much in-depth information to be successful in this career. I started without experience creating... Read More a beautiful portfolio with four different case studies. I finished this course in a year more than it says in the course. The course provides multiple pauses and breaks if you feel overwhelmed and have family emergencies. I took breaks and paused whenever I felt I needed a break. It provides support throughout my course with mentors, career coach calls, advisor calls, and even provide office hours. My mentor helped me with all my design problems and was there for me when I was stuck. My advisor was my support system for my mental health. She helped me create tools for me to build healthy habits and time-management skills. It was a wonderful experience and Literally changed my life.

This program is great .Springboard give me self confident and they prepared me for getting my first job as a data analyst. They taught me lots of skills to succeed. I've improved my skill and I highly recommend Springboard. they care of you and help you... Read More in this way.student support team are extremely professional and supportive.

As a person changing careers, I felt the instructors taught me everything I needed to start in the field and supported me the whole way! I highly recommend Springboard. The mentors, hiring managers and career services team are amazing. They explain your... Read More errors in a kind way and don’t just give feedback to appease you. They care!

Very thorough curriculum, consistent mentorship, and great career support... Would highly recommend for people transitioning in their career! Lead us through the curriculum and process very methodically. Would have appreciated more career leads/partnerships... Read More with Springboard

Definitely had a positive experience with this boot camp. My mentor, career coaches, and student support team are extremely professional and supportive. Students are all talented and I worked with some real talents on the internship project. My only wish... Read More is for the curriculum to be more specific and up to date as the technology is growing too fast.

Deciding factors for choosing Springboard: - After trying to map out my learning journey, I was very overwhelmed and decided a bootcamp would provide the structure I needed to have a well-rounded base education. - I knew I needed a bootcamp with flexibility.... Read More Prior to joining, and throughout the course, I was working through the burn out of my previous career, and needed to also work on my personal and mental health. The in person / virtual bootcamps I looked into had very demanding schedules, which I didn’t feel would allow me the time to absorb the information as well. This was also confirmed after speaking with students in those programs. - Prior to my decision to join a bootcamp, I had been studying from Colt’s videos, and enjoyed his teaching style. - Having career support was a huge bonus, as this is something I knew I needed additional help with, and was not something I saw in other programs. - Having the job guarantee was a nice bonus safety net, and was something that would keep me accountable. Other things to note after completing the course: - While completing assignments/projects on my own, my peers in other programs were completing similar projects as a team. I think I learned more by completing the assignments on my own, but I do feel I missed out on the group work experience. This being said, I think there were opportunities to fill this gap, if I participated more in the Slack community. I lean more towards the introverted side, so I tended to prioritize learning on my own instead of being proactive in these conversations. - The Springboard Support staff (relating to all things outside the curriculum) was always very helpful and responsive. - The Career staff provided great support. Being able to speak candidly with recruiting experts greatly boosted my confidence. Also speaking with these experts reduced a lot of the informaiton overload from searching the internet. - Breaks and Pauses were extremely beneficial in allowing me to successfully complete the course. - In my experience I found the Peer Mentors in the Slack community to be more helpful than working with the on-demand mentors for assignment questions. What I would change if I were to do it again: - Coming into the program with little experience I wish I had planned for the course to take the full 9+ months. Many materials required additional research outside the course, multiple views of the videos, and additional time completing the exercises. - Participated more in the Slack community. - Having 1:1 meetings with a mentor in the professional community (separate from the Peer mentors, and on-demand mentors) was a great learning opportunity, although I feel I did not utilize the experience enough. Looking back, I wish I had spent more time developing this relationship and put more focus towards practicing technical interviews.