| | Michael Frank | Beginning my journey just out of high school wanting to become a full stack web developer I was very lost. I had searched for hours on end looking for schools all over the US that were what I was looking for. I went to numerous colleges and trade schools but they all seemed to just want my money. Talking and glorifying just a handful of their graduates when they have had hundreds of thousands come through. Then I stumbled upon Code Career Academy. A local trade school in Lawrenceville, Georgia. I could tell right away when visiting Code Career Academy it was different from the rest of the schools I had previously toured/visited, because they didn't try and suck me in with all these flashy amenities when the real purpose of the school is to learn and further your knowledge and career path. While attending the Full-Time course I never thought I would learn so much in just 7 months give or take. I went from knowing absolutely nothing in the Web Development world to coding as well as designing websites for myself to quickly becoming very appealing in the job market with a portfolio filled with high quality work dealing with front and back end development. Along with all the great work I created myself I really liked the team & networking aspect that Code Career Academy provided. In the development world chances are you will work on a team of some sort to accomplish a goal and what better way to help prepare us all for that than to have our class split up or all come together to accomplish something. As well as once a week on Fridays if we had anything we were stuck on or just lost and didn't wanna speak up in class we had one on ones with the instructor(Jeff) and he would help guide us through and really made sure we understood what he was explaining and teaching to us, which I really think goes above and beyond. When talking to Jeff you can clearly tell he knows what he is talking about and his experience in this field is very impressive. I have never been so pleased and satisfied by how much potential Code Career Academy provided me with.
PROS:
- Relativity small class
- Learning is at a very good pace I believe
- Teacher is very good with communication
- Teacher is incredibly knowledgeable
- No one is left behind in the class
- One on Ones with teacher
- Able to re-watch lectures online or ping in via skype if we couldn't make it to class or simply didn't pick up on it first time through
- lecture time is very good with breaks put in between
- after every lecture we had hours to work on projects and could ask instructor for help
CONS:
Honestly I have zero complaints and I highly doubt anyone could with how much you will learn and how much your trade/skill as a developer improves |
