careerfoundry
About
About
CareerFoundry is an online bootcamp that offers flexibly paced programs for career changers in web development, UX design, UI design, and data analytics. Headquartered in Berlin but with a global student base, CareerFoundry has provided tech education since 2013. CareerFoundry combines the flexibility of online learning with the guidance of mentors and tutors through their dual mentorship model, training students to become job-ready in four to 12 month or their money back.
All programs cover the in-demand job skills required as well as real-world tools employed by professionals in the field. The 7-month Web Development Program explores HTML, CSS, JavaScript, API building, server-side development, test-driven development, progressive web apps, native app development, and more and covers how and when to use industry-standard tools including Atom, GitHub, Node, React, Angular, Vue, and Bootstrap and more. The 10-month UX Design Course explores the entire UX design process including user research and testing, rapid prototyping, iterative design, interaction design, responsive design, and visual design, and covers the tools Balsamiq, Sketch, Figma, InVision and more. The 6-month UI Design Program explores responsive design, visual design principles, designing for different platforms, wireframing, mockups, prototyping, testing, and UX design. It covers the tools Sketch, Adobe XD, InVision, Balsamiq, Figma and more. The 9-month Data Analytics Program explores statistical analysis and testing, data visualisation, data querying, predictive analysis and covers the programming language Python and tools Excel, TableauTableu, PostgreSQL and more.
All students will graduate with projects they can show to potential employers to ensure they land their first job. Web development students will create a simple portfolio website and a variety of apps, including a native app as well as a NoSQL database-driven React app complete with its own API. UX Design students work on three complete apps for their portfolio, choosing from various project options. UI Design students build a marketable portfolio that includes the UI for eight projects. Data analytics students work on six projects, covering designing and producing visualizations, dashboards, reports, presentations, and more.
Students have access to a dedicated Career Specialist who provides tailored coaching for job hunting and interviewing. Graduates of the program who do not land a job within six months of graduating are eligible for a full refund.
No previous experience is required to apply for the programs. Students should have access to a computer and an internet connection, and an interest in the topic they are planning to study. Students apply via the CareerFoundry website by connecting with an advisor who can talk through their options. Students will need to pay a deposit to secure their place, then complete the required pre-work before the program commences.
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Courses
Courses
Data Analytics Program
ApplyStart Date Rolling Start Date Cost $6,900 Class size 25 Location Online In this program, you'll learn all the job skills, tools, and processes you need to break into your new career as a data analyst—with a job guarantee to boot. You’ll receive individualized mentorship through our dual mentorship model that pairs you with not one but two data professionals to support, advise, and give feedback throughout the program. The program is 100% online and flexibly-paced, and our curriculum is expert-authored and built entirely in-house, providing a rigorous, project-based, and adaptive learning experience. The full journey is split into three parts: Intro to Data Analytics, Data Immersion, and Job Preparation. This setup ensures you start out with the basics, and finish as an expert in data analytics with a professional portfolio with real-world projects to set you apart in the job market. You’ll also have a solid approach to your job search, and the ongoing support of our Career Services Team as you apply for jobs and prepare for interviews as a qualified data analyst.Financing
Deposit N/A Financing Full tuition available through our partner Skills FundTuition Plans Contact us at olivia@careerfoundry.com for tuition plans and pricing in Euros and Pounds. Refund / Guarantee Two week trial period—cancel and receive a full refund. Job guarantee available for eligible applicants. Scholarship Contact us at olivia@careerfoundry.com to learn about scholarships offered. Getting in
Minimum Skill Level None—suitable for complete beginners Prep Work None required Placement Test No Interview No
Frontend Development for Designers Course
