| | Anonymous | I am pretty sure that five years ago, this was a great course. The founders identified a real demand in the market for developers, and a small group of dedicated, experienced people did create a great course to help talented individuals with no previous background in coding kickstart their career as developers.
But then they decided, that they need to grow. And as the organization grew, they were unable to maintain the high standards they had for the recruitment of both of their own stuff, and potential students as well. The fact that new players emerged on the market made it even more difficult for them.
As of now, the only department that is still doing their job as well, as in the begining is marketing. Which is double whammy, because it means that they can reach and communicate their message and promises very well, and to many people, but then are unable to deliver on them. The mentors are in general vastly underqualified, some of them never even had any real-life job, only completed the same junior developer course we did (And I advise you not to).
Of course it is not a surprise that they stayed at Green Fox as a mentor, because the biggest Achilles heel (or rather and Achilles leg..) of the whole course is job support and placement at partner companies.The number of partner companies they claim to have at any pre-course event is immeasurably higher, than those who are there to hire, or even consider hiring people. Most of the opportunities are not developer jobs, and even from these few developer positions, a great deal is actually requiring a different technology then what was used during the course. Do not misunderstand me, I am not against learning new tools and languages. But situations like this even more emphasize, that Green Fox is not monitoring the changes in demand on the market correctly. If they only have a few partners, why dont they cover their specific needs better? They could probably attract more companies, if they did.
To sum up; The surroundings are great, the people are cool and friendly and helpful, the dogs are nice. The only thing missing is the actual product you paid almost 4000 € for – the junior developer course provided and managed by experts that will get you a job. If only they dared to stay small (no need to have multiple classes, when you do not have enough proper mentors) and reacted to the changing circumstances better, this could still be a course I would gladly recommend to anyone. But they did not, so I can not. |
