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July 16, 2016
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Lambda School
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Learn coding from a Silicon Valley tech academy through remote classes from the Lambda School. Choose between a 30-week full-time bootcamp or a 12-month part-time course. The school’s deferred tuition model allows students to attend for free, paying nothing back until they’re making at least $50,000 a year.
*Full disclosure: Lambda asked me to write this review about 2 weeks after I had accepted a job, in exchange for some Lambda swag. I'm skeptical of any company that promises to replace traditional education, because it's often framed with ... -
Epicodus
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Epicodus is a full-time, in-person coding bootcamp that provides job search assistance and includes an internship with a tech company. Students enroll for free for the first five weeks and are invited to finish the program if they have sufficient grades and comply with all the guidelines.
I graduated from Epicodus in September 2018 and got hired by my internship host company right away. Actually, one of the main reasons why I chose Epicodus was an internship, included in the course. But overall experience turned out great. The ... -
Noble Desktop
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Noble Desktop offers a wide range of classes and certificate programs in coding and design. These can be taken in a full-time or part-time format. Courses vary between 2 and 120 hours and cost between $95 and $5,000.
I’m currently in school here for the full UX/UI program. After completing the UI course I feel confident that my skill set is going to help me land a great job. All 3 classes were run by Dan Rodney and his style of teaching made learning fun and ... -
Codeworks
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The goal at Codeworks is simple: Help you become a great software engineer who builds complex apps with an advanced understanding of JavaScript. Their 12-week coding bootcamp is intensive, outcome-oriented and designed to give you the right tools to succeed — from theory to building actual applications.
I just completed my course a month ago and I wish I never left for so many reasons. Barcelona is a lovely city - but don't get too excited about it, you'll just see some parts of it going to the Codeworks facilities. Because classes are Monday to ... -
DevelopMe_
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DevelopMe_ offers a 12-week, full-time immersive web developer bootcamp called the Coding Fellowship, as well as a part-time front-end web development course and one-day technical and creative workshops in Bristol, UK. On the Coding Fellowship students learn all the tools, technologies, processes and skills they need to start a career... Read More
I was part of the Summer 2018 Full Stack Web Dev Bootcamp and really enjoyed the experience. I wasn't sure I'd be able to re-train at this stage in my life (being ancient at the age of 31) but the trainers were very patient and the course really ... -
CodingNomads
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CodingNomads offers an array of scholarships to its students, to help further reduce its already-low tuition. Its bootcamps are taught virtually and at exotic locations all over the world, and vary in length from 1 to 16 weeks.
I attended the 2018 Java bootcamp in Playa del Carmen, Mexico which included 4 weeks remote work preparation, 8 weeks on site in Mexico and a following 4 weeks remote work on the final project. I had a great time on the course! Playa del Carmen ... -
Green Fox Academy
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Green Fox Academy offers a 4-month, full-time software development bootcamp in Budapest, Hungary and Prague, Czech Republic. Students will participate in a school-based mentoring methodology where only 10% of class time will be used for instruction. Throughout the training, learning will be based on completing assignments. In... Read More
The moment my training started I realized that I was surrounded by brilliant people, be it mentors or students, everybody was smarter than me, so I took this as a good sign. The first two months of training were extremely intense, sometimes with ... -
Starter League
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The Starter League empowers beginners to solve problems through technology. They teach two immersive, in-person programs: a 3-month Web Development course that takes beginners from zero to software developers, and Starter School, a 9-month program that prepares front end developers to build complex websites. For people with 9-to-5... Read More
I enrolled at Starter League in the fall of 2012 because I wanted to see if I could bring an idea I had been working on to life. If I'm being honest, I was not and am still not, what you'd call technically inclined. So, I decided to take the UX ... -
Velocity 360
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At Velocity 360, students learn ALL areas of the stack: backend, frontend, mobile, and even dev ops. Through Node, React and React Native, we are able to focus on a wider range of areas because the concepts are transferrable. This is a key reason why React & React Native are becoming so popular - one set of concepts can be applied... Read More
I came to Velocity 360 after I had tried to teach myself iOS for 2 months and was beginning to lose my way. I had flip-flopped a couple of times on what I should learn and had truly wasted a lot of time because of the indecision. I was taking a ... -
Sydney Dev Camp
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Please note: This school is closed and is no longer accepting students. The SwitchUp team no longer monitors this page for updates, but historical information is available for reference.