ApplyStart Date Rolling Start Date Cost $2,000 Class size 25 Location Online This course covers the most important frontend development skills in a no-nonsense, streamlined approach and will walk you through the entire development process for creating a simple yet functional portfolio site to showcase your creative work. By the end of the course, you’ll not only know how to code with HTML and CSS, but how to debug and use JavaScript to add interactivity to a website, as well. Perhaps most importantly, you’ll also be able to speak the language of “code,” endowing you with the ability to communicate any technical issues you notice within the designs of a website or application. This will enable you to effectively collaborate with developers and coordinate cross-team projects throughout your career—an essential part of any design role. We’ll pair you with a web development professional to support, advise, and give individualized feedback and mentoring from day one. The course is 100% online and flexibly-paced, and our curriculum is expert-authored and built entirely in-house. The learning experience this provides is rigorous, project-based, and adaptive—designed to empower you to acquire all the skills you’ll need to take your current job to the next level. *This course is appropriate for qualified designers, or can be selected as a third-module specialization of our UX or UI Design Programs.Financing
Deposit N/A Tuition Plans 2 monthly instalments or an upfront fee. Contact us at olivia@careerfoundry.com for pricing in Euros and Pounds. Refund / Guarantee Two week trial period—cancel and receive a full refund. Getting in
Minimum Skill Level Students must have basic UX design experience. Prep Work None required Placement Test No Interview No
Intro to Data Analytics Course
ApplyStart Date Rolling Start Date Cost $690 Class size 25 Location Online In this course, you’ll learn everything you need to gain a solid understanding of key data analysis skills, processes, and principles. It’s the perfect solution for those brand-new to the subject and a great way to see whether data analysis is the right career for you. You’ll receive individualized mentorship through our dual mentorship model that pairs you with not one but two data professionals to support, advise, and give feedback throughout the course. Work on a real-world project and learn about the essential deliverables employers and teams need as you build an end-to-end analysis for your course project. The course is 100% online and flexibly-paced, and our curriculum is expert-authored and built entirely in-house. The learning experience this provides is rigorous, project-based, and adaptive—designed to empower you to acquire all the skills you’ll need to take your current job to the next level, and how to use and analyze data to make better decisions. *The Intro to Data Course constitutes the first module of the full Data Analytics Program. You can choose to continue to the full program on completion of the course.Financing
Deposit N/A Tuition Plans Upfront payments only. Contact us at olivia@careerfoundry.com for pricing in EUR, GBP, CAD and AUD. Refund / Guarantee Two week trial period—cancel and receive a full refund. Getting in
Minimum Skill Level None—suitable for complete beginners Prep Work None required Placement Test No Interview No
Intro to Frontend Development Course
ApplyStart Date Rolling Start Date Cost $690 Class size 25 Location Online In this course, you’ll learn the fundamental frontend development languages (HTML and CSS); and apply core web development skills. It’s the perfect solution for those brand-new to the subject and a great way to see whether web development is the right career for you. You’ll receive individualized mentorship through our dual mentorship model that pairs you with not one but two data professionals to support, advise, and give feedback throughout the course. Work on a real-world project and learn about the essential deliverables employers and teams need as you build a portfolio site coded from scratch using HTML and CSS, (uploaded to GitHub) for your course project. The course is 100% online and flexibly-paced, and our curriculum is expert-authored and built entirely in-house. The learning experience this provides is rigorous, project-based, and adaptive—designed to empower you to acquire all the skills you’ll need to take your current job to the next level. *The Intro to Frontend Development Course constitutes the first module of the full Full Stack Web Development Program. You can choose to continue to the full program on completion of the Intro to Frontend Development course.Financing
Deposit N/A Tuition Plans Upfront payments only. Contact us at olivia@careerfoundry.com for pricing in EUR, GBP, CAD and AUD. Refund / Guarantee Two week trial period—cancel and receive a full refund. Getting in
