Thinkful

You'll be surprised by how much you'll learn in just a few months following this program. It is challenging and they will keep you accountable on the time you invest in it, but the results speak for themselves. You will struggle no matter your previous knowledge, but your mentor and program manager don't have an attitude of "that's good enough, good job " they will always push you to be your better self.

Thinkful is extremely useful for learning to code if you want to learn quickly, but still on your own time. I was paired with a great mentor who has not only helped me with projects in the program, but has also helped me with personal projects and goals inside of data analytics. I would recommend Thinkful to anyone who is interested in challenging themselves in the technology world!

I am currently in Thinkful's Full Stack Flex program, and I'm very happy with my decision. I was initially planning on doing a local in-person bootcamp. I wanted the face to face mentorship and the opportunity to have an immediate network of local partners. I decided to go with Thinkful primarily for two reasons (aside from being able to keep my day job while I learn...):

1) Mentorship. I have learned a ton by meeting with my mentor twice a week. And since it is a self-paced program (unlike a structured local bootcamp) I'm not held back by the class when I easily understand a concept, and I'm not rushed past a concept when I am slower to understand it. Also, I have a regional advocate, a project manager, that helps with bigger picture things, and helps support a local community o...

I’ve always been interested in data science, but with little to no background in CS and already having been out of college and working for several years, I found it a bit daunting to consider making a career change, start a bootcamp and still continue working at the start time. While it certainly hasn’t been easy, the support Thinkful provided to me through my mentor, the community and the endless number of resources has been wonderful. It’s definitely a lot of work and time management is key to stay on track, but the flexibility of the program has allowed me to adjust my schedule to allow of everything else I have to do outside of the classwork. Meeting with my mentor twice a week helps keep me accountable, while the slack channels and Q&A/workshop sessions are incredible resources to ...

The curriculum is subpar and barely maintained. The curriculum team rushes content out and it's quite buggy and filled with typos.

Many of the mentors/educators here aren't even working professionals. Many of them have attended Thinkful/Bloc and were unsuccessful in getting a job. As a fallback to increase their job numbers Thinkful has offered them positions as technical support or graders.

The company does a lot of number massaging to make their job enrollment rates seem higher than they really are. They don't count many students failing to get jobs and if you're in the 50% of students who don't end up completing the course they, of course, exclude those numbers so their job placement seems higher. You're much better off going with an alternative or using something like FreeCode...

The curriculum is alright even though they rely to much on jQuery instead of vanilla JavaScript. The only complaint I have is that the mentorship they claim to be a big part of their course lacks a lot. The mentors show up late and the one I had had no idea what I was doing with the course and every time I asked for help I would just get basic short answers that weren't helpful at all.

I spent a good few weeks researching all the available bootcamps - emailing alum and current students to find out what they thought.

With Thinkful - the overriding feedback was that the course was great as long as you were willing to work hard and do what you need to succeed. Thankfully, that's what I planned to do!

What separated Thinkful from the others was that they offered money back if they didn't help land you a role within 6 months of graduating. To me, that spoke highly of how successful they believe themselves to me. They were willing to put their money where their mouth was - again, as long as I played my part!

I attended the flex course, which meant I could continue working full time. It worked perfectly for me, and I loved that I was able to meet twice a week with a...

Thinkful was a bit of a leap of faith for me. I had been a self-taught static-vanilla-HTML-CSS developer in my spare time, but would never have labeled myself a “developer” that was for CS degrees, or people with years of experience, I thought.
I had always been interested in coding, but everytime something held me back. The self-driven route was hard and confusing for me. I had the motivation, but knowing where to start, or any stray path I found myself on made me feel like I wasn’t going to get back on track...
The difference for me was that Thinkful provided REAL live instructors! I decided this is my best shot at achieving a dream of mine, I’m going to do it. And I’m so glad I did.
In retrospect, I was right. The instructors and mentors and TAs, even my own fellow students! They...

I've got about a month left in my bootcamp and I gotta say I've probably learned more in these past few months than I could have alone. The curriculum is really streamlined to give you the most important details and best practices, that otherwise on my own I would have to spend a bunch of time researching what to actually learn, which is a huge time sink. Especially since I'm doing the part-time program, after working my full time job, I really only have 2-3 hours a day. So every minute is valuable. That being said, the curriculum can't possibly teach you everything, but it's a good starting point to let you branch off and help you know what you should be learning. If you are planning on attending a bootcamp, Thinkful's part time is great choice. But make no mistake, part time doesn't m...

Some of the pros for me is being able to schedule times that work for me since my goal was also to continue to work alongside the program. I also really like being paired up with a professional mentor that really can help me narrow down my struggling points and help me progress through the program. I think the material does a great job of covering up to date topics and complementing projects to go along with the material which can also be used in your personal portfolio when it comes down to applying for your first job. There are also 5 mock interviews which have given me a taste of what a typical interview will feel like and you get personalized feedback so you can work on improving yourself for the real one. One last thing I would personally recommend to anyone out there considering ...

