WBS Coding School

I recommend and would do it again. WBS Coding School works as a part of the WBS Gruppe. It differentiates itself from other parts of WBS (and as far as I know other more conventional education services in Germany) with a more contemporary approach. Instructors... Read More are industry specialists who lead through the curriculum like team leads in the industry. The focus thereby lies not on the outcome but on the individual growth. I always felt understood in my problems and that there is no hindrance in bringing up any minor issue. What you get: - Skills on what to do in for certain reoccurring problems in the field - Room to test and improve on said skills - at least touch all relevant areas in the industry - a very trustworthy certificate - if you want a personal connection to the instructors, the wbs team, your class mates and also to the other students What you don't get: - University or school like frontal lessons - The bigger background (f. i. there is not time to elaborate why certain statistical operations, or algorithmic methods came to be and what the deeper reason might be - it all remains on a rather practical level) - time to slack (you can do it with extracurricular activities and an effective scheduling discipline, however you will get the most of it, when you really are able to lose yourself in the matter and use the spontaneously appearing spots of nothing is to do to relax) - a degree - an anonymous institution where you fade into the background without being noticed or treated more then a mere number

At WBS I was welcomed with open arms and they made me feel confident from day one. They never missed an email or a call, they replied all my questions within hours, and they guided me through all the preparation and the content of the course beforehand.... Read More The course was VERY practical, everything we learned was applied to real examples that we could face in future work environments. During the course, I felt challenged every week, I had to work really hard, but the compensation was there at the end of the day/week. Also the instructors would never let me fall behind at any moment, and kept the whole group together. The school also has a career service that has done an AMAZING job supporting us adapting our profiles to apply for different jobs. Many of us were changing careers and this was key for presenting us to the new market. I started the course to scale my potential and skills after 7 years working in Marketing and PR. I was afraid at first of not being a good fit because I had no big coding experience, and most schools only welcome students from hard science background, which was not my case. All the staff of WBS has created the best environment for us to exchange and have the best experience possible. We met with former students who are already inserted in the job market, we met with experts in the field, and we could all see the benefits of working hard at the end of the day. I totally recommend the Data Science course at WBS :)

If you're looking for a career change definitely go for it! It is 15 weeks full of intensive learning, but you're never alone. You will have a great instructor and different junior instructors who you can always ask your questions to get unstuck. If the... Read More stress is becoming too much, reach out to the amazing community managers! They are always genuinely happy to help you. And last but not least all your questions regarding your future job you can ask to the great people at career services. Of course the learning part is an important one, but the community makes this experience memorable. You meet wonderful people and have your first connections for your future, I would without thinking do it all over again.

What to say about this wonderful experience 😌, well the beginning is already intuitive, right? I've never had previous experience with programming before and I must say that these guys know what they're doing. To real beginner students, the challenge... Read More of keeping motivated along the course is gigantic, sometimes almost impossible even, but the community managers, teachers, and Jr instructors are simply wonderful with empathy, and will support you all the way until you're ready to shine again. I can only guarantee that they will try 100% of their effort to make your life easier during this exhaustive training. Not mentioning the quality of the lectures. As a former teacher, I keep high standards on evaluating someone else's teaching skills, and it's beautiful to see your teacher becoming the best version of themselves with you. If you're looking for a place to be yourself and work hard, there's no better choice for you. Work hard, cry, get better, make friends, enjoy the community and CODE. This is going to be your chaotic perfect life as a student. To sum up, you are in good hands! 🏆💻

The WBS Coding School offers an exceptionally well organized and structured learning experience. The preparation phase makes sure that everyone has a basic concept of HTML, CSS, Javascript and Git. Therefore everyone in your batch has at least a decent... Read More understanding of coding before the 15 weeks of hard, challenging but nonetheless fulfilling learning begins. They make sure that you get all the help you need and additionally teach you how to get you first job as a web developer. There are talks with different person from the industry and a lot of ressources to choose from. You will improve your ability to work with others but also develop strategies to help yourself if you are stuck with a problem. Of course you don't learn everything in 15 weeks but I would claim that you will get the confidence and the skill to tackle a large proportion of every coding problem you might encounter. I really recommend to checkout the community demo days. There you get a good impression of your abilites at the end of 15 weeks and of the overall atmosphere at this school.