Minimum Skill Level None—suitable for complete beginners Prep Work None required Placement Test No Interview No
Intro to UI Design Course
ApplyStart Date Rolling Start Date Cost $690 Class size 25 Location Online In this course, you’ll learn how to build a design from the ground up, exploring the basics of design tools as you progress through the course. It’s the perfect solution for those brand-new to the subject and a great way to see whether UI design is the right career for you. You’ll receive individualized mentorship through our dual mentorship model that pairs you with not one but two data professionals to support, advise, and give feedback throughout the course. Work on a real-world project and learn about the essential deliverables employers and teams need as you recreate screens for an app for your course project to ensure that you’ve mastered an industry-standard design tool and have experience designing an app from the ground up. The course is 100% online and flexibly-paced, and our curriculum is expert-authored and built entirely in-house. The learning experience this provides is rigorous, project-based, and adaptive—designed to empower you to acquire all the skills you’ll need to take your current job to the next level. *The Intro to UI Design Course constitutes the first module of the full UI Design Program. You can choose to continue to the full program on completion of the Intro to UI Design course.Financing
Deposit N/A Tuition Plans Upfront payments only. Contact us at olivia@careerfoundry.com for pricing in EUR, GBP, CAD and AUD. Refund / Guarantee Two week trial period—cancel and receive a full refund. Getting in
Minimum Skill Level None—suitable for complete beginners Prep Work None required Placement Test No Interview No
Intro to UX Design Course
ApplyStart Date Rolling Start Date Cost $690 Class size 25 Location Online In this course, you’ll learn about every phase of the UX design process, gain an understanding of the industry as a whole, and discover how UXers think. It’s the perfect solution for those brand-new to the subject and a great way to see whether UX design is the right career for you. You’ll receive individualized mentorship through our dual mentorship model that pairs you with not one but two UX design professionals to support, advise, and give feedback throughout the course. Work on a real-world project and learn about the essential deliverables employers and teams need as you build an app for your course project. The course is 100% online and flexibly-paced, and our curriculum is expert-authored and built entirely in-house. The learning experience this provides is rigorous, project-based, and adaptive—designed to empower you to acquire all the skills you’ll need to take your current job to the next level, and how to use UX design to make better decisions. *The Intro to UX Design Course constitutes the first module of the full UX Design Program. You can choose to continue to the full program on completion of the Intro to UX Design course.Financing
Deposit N/A Tuition Plans Upfront payments only. Contact us at olivia@careerfoundry.com for pricing in EUR, GBP, CAD and AUD. Refund / Guarantee Two week trial period—cancel and receive a full refund. Getting in
Minimum Skill Level None—suitable for complete beginners Prep Work None required Placement Test No Interview No
UI Design Program
ApplyStart Date Rolling Start Date Cost $6,900 Class size 25 Location Online In this program, you’ll learn all the job skills, tools, and processes you need to break into your new career as a UI designer—with a job guarantee to boot. You’ll receive individualized mentorship through our dual mentorship model that pairs you with not one but two UI professionals to support, advise, and give feedback throughout the program. The program is 100% online and flexibly-paced, and our curriculum is expert-authored and built entirely in-house, providing a rigorous, project-based, and adaptive learning experience. The full journey is split into four parts: Intro to UI Design, UI Immersion, your choice of one specialization (Frontend Development for Designers, or Voice User Interface Design), and Job Preparation. This setup ensures you start out with the basics, and finish as an expert in UI Design with specialized knowledge and a professional portfolio with real-world projects to set you apart in the job market. You’ll also have a solid approach to your job search, and the ongoing support of our Career Services Team as you apply for jobs and prepare for interviews as a qualified UI designer.Financing