I am more than half way through the full stack flex bootcamp through Thinkful and it has been a great experience so far. The course has progressed through a lot of interesting and useful content in an intuitive way that makes it easier to learn and build on knowledge. I work full time as a product manager and everyday at work I am able to connect things I’ve learned in the bootcamp to development being done by the software engineers I work with every day. The two mentors I’ve had have been very engaged and always ready to answer questions and help me if I get stuck or just want to learn more. Besides always having a dedicated mentor to help with students through the content, every student also has a designated project manager who helps guide a student through anything administrative and...

I started Thinkful boot camp about three months ago, while still in college so I can learn and have hands-on experience with ML, AI.
So far I have enjoyed my journey a lot, and I find myself talking about this boot camp in interviews a lot more than I talk about knowledge from my college (cs major). I believe that this is a great sign.

I am almost three months into the Thinkful Fullstack Flex program and I have to say I am quite impressed. The curriculum is very well structured and provides the right amount of detail. I had only very basic programming skills coming into the bootcamp and I feel that Thinkful goes at a great pace. Even without any coding experience, I think their materials provide enough fundamental lessons to get you up to speed.

The mentor aspect is also very helpful. Whenever I get stuck or just need some explanation on certain syntax, my mentor provides clear explanations with examples to ensure that I truly understand the concepts.

I took the full stack course but have yet to complete it and have paused it at server side programming...I've finished about 80% of the course work. If I knew then (before signing up) what I know now, here's what I would have done differently. Number one, I would have taken all the free courses available online or those that are really cheap like ones from Udemy or PluralSight and for sure I would have taken CodeCademy (Pro version - which is only like $30/month...totally worth it). In fact, since pausing my Thinkful I've made use of Code Cademy courses and I've come to understand concepts that were alluding me going through Thinkful. Once you've spent a couple months doing those courses, then sign up for Thinkful. If you're like me (completely average intelligence) you'll be glad you d...

Although Thinkful does teach a decent amount about web development, the careers portion is sub-optimal. They say that even if you are located in a city outside of one of their job guarantee cities, they will treat you "equally" to everyone else when in fact they seriously prioritize others. When I had to contact my counselors for support they either took forever to get back to me or they provided a job or two with missing links or job descriptions. I recommend staying away from this boot camp because they don't treat everyone fairly.

As a student currently enrolled in the Full Stack Flex program offered from Thinkful, I would 100% recommend enrolling in one of their courses, should you be serious and devoted about perhaps becoming a software developer. The curriculum is solid and my knowledge of computer coding has gone from being able to manipulate user interfaces very well, to now creating said user interfaces and understanding the technical side, and so much more.

I have yet to use their job assistance, but i imagine it will far exceed my expectations, the same way everything else in the program so far has.

P.S *It’s intended to be a six month course, I’m only able to select a single day when publishing this review.*

I was looking for a Data Science bootcamp because I wanted to be more competitive in the job market and learn some new professional skills. After some research, I chose Thinkful. Difficult course with a very well-written curriculum, although there were one or two missing techniques I thought should have been in the curriculum as standard. For me, the best things about the course were the mentoring and the careers support. I also met a lot of fellow Thinkful students in my local area to network with. About a month after finishing the course, I got hired as a Data Scientist. All in all, it's been well worth the investment.

The pros: this program helps you to learn the material needed for a real job in the real world. It has a very rigorous and thorough curriculum that follows up on you with mentor sessions and frequent check-ins with your program manager.
The cons: if you slack off, you can fall behind graduation schedule very quickly. Since I haven't graduated yet, I have yet to know whether their program is going to succeed with placing me in a job or not.

I took on this course with very little programming experience and left with a breadth of knowledge beyond what I could have imagined. The program covers a ton of information and does a good job diving deeper into certain topics. My one piece of advice to future students would be to make sure your schedule will accommodate the amount of work that this course requires. While 25 hrs/week is what is supposed to be allotted for the course, there is such an intense amount of material to cover that the more time you have available the better. If you are taking this course part-time be sure to recognize when to draw the line with certain projects because it is easy to get caught up in one and find yourself falling behind. Other than that, this was the best decision I have made for my caree...

Thinkful has been a great course so far! I am about 2 months in, and have really gotten into the flow of the course. I chose Thinkful because I wanted a course that I could complete without actually having to show up to a physical classroom. The great thing is that you still get a massive amount of support. Between mentor meetings, classroom hours, and the community of students, I never feel overwhelmed or stuck. There is always somebody who can lend a hand and give insight to a problem. I tried learning all of this on my own before, but quickly got overwhelmed with the mass amount of technologies and information that is out there. Thinkful lays it all out for you, so that you can focus on learning the skills in an organized, efficient way.