The Tech Academy

The Tech Academy is the best place to start your career if you are planning to change your field or if you are already in software development field and would like to enhance your skills, they have a complete curriculum and it is self paced which helps... Read More tremendously, you can take as much time you need with a topic. The instructors are very helpful and always reachable, I have seen some boot camps where they have one instructor and 50 students and it can take hours to get an answer but with this boot camp that is not the case.

I have done much on-line learning, this was by far the most fun. The bottom-up learning was very impressive and it made the difficult parts easier to grasp. The instructors were easy to talk to and are very approachable and will guide you appropriately... Read More in the right direction without doing your work for you.

The Tech Academy was well worth my time and money and allows one the credentials and know-how to find your way around the world of software development. It is more of a broad, shallower dive into multiple languages and paradigms vs. going into depth on... Read More one or two languages. They have many paths one could take depending on the career you would like to have. I went down the Full-Stack Software Developer Boot Camp path and it really gave me a sense of the field.

You need to make sure you do a ton of self-studying to fill in gaps in any knowledge as a lot of information is abstracted away, more of the details, that is, and you are given a general understanding and introduction to web, version control, and C styled languages. Also included are Python and Visual Studio. There are actually two Live Courses that have you develop customer products in a two-week sprint, respectively. There are, however, 4 available if you finish early enough to have an extra 4 weeks to complete the 2 on top of the 2 mandatory ones. I'd highly suggest you try and go this route as more exposure to real codebases and working in an Agile environment can only help.

The only other advice I'd give is, right from the start, make sure to beef up and keep organized, your GitHub repos and side projects. When applying to jobs, companies don't want to see school projects unless they are substantial, so take on a few substantially sized projects that you eventually deploy and can put on your resumé and show off to potential employers.

I am a recent graduate of The Tech Academy (Python Bootcamp, Full-Time, Online) and I have absolutely no complaints with my experience and time with this great program. From the beginning of your first course, it is very apparent that the instructors... Read More and staff care greatly for the students and treat them as humans and not just a number in the system. All of the instructors and staff I interacted with were extremely respectful, kind, and helpful with anything I needed. And their communication was very timely and informative, as I rarely waited long for a response to an inquiry. The curriculum is heavily geared towards beginners, as opposed to many other boot camps I researched who claimed the same thing, yet required a coding intensive "acceptance exam". This is not the case with The Tech Academy.

I had previously taken a few college computer science courses before entering this program, so I had a bit of a head start, but I have left this boot camp knowing more and having the ability to do much more than before. I was able to refine and improve my skills with CSS, HTML, JavaScript, and SQL, among others, thanks to the informative courses and detailed assignments. While I cannot speak for the other boot camps The Tech Academy offers, I can say that the Python Bootcamp is more geared towards Web Development. It is a great intro for anyone who is a beginner or looking into getting into web development, with a little bit of software development mixed in. Although, if you're looking for a more software/algorithm based curriculum, you may want to look at the other boot camps offered. Many of the intro courses you're given in your boot camp, are covered in all of the other boot camps as well and this ensures everyone at least knows the basics of coding and development by the end of their curriculum. Also, their Job Placement course is an extremely valuable and informative course that has done wonders for my job search. All of the job placement staff are incredibly helpful and kind and assist me every day in my search. For anyone looking into the computer science or coding world, even the most beginners of beginners, I can't recommend The Tech Academy enough. Their helpful and respectful staff paired with their informative curriculum will definitely help you achieve your goals.

Being new to the vast world of I.T. this course was proficient in getting me up to speed for my new career. The balance between professional acquaintances and a thorough education was an outstanding balance which was motivating and driven. I feel well... Read More prepared for my future in I.T. and have absolutely no regrets that I took this course.

The Tech Academy's courses were well thought out and provided students with good information while offering help from instructors. The course content itself is not necessarily better than cheaper courses you may find online, which is why I left 4/5 stars... Read More for curriculum, but their live projects and job placement are fantastic. The live projects offered an amazing experience to prepare you for a tech career and really boosted my confidence. I was also able to land a job within a couple of weeks of completing the courses. Although there is some room to grow for the programming/coding information considering the price, the live projects and job placement are well worth the price alone.