Deposit N/A Financing Financing available via Skills FundTuition Plans Contact us at olivia@careerfoundry.com for tuition plans and pricing in Euros and Pounds. Refund / Guarantee Two week trial period—cancel and receive a full refund. Job guarantee available for eligible applicants. Scholarship Contact us at olivia@careerfoundry.com to learn about scholarships offered. Getting in
Minimum Skill Level None required Prep Work None required Placement Test No Interview No
UI for UX Designers Course
ApplyStart Date Rolling Start Date Cost $2,000 Class size 25 Location Online Built in collaboration with design leader, InVision, this fast-track course takes you through the process of designing the user interface of a responsive app from scratch to include in your design portfolio. By the end of the course, you’ll have mastered the theory behind beautiful UI design, and have the hands-on, technical skills needed to apply it to your own projects. With your combined knowledge of UX and UI, you’ll know how to please and effectively communicate to your users through every screen you design, and have the polished UI for a fully responsive app to prove it! We’ll pair you with a UI professional to support, advise, and give individualized feedback and mentoring from day one. The course is 100% online and flexibly-paced, and our curriculum is expert-authored and built entirely in-house. The learning experience this provides is rigorous, project-based, and adaptive—designed to empower you to acquire all the skills you’ll need to take your current job to the next level. *This course is appropriate for qualified designers, or can be selected as a third-module specialization of our UX Design Program.Financing
Deposit N/A Tuition Plans 2 monthly instalments or an upfront fee. Contact us at olivia@careerfoundry.com for pricing in Euros and Pounds. Refund / Guarantee Two week trial period—cancel and receive a full refund. Getting in
Minimum Skill Level Students must basic have UX design experience. Prep Work None required Placement Test No Interview No
UX Design Program
ApplyStart Date Rolling Start Date Cost $6,900 Class size 25 Location Online In this program you’ll learn all the job skills, tools, and processes you need to break into your new career as a UX designer—with a job guarantee to boot. You’ll receive individualized mentorship through our dual mentorship model that pairs you with not one but two UX professionals to support, advise, and give feedback throughout the program. The program is 100% online and flexibly-paced, and our curriculum is expert-authored and built entirely in-house, providing a rigorous, project-based, and adaptive learning experience. The full journey is split into four parts: Intro to UX Design, UX Immersion, your choice of one specialization (User Interface Design for UX Designers, Frontend Development for Designers, or Voice User Interface Design), and Job Preparation. This setup ensures you start out with the basics, and finish as an expert in UX with specialized knowledge and a professional portfolio of real-world projects to set you apart in the job market. You’ll also have a solid approach to your job search, and the ongoing support of our Career Services Team as you apply for jobs and prepare for interviews as a qualified UX designer.Financing
Deposit N/A Financing Financing available via Skills FundTuition Plans 10 monthly instalments or an upfront fee. Contact us at olivia@careerfoundry.com for pricing in Euros and Pounds. Refund / Guarantee Two week trial period—cancel and receive a full refund. Job guarantee available for eligible applicants. Scholarship Contact us at olivia@careerfoundry.com to get a $500 scholarship. Getting in
Minimum Skill Level None—suitable for complete beginners Prep Work None required Placement Test No Interview No
Voice User Interface Design Course
ApplyStart Date Rolling Start Date Cost $2,000 Class size 25 Location Online Built in collaboration with the pioneer in voice design, Amazon Alexa, our comprehensive course in Voice User Interface Design walks you through the process of designing for voice user interfaces and shows you where and how it differs from designing for visual interfaces. You’ll use what you already know about topics like creating user personas, prototyping, and usability testing to develop three skills for Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant. We’ll pair you with a VUI professional to support, advise, and give individualized feedback and mentoring from day one. The course is 100% online and flexibly-paced, and our curriculum is expert-authored and built entirely in-house. The learning experience this provides is rigorous, project-based, and adaptive—designed to empower you to acquire all the skills you’ll need to take your current job to the next level. *This course is appropriate for qualified designers, or can be selected as a third-module specialization of our UX or UI Design Programs.Financing