One of my luckiest choices to select the "Full Stack Web Dev Bootcamp" at WBS Coding School, it was a great experience, I learned a lot (even with prior knowledge of coding), but the support and teaching here is from another level, after four (sometimes... Read More hard) months you actually feel and think like a Software Developer, even as a beginner! A tip: it's worth doing the final project live on the campus in berlin, a very fun, supportive and enjoyable time.

Learning html, css, javaScript and a ton of additional technologies for front and back end is not an easy undertaking. No less in just 15 weeks. But instructors (main instructor plus many junior instructors who are just waiting to help you), community... Read More managers, and the career staff are doing everything they can to make this experience as good and efficient as possible. All you need to do is study hard ;) But that is also easier with such a good staff and a community of your fellow students that struggle and succeed with you :) The 15 weeks were quite intense but over much faster then I hoped for and very much worth while :) Thank you WBS Coding School Team!

It was very intensive, sometimes overwhelming, but with big support from instructors and colleagues, everything was easier. I'm grateful for their patience, support, help, and knowledge they shared with me. After only a few months we became colleagues... Read More and friends.

Taking on a career change is never easy but on a recommendation, I applied to complete the Web and App Development bootcamp with WBS. What a great decision! Having never really touched coding before, I was anxious about how I was going to learn all about... Read More these new skills. The Staff and support that is offered from WBS is incredible. I really was amazed with how much I learned in a short space of time and the wonderful things we were able to create. WBS really establishes a sense of community that offers guidance from all levels of peer interaction, alumni, junior instructors and course instructors. Highly recommended!

Overall: Well prepared curriculum covering the important components to enable you to develop a full-stack web application (Front End, Styling, Web-Server, Backend, Database). Additional lectures in agile methodes (e.g. SCRUM) are also part though a little... Read More brief. Language was English. Learning materials: Free access to platforms "codeCademy" and "LinkedIn Learning" during the period are included. They offer a huge bunch of courses on all kinds of themes. The codeCademy are well made step-by-step tutorials with a large part of hands-on-exercises. Many of them are mandatory. Official certificates can be obtained. Other resources like CodeSandbox are used frequently. Many others like web services are introduced i.e. to host own data bases, web sites or web services or latest styling frame works. This is extremely useful for your own projects - also for the time after the course period. Career: During 3 career days you are supervised on your CV, the uses of social media (in particular LinkedIn) and the interview. Group work to simulate the interview situation and giving feedback on each others CVs are part of this. The WBS personell is very helpful in giving individual feedback to your own CV etc. There are guest speaker sessions with different topics in a continuous sequence, most of them interesting for young professionals. Job and trainee offers are posted on the according Discord channel almost on daily basis. Daily structure: 9:00 daily followed by some CodeWars-Katas to practise plain JavaScript. Introduction to a new theme using some slides. 3/4 of the days practising on your own or in small groups by means of smaller programming tasks (i.e. realizing a given web design template using HTML+CSS, reading data from a specified web service and displaying it etc.). Final meeting before 18:00. Support: One teacher for a 15 students group explaning new techniques and jumping from student to student or from group to group providing help during the practise time. Additional teachers available all the time to book for a one-to-one session. This is very helpful. Final project: The last three weeks of the course are reserved for a final project where you develop your own full-stack web application in a team of usually two students. The topic is chosen by yourself as long as it contains front- and back-end development with a database. After completion the result is presented to a jury of teachers and three of the projects a chosen to be presented to a larger audience (all WBS students and teachers). Also a self-presenting video has to be created. If desired this video is published on the web. The final project is a hard time for the students but the most rewarding in terms of learning programming, communication and project management skills. The most important part of the course. Critics: Very steep learning curve especially for beginners - but that's inherent. The teacher was always well prepared though sometimes had problems due to his local time zone (second half of the course he was located in western Canada while the course was 900-1800 CET). Conclusion: Well structured course covering the curcial topics you need to develop a full-stack web application. Lots of material and resources. Good personal support. Also covering soft topics like job application.