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I took two online classes at General Assembly in 2019. I was referred by a colleague who raved about GA at the first place and I was telling myself why not trying as I was not sure if I wanted to pursue a degree on subjects I wanted to learn for my job. Due to frequency of travels back in the days, I could not afford to take offline classes at one of GA’s locations. Instead, I was able to sign up for a 100% online class. What I loved the most about GA online class was how each course runs 100% facilitator-led, not a self-paced course. I felt I was at a class in person - that explains how interactive each course that GA offers. Instructors are from the field who have experience with GA and who are experts on the field they teach. I would love to take any classes that GA has to offer in the future. I took some other self-paced certificate courses from well known Ivy League schools but I must say GA courses helped me the most to advance. Highly recommended.

I have always been skeptical of online classes as they have not engaged me in learning and I felt my learning was less than it would be in person. This class was well done, very engaging and both the Instructor and instructor's assistant were extremely helpful and responsive

'd never have been able to transition fully into the Digital/Tech & UX spaces without the User Experience Design Immersive at GA that I undertook at the end of 2019. It was truly a transformative experience where I got to meet industry pros, my fantastic cohort, guest lecturers and engaged teachers. Given the time-frame, the curriculum was overall well balanced as a long as you are aware of that you are being taught the "Cookie-cutter" UX-process and that it will most likely differ to what you'll experience as a working professional. Post-GA I was able to score a job not even a month after graduating, and this was at the height of the global pandemic in the beginning of 2020. Later in the year I ended up as a UX/UI Designer at Vodafone in London earning 44.000 GBP per year, which from my understanding is way above average for people graduating from GA. Pro's: - The London Campus, which is a fantastic environment filled with daily seminars after class and is overall a highly motivating and stimulating environment to immerse yourself in. - The cohort, I've met some friends for life and the support and encouragement of the fellow students truly contributed to the learning experience. - The outcomes team did overall do a very fine job in terms of the job support and post-course preparation for the job search. Con's: - Not always up to the latest developments in the industry with the rise of the product designer title, requiring more focus on product thinking, strategy and growth. - Not everyone will be able to progress as fast as I did since I'm leaning on 10+ years of experience in other fields of design - although this wasn't always completely clearly communicated in my opinion when you often have people joining without any design experience what so ever which will result in a much harder time getting a job afterwards in the current highly competitive job market for juniors (at least in London) - Expensive, and will not fit everyone's budget.

The Data Analytics course gave me exactly what I was looking for - a comprehensive overview of Excel, SQL, and Tableau. The instructors were hands-on, mixing lecture with plenty of opportunities to jump in and practice ourselves (with them on hand to answer questions). I found this to be the most valuable part of being in class - holding the time on my calendar and having live instructors on hand to guide me through content. This class was very practical. I wish we'd spent a little more time on SQL.

I signed up for the accelerated Digital Marketing course which ran for about a week. Before the class, I was a bit rusty with Facebook Ads, Google Analytics/Ads and SEO. The instructor delivered real life marketing campaigns from his own business that helped us better understand how to formulate our customer persona + target market and take that research to design optimal websites/fb pages for our clients or business . I came out having finished a marketing campaign for my consulting practice. I was able to create websites + facebook pages for my clients and nurture the campaign by setting realistic KPI's; delivering optimal solutions. The marketing campaign I built for the class project became my template for future campaigns and really a recipe for success. I'm still involved with GA as an attendee of their workshops and from time to time I go there to network or work on independent projects. It's a really cool friendly community. Once you become an alumni, the possibilities are endless.

I started at GA during lock-down, so all classes were online, but that didn't stop the class from being fully engaged! Every session was thoughtfully planned out and I was able to balance everything with full-time work. I highly recommend this course for anyone who is looking to upskill their career into UX.

I finished my Remote Immersive General Assembly bootcamp about 1 month ago, and I absolutely loved it! Pro's - Lots of of topics covered (languages, frameworks etc) in short amount of time. - Daily (fun) homework thats there to support you understanding on material covered in class. - Great homework support with additional teachers. - Material covered during class are compared to real life scenarios where you would use skills in actual job. - Career coaching support, they help you get ready to find a job (during and after bootcamp). Cons - A pre-course to the bootcamp would be nice, this as its a lot of material going high-paced. If you do not stay on top of your homework/practice skills you will not pass this bootcamp. Be ready to study +-80-100 hours a week.

There are no cons. The curriculum is challenging in a good way and very well organized. The instructors are terrifically qualified and have patient attention to the detail of any question a student can have. I would recommend thew program to anyone that is interested in technical fields.

Was looking into switching careers and reached out go GA to see what opportunities they have. Their recruiters were amazing and extremely helpful with all of the questions I had. I heard from friends about how great their UX program was (they did the in person ones though, which are being offered at the time). I signed up for the remote option (12 week full time program). It was an awesome class, the instructors were knowledgeable, the projects were meaningful and the classmates I met were awesome and supportive. We had the opportunity to work with real world clients, solving real world problems. I am still working with career services to find a full time role, but the course itself was awesome.

My experience with GA has been nothing but awesome. My instructor has a solid background in Math and Statistics, he is able to explain abstract concepts in a simple and easy-to-understand manner. Importantly, the curriculum is challenging but manageable, even for people who have almost zero experience with Python programming. They have multiple projects to immediately apply what you have learned, which was really helpful in "locking" it inside your memory. While looking for a job, graduating from GA definitely gave me an edge over other schools which also provide similar bootcamps. It pushes us to do challenging capstone projects which are relevant to our local context, which impressed the interviewers.