Deposit N/A Tuition Plans 2 monthly instalments or an upfront fee. Contact us at olivia@careerfoundry.com for pricing in Euros and Pounds. Refund / Guarantee Two week trial period—cancel and receive a full refund. Getting in
Minimum Skill Level Students must have basic UX design experience. Prep Work None required Placement Test No Interview No
Web Development Program
ApplyAngularJS, MongoDB, HTML, Git, JavaScript, jQuery, CSS, React.js, Algorithms, Node.js, Front End, Scrum, MVC, Agile, REST, SQL
OnlinePart Time15 Hours/week28 WeeksStart Date Rolling Start Date Cost $6,900 Class size 25 Location Online In this program, you’ll learn all the job skills, tools, and processes you need to break into your new career as a web developer—with a job guarantee to boot. You’ll receive individualized mentorship through our dual mentorship model that pairs you with not one but two web development professionals to support, advise, and give feedback throughout the program. The program is 100% online and flexibly-paced, and our curriculum is expert-authored and built entirely in-house, providing a rigorous, project-based, and adaptive learning experience. The full journey is split into three four parts: Intro to Frontend Development, Full-Stack Immersion, and Job Preparation. This setup ensures you start out with the basics, and finish as an expert in web development with specialized knowledge and a professional portfolio with real-world projects to set you apart in the job market. You’ll also have a solid approach to your job search, and the ongoing support of our Career Services Team as you apply for jobs and prepare for interviews as a qualified web developer.Financing
Deposit N/A Financing Financing available via SkillsFundTuition Plans 7 monthly instalments or an upfront fee. Contact us at olivia@careerfoundry.com for pricing in Euros and Pounds. Refund / Guarantee Two week trial period—cancel and receive a full refund. Job guarantee available for eligible applicants. Scholarship Contact us at olivia@careerfoundry.com to get a $500 scholarship. Getting in
Minimum Skill Level None—suitable for complete beginners Prep Work None required Placement Test No Interview No
Reviews
CareerFoundry Reviews
- CareerFoundry is the best choice- 11/19/2020Chelsea • Student • Course: UX Designer • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedInCareerFoundry is great. The mentors are so helpful and the tutors are always there to help you. My tutor responds within the hour most times which is great when I have a questions or need help.
- Mayci • Student • Course: UX Design Program • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedInI am so glad I ended up taking this course through CareerFoundry! I was thinking about getting into UX Design by completing a Bootcamp for a couple of months prior to COVID-19 hitting. Once everything shut down, I thought it was the perfect time to start working on my career change. This course is 100% online and super flexible. I highly recommend CareerFoundry to anyone who asks. I've already learned a ton about UX throughout the program and I'm excited to continue to learn. You'll have access to a tutor and mentor to help you through, which is such a good perk for me so I can get professional feedback on my project.
- Madeline • Events Coordinator • Student • Course: UX Design Program • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedInI will start off by saying that I was skeptical of deciding to enroll in CareerFoundry’s UX Design program. I did a ton of research online about whether or not to take a Bootcamp-style course that could potentially change my career. Let me just say, I am SO glad I decided to take that leap and enroll! Within the past few months, I have gained an incredible amount of knowledge regarding everything UX (and then some!). Every Exercise has been so thorough, yet easy to understand. But what I value most is the guidance I have been receiving. Student Advisors are always so quick to help with any technical problems, and my Tutor gives me great constructive feedback on my assignments. Most of all, I am very grateful for my Mentor. She’s critical, but in a good way. She pushes me to be the very best I can in order to succeed in this competitive industry. Plus, she has given me so much advice on job searching, interviewing, portfolio creation, and networking. Overall, if you’re thinking about changing your career to UX Design or gaining new skills, I would highly recommend CareerFoundry. It has given me so much hope in finding a career that I will love and excel in!
