| | Anonymous | Notice how most of these glowing reviews are from students who are still in the program. They have not yet experienced the lack of school support in the job search and the absurdity of the year 2 curriculum. Plus, Holberton School offers gift cards to students who post reviews, even though they have not finished the program.
I graduated from Holberton School and was able to get a job. However, looking back at how much it costs compared to other alternatives and how nonexistent the job support was, it is definitely not worth the money.
I did everything by myself to find a job. There was no such thing as school support or a supportive professional network. If you’re looking for that, DO NOT come here. Need more proof? My cohort started with ~34 students and ended up with ~15 students. After our first year graduation, only 9 of us have jobs after 6 months. How is that for student support?
The cost of Holberton can come up to $85000 for a pitiful one year curriculum and a useless second year curriculum. The first year curriculum is basically all free URL links you can find yourself and the second year curriculum is of poor quality. Please do yourself a huge favor and choose another place (college or another boot camp). Think about it - 85K is worth more than a Masters at a top level graduate school! Do you think it’s worth it for a curriculum that basically links you to free online websites?
Please, please, please do not make the mistake I made. Even though I was able to get a job, I deeply regret my decision and hope to prevent others from doing the same. |
