Vanderbilt University Boot Camps

We appreciate your review, Joe! It's great to hear you enjoyed the curriculum and felt supported by our entire instructional staff. Like you noted, this is a fast-paced course that covers a wide range of topics in a condensed amount of time, and requires... Read More student to dedicate extensive time both inside and outside of the classroom to be successful. We commend you on all of the work you committed on this journey to learning full stack web development!

You are absolutely right that while we work hard to prepare students to step out into the job market, we do not secure direct employment. We help individuals become employer competitive through a variety of resources and tools, including technical interview training, portfolio reviews, resume support, online Tech Talk panels, and one-on-one coaching. We hope you found these to be beneficial. We're always working to optimize our career services offering, so we value your input. Congratulations on completing the program, we are rooting you on as you continue forth! —Vanderbilt University Boot Camps

Thank you for sharing your review. We regret to hear that your experience did not meet your expectations.

It is our goal to provide a robust learning experience and maximum support to our students through the boot camp, but from your review, we understand... Read More that the course instruction was not what you had hoped for and you would have liked to cover JavaScript more deeply.

Our curriculum is designed to teach proficiency in tools and technologies demanded by the local market, so learners present a high value to potential employers following program completion. Due to the self-paced nature of the program, we begin with Ruby on Rails. Ruby is a useful starting language for self-paced learning, as it is more accessible and similar to English than many languages, making debugging easier. We do our best to communicate this throughout the admissions process, as we want students to enter the course knowing the skills they will leave with. We pride ourselves on teaching students how to learn, so that they may easily dive into other languages and technologies using the foundational skills acquired in the program.

We are committed to learners feeling confident in their skills upon leaving our boot camp, so we'd love to hear from you directly to see what else we can do at this time to best meet your expectations and reinforce your learning. If you would like, please reach out to us at (615) 200-1138. - Vanderbilt Boot Camps

Thank you for your feedback. We regret your experience did not meet your expectations.

We understand how challenging and fast-paced our program can be, living up to its boot camp name, and we do our best to ensure students are aware of the commitment it... Read More requires. While our boot camp model is rigorous, covering a great deal of knowledge in a limited amount of time, our course is designed for individuals across a wide range of proficiency levels—ranging from those who may have more experience to novice self-starters.

Topics are introduced at a higher level in-class, after which students are expected to dive in and not only gain a deeper understanding of the concepts but practice their skills outside of the classroom. This helps individuals learn how to problem-solve and self-teach, two key developer skills. As the curriculum progresses, most students do feel more confident in the knowledge they have gained.

Because we understand that this is a difficult course, we do provide office hours and various other avenues for outside help including tutoring, in-person and virtual office hours, Slack, email, and phone. We hope you were able to benefit from these resources.

It's our goal for all students to leave the program feeling confident in their skills, so we would welcome the opportunity to speak with you and determine what additional assistance we can provide for you at this time. If you would like, please reach out to us directly at (615) 200-1138. — Vanderbilt University Boot Camps Team