I thoroughly enjoyed my 10-week Digital Marketing Course at General Assembly. Managed to build a great knowledge base and incorporate the concepts into my business. A big thank you to my fabulous instructors Tom Willis and Jaden Dowd, who did an ... -
Upscale Academy
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Upscale Academy is an online coding school that helps students to become full-stack developers. They offer 2 tracks: a full-time immersive (14 weeks), and a part-time program (38 weeks). Upscale is also the first coding school to teach MeteorJS, despite its proven excellence and popularity. This framework will allow you to start... Read More
Before my study at upscale academy, I had a very little coding experience, so the only knowledge I had was first two modules of codeacademy.com and codeschool.com. Because I found it hard to study by myself. Upscale did a great job taking my ... -
Developer Bootcamp
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Our unique approach combines on-demand streaming with personal facilitation and comprehensive hands-on exercises to assure successful training and competence in the IT workplace. Our support staff provides personal setup assistance, guidance and lab equipment setup for each student. An instructor is assigned to each student to... Read More
If you're willing to put the time and energy into learning, Dev Bootcamp is a great way to learn the basics of web development. They really focus on teaching you how to learn indepently, with help when you need it. The first nine weeks help you ... -
CODEBASE
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Please note: This school is closed and is no longer accepting students. The SwitchUp team no longer monitors this page for updates, but historical information is available for reference. Codebase's iOS Training Lab is a 9-week deep dive into iOS development in Swift. Taught via immersive on-site instruction in beautiful Savannah,... Read More
Really a hands on experience walking through all the steps to coding your own app and becoming a junior Dev. Instructors were awesome and the lessons they taught were clear and concise while also nudging us to find our own answers to problems -
Startup Institute
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Startup Institute offers a 12-week, immersive program for coding students. Two months of dedicated career support are included, and students are also connected to a comprehensive network of startups and tech companies who hire recent graduates.
Startup Institute was recommended to me by one of my mentors. I had recently relocated to the Boston area after graduating college and knew that I wanted to join the local startup ecosystem, but had no idea how to go about it. What was certain is ... -
Skillcrush
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Skillcrush offers 3-month, online master classes known as "blueprints" that prepare students for a variety of roles in the tech industry. Students can take classes individually or choose one of the Skillcrush training packages. The "all-inclusive" package allows access to all the blueprints for nine months.
This is one of the most enlightening experiences that I've had in quite a while. I never dreamed that I would be learning a new skill at this stage of my life path and was initially skeptical about trying the program. Within the first 30 days I ... -
Whether you are looking to upgrade skills in your current field or looking for training in a whole new area, our Professional Certificates can help you take that next step on your career track. Our programs are designed with the needs of working adults in mind, with evening and weekend class sessions and at a... Read More
Some of the positives of the course: -Covered the sub areas of digital marketing very well. Organized also very well. -Quality of the material was mostly very good. Some opportunities for improvement: -Some of the advanced courses were perhaps a ... -
The App Academy NL
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The App Academy is a Mobile App Developers Academy headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, providing iOS - and Android talent programs for intermediate developers. After the application process talented developers receive a job contract starting with a full-time 2 months advanced training program. Once graduated... Read More
I started this boot camp with about half a year of iOS experience. I had done a handful of projects for myself and one project for a company. Even though I was doing alright in the field I wanted to get more knowledgeable and experienced in a ... -
Coding Dojo
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Coding Dojo has multiple in-person campuses located across the continental United States, as well as an online program that offers real-time instructor support. The full, 3-stack curriculum requires 14 weeks of on-site instruction, while the part-time, online program teaches students 2 stacks in a flexible, 20-week bootcamp.
Hello, I am a Computer Engineer student who wanted to supplement my abilities with Software Engineering. Coding Dojo provided amazing curriculum and instruction. A lot of people will definitely struggle but, it is worth it. Those struggles will ... -
Coding House
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Coding House calls itself the "The Only Full Immersion Javascript Bootcamp," with 110% money back guarantee. The program includes 60 intense days at Coding House, focused on learning to code and jumpstarting your career fast. You will share a room with a roommate and fully immerse yourself into the curriculum. If roommates aren't... Read More
My name is Sam Robertson, I’m a full stack developer at Revolution Messaging. Ever heard of Bernie Sanders? That was the company that helped drive the donation platform and I get to be a part of its’ future. I graduated from PennState in PA in ... -
9-week in-person JavaScript Full-Stack bootcamp JavaScript, React.js, React Native, Node, Express, MongoDB, Git, HTML5, CSS3 Monday to Friday, 9:30 till 19:30 The course is taught in English Financing options are available Take a fast track to the web development world The JavaScript Full-Stack Bootcamp takes place over... Read More
I attended Barcelona Code School, Aug - Oct 2018 and was very happy with the experience. I had previous programming and Javascript,HTML,CSS experience, and had been trying to teach myself web development. Because of this I had been slightly ... -
Covalence
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Covalence provides career-changing educational programs through their premier, online Full Stack Development coding bootcamp. In Covalence's Full Stack bootcamp, students learn the essentials of front-end, back-end, and database development by focusing on modern technologies and techniques, such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript (ES6), ReactJS,... Read More
I'm currently a student, and at about 1/3 of the way through the curriculum, I'm already applying stuff I've learned to the 'real world', even automating some of the work at my office job. The instructors are knowledgeable and are quick to ... -
General Assembly
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General Assembly offers a range of full-time, part-time, and self-paced courses. They have a number of financial assistance options available including loans and scholarships. For many of the programs, students are given a career coach and the opportunity to attend various networking events.