I enrolled in the python boot camp and I come from absolutely no programming experience. I wanted to change my career path and hoped that the boot camp will allow me to learn the fundamentals and be valuable to the job market. So far I have not had much... Read More success in the job market. A lot of credit is given to soft skills and networking skills to really break into the tech industry more than your programming capabilities. I would recommend that if you are someone who actually has no experience, try to self study the basics on your own first because the internet is a great resource and its free. Once you familiarized yourself with basic concepts, then it would make sense to invest your time and money into a boot camp. I also wish there was more python concentrated material

I'm a recent graduate of the Tech Academy. I came from a non-tech field with minimal coding experience and the Tech Academy did an excellent job of teaching me how to code full stack applications. I went through their software developer course. Their... Read More instructors and scheduling flexibility are outstanding! I loved doing their live project course as it prepares you well to work in a team setting in the real world.

I am a 31-year-old former teacher who wanted to change careers for a variety of reasons, and I ended up going with The Tech Academy after a recommendation from a friend who successfully changed careers after attending the same bootcamp. I’m local to their... Read More main campus, but due to Covid I did the entire thing remotely.

Essentially, The Tech Academy was a good choice. I am successfully employed in the industry, and though I credit networking and soft skills to getting a job during covid, I wouldn’t be eligible for this job without The Tech Academy. I had some issues with their curriculum structure and I wish there had been more experience with certain technologies, but overall I feel like I have a solid foundation of programming concepts and I have the skills and knowledge to teach myself what I would need to know for a job.

I did the Overview of Software Development bootcamp full time, which is their most comprehensive bootcamp. It includes courses in CS fundamentals HTML, CSS, Javascript, SQL, Python, Project Management, C#, and Job Placement. Since I was changing careers, I wanted the broadest exposure to tech I could get to maximize my career options on the other side. It was definitely challenging, and definitely worth it.

Since it’s so broad, the bootcamp can really only scratch the surface of all of those languages, but as a recent graduate I feel like I could get by in any of them. I definitely still feel like a beginner, but that’s normal for a junior developer. I also feel confident that I can build a website from scratch, and I’m interested in doing some self-study to buff up my CSS skills beyond beginner-level. The Python and C# courses are especially engaging and include team projects where you work on Django and ASP.NET web apps, respectively.

The courses are a combination of reading/learning about terms and technologies, coding along with a video, doing short assignments, and a couple larger projects in each course. One of the projects is building your own portfolio website, which is nice since you’re learning the tech with project you will definitely use later. In my opinion, based on how I felt about each language at the end, the best course was the Python course and the worst course was the Javascript course.

I see people everywhere online talk about jQuery, Node.JS, and React, and these were barely touched on in the Javascript course - it seems like hardly anyone uses vanilla Javascript anymore. I basically feel like I need to start from scratch again with Javascript. It’s such a powerful language but I don’t think I got a good idea of how to use it outside of very basic web interactivity.

There were times when I was frustrated with the structure of some of the courses - I learn by doing, and especially the CSS and Javascript courses spent a little too much time with “code along with this video” while I needed more “Here’s a project, go do it”. There was a lot more of that in the Python and C# courses.

It’s worth mentioning that the team of instructors is amazing! They are super responsive, very patient, and always ready to help out whenever. If one of them doesn’t know an answer, it seems like they work together to make sure everyone’s questions are addressed. There was even a time when I asked a question about something that wasn’t required to move on, and they took the time to help me out anyway even though they didn’t need to.

I got a job before I needed their job placement resources, but I can tell that they put a lot of their energy into helping graduates find work. They promote their students being a part of a learning community by offering weekly round-table discussions and weekly tech-talks, and encouraging students to go to tech meetups to learn more and start networking.

Tl;dr though I had some minor qualms with their curriculum and course structure, their support system is excellent, I feel like I got a solid foundation of programming concepts, and I feel prepared to begin a career in tech.

Pros
-Solid fundamental training.
-A course about computer fundamentals which is worth knowing.
-Super helpful and responsive instructors.
-Flexible schedule.

Cons
-Expensive, but competitively priced with other highly ranked bootcamps.
-Only scratches the surface of popular tech like jQuery, React, and Node.JS
-I wish there had been more Javascript training.

I lost my job because of COVID. I started this boot camp last year and did not finish. I decided to finish what I started and now I'm so glad I did. I've gone from temp work with no benefits to a 401(k) and a bright career in roughly 6 months. I had to... Read More change a lot about my character in the process.
Pros:
Job placement course is a master class in sales. It is motivating, tough, realistic, and practical.
Projects filled out my portfolio well.
The support staff is AMAZING! They cried and cheered with me, and we still keep in touch and work together
I've been inspired to start a non-profit with my new skills and confidence

Cons:
A little hand holdy with the coding until you get deep in the core programming courses
Not much experience with React and Angular

At the end of the day, I would not have the job and career prospects I now have had I not done this boot camp. You have got to believe and dig deep to change your life.