Making a career change is always scary but GA does a great job at preparing and supporting you with your transition and new career. I would not choose any other program in hind sight. It's the right amount of rigorous learning, fun experiences ... -
Treehouse
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Treehouse offers high value for its coding classes, with a 7-day free trial that is followed by a flat fee of $25 per month. Students can access hundreds of online classes in dozens of subjects. Classes are on-demand, and some videos are downloadable. Treehouse is partnered with industry leaders such as Microsoft and Amazon Alexa.
I was curious and SwitchUp had a 7 day free trial offer...I signed up to see what it was all about. Took the very basic HTML/CSS course (refresher for someone out of it for a long time). It was simply put together and didn't dally (a real plus!) ... -
Mobile Makers Edu
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Please note: This school is closed and is no longer accepting students. The SwitchUp team no longer monitors this page for updates, but historical information is available for reference. TEACHER TRAINING + CURRICULUM + SUPPORT for mobile app development high school courses. MobileMakersEdu is a complete solution for high... Read More
If you come here with a desire and passion to learn you will succeed! The 2 months flew by really fast but boy did I learn A LOT! The curriculum is set so that you get a good understanding of all the fundamentals of building an iOS app. A lot of ... -
SoftStack Factory
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SoftStack Factory is a non-profit, part-time, 24-week full-stack web and mobile development immersion bootcamp in San Diego, California. The four-phase immersive program focuses on applying an immersion bootcamp model with on-the-job-training to teach students JavaScript, HTML, MEAN, and mobile development. Students of the... Read More
After completing SoftStack at the end of 2017, I can see that the experience has positively affected my career. My cohort took place during program shifts and development. What I saw was a program that really matured and improved and continues to ... -
Simplon
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Simplon.co is a startup factory where we empower entrepreneur-programmers. Every 5 months, we train 24 underpriviliged smart people on web development, and help them to build web startups for social good.
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The Devs Lab
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Please note: This school is closed and is no longer accepting students. The SwitchUp team no longer monitors this page for updates, but historical information is available for reference. The Devs Lab is an intensive Javascript bootcamp focusing on the MEAN stack located in Oceanside CA. It is one of the most affordable code... Read More
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Hackership
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Please note: This school is now closed and is no longer accepting students. Hackership is a hands on, self-directed learning retreat for developers. We run 9 week Batches in our hometown Berlin, and other locations worldwide. Ready to take your skills to the next level?
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Brandman University
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Earn your B.S. in Information Technology with up to 17 different IT certifications possibly counting for academic credit! In addition, you will graduate with not only your degree but also 6 IT certifications! A value worth up to $1200! MyPath, a competency-based education model, is a true measure of your skills. You have... Read More
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KeepCoding
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KeepCoding is the first Career Accelerator for Developers. It offers a 48-week online full stack web and mobile development bootcamp and a Bootcamp on Big Data and Machine Learning. KeepCoding also offers a 4-week program to start programming based on Python, the "Bootcamp Aprender a Programar desde cero" which is taught entirely in... Read More
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Palm Beach Code School (PBCS) offers hands-on training programs that teach the coding languages, technologies, and fundamentals of computer science. With an emphasis on HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, jQuery, MySQL, PBCS aims to incorporate the languages, frameworks and technologies necessary to prepare graduates for... Read More
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nTier Training
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nTier corporate training offers 8-week technical courses in full-stack web development. Students are trained in test driven development, Java, Design, and DevOps. Their hands-on approach helps teams to develop effective working systems and hone collaborative skills.
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The Valley DBS
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We are a business school specialized in the digital sector. Our goal is to accelerate the development of the digital talent and knowledge network. We drive the digital transformation of professionals and companies through training, employment support and digital entrepreneurship. With a practical methodology, our training is... Read More
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TechLaunch
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TechLaunch’s Web Developer and Cyber Security Network Technician programs are 9-month bootcamps in Miami, FL designed to turn beginners into professionals. Whether you want to become a full stack web developers or a certified Security & Network Tech, our programs are designed so that students can continue to work while they learn. In... Read More
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ICBootcamp
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ICBootcamp Lahore, Pakistan is a immersive coding school providing software engineering education and career placement services at a very cost effect price. It is the first in Pakistan to provide an onsite immersive course in its Lahore campus and through its presence in UK, it is offering a 3 month full-time online immersive course.... Read More
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The course transforms beginning students into entry-level full stack web developers. Learn how to code and design web and mobile responsive applications professionally in a full-time immersive course. This coding program covers both front end and back end web development topics, starting with client-side programming... Read More
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iD Tech
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Students ages 7-18 learn to code, design video games, mod Minecraft, create with Roblox, engineer robots, print 3D characters, work with AI, build laptops, learn about cybersecurity, and more! Held at 150+ locations nationwide, including Stanford, NYU, and many others. This summer, kids and teens can explore a prestigious campus, make... Read More