- UI Design Course Review- 11/4/2020Sarah R. • UI Designer • Verified via LinkedIn
To be honest with you guys. I scrolled down Instagram one day and saw this short little video from CareerFoundry that was a sponsored post and it went a little like: are you unemployed in Germany? And do you want to become a UI Designer? Little did I know that this is actually possible. The whole program really teaches you the knowledge and skills you need to learn the job. I never imagined I could do this from the comfort of my own home. Of course, this was also great timing, because I was able to do this during the lockdown situation in Germany. So my workday luckily wasn't affected by the pandemic. I should also mention that I used to work as a store manager. So I had no previous experience in the field. I am really happy I was brave enough to ask the Agentur für Arbeit to sponsor this course with the Bildungsgutschein. I am excited to see what my future career looks like. For now, I can already say that the work as a UI Designer feels much more fulfilling. If you think about trying it yourself, I think you should :)
- Best decision!- 10/28/2020Torge Bergmann • UX Designer • Graduate • Course: UX Design Program • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedInIt was the best decision I made in a very long time. First I was sceptic about how applicable the content would be and how professional my Tutors and Mentors will be, but after the first week, there were no doubts left. I am an established designer already and it worked perfectly for me. I received great professional support and the challenges were both perfect for beginners but also for established professionals. I would do it again!
- Awesome time, awesome community and a lot learned- 10/28/2020Florian Bölter • Graduate • Course: UI Design Program • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedInI took the UI Course with CF as I wanted to get into this field. While I had some prior knowledge in graphic design (from learning in private) I wouldn't say I had an advantage. The course was demanding but so well structured and guided that I had no trouble at all. The only thing about the curriculum that I would improve is the guidance in regard to the portfolio. I personally had no problems with it because I have some skills from before that came in handy here but I know I would have been a bit lost if I wouldn't have had these. What I especially loved were the connection to the tutor and mentor which helped immensely.
- Frontend Dev. Course for Designers- 10/14/2020Thuraya • UI Designer • Student • Course: Frontend Development for Designers Course • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedInI don't have any prior knowledge about HTML, CSS or JavaScript. I am a UI design graduate from CareerFoundry back in 2018. I had a very positive experience with CareerFoundry that is why I chose to take this course with them to gain an understanding of Frontend dev. skills. The course is for 2 months with access to 1 mentor that supports and guides you through the whole process. The course is well structured, has many examples and resources. It provides the basics and you end up with creating a portfolio-website from scratch using the above skills. The content is well written in a simple language that is clear to everyone. One thing I would have liked to see is an active Slack community. Currently, there isn't one but you have the support of your mentor if you get stuck with anything. I hope they can build a community where the students can share their thoughts, issues and also recruit participants for user testing purposes. I fully recommend CareerFoundry for your next learning venture.
- UI Design- 10/8/2020Emily Hoult • Student • Course: UI Design Program • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedInI'm just over half way through the UI design program and can highly recommend it if you're looking to get into UI design as a career change. There's a lot of support from your tutors, mentors, career specialists and course advisors! Throughout the course you have a chance to build up a portfolio while developing your skills, which was a really important factor when deciding which school to go with.
- Definitely, go for it.- 10/8/2020Paula Maronese • Course: UI Design Program • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedInI am currently in more than half of a UI full time career. I had a very kind, super nice Tutor who always sends me more and more information. In each task I feel that I learn many things and that I am slowly building my career. They always give us extra material to read. My mentor is also very kind and our conversations are always enriching. I also started the work course, the teacher seemed very nice and "down to earth/ with the feets on the ground". I definitely recommend this course. Before starting it, I had read the comments of the people here, so now I am happy to leave one myself.
- Great supports from your tutor, mentor and student advisor for the whole time of studying- 10/1/2020Samin Emrani • Visual UX Designer • Graduate • Course: UX Designer • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedInLess than a year, I was looking for a new opportunity to change my job for months. I was disappointed about all those years that I did design projects and wasn't satisfied with what I had as a job. I'm over 30 and a "very conservative person" to make new decisions and change things in my life. The first time that a friend suggested me to look for UX courses, I started exploring and ask some friends in Toronto, New York and Berlin to give me a suggestion, where to study and what to do. That was impressive that none of them knew each other, but all suggested to start with CareerFoundry.
I booked three calls and asked many questions. After the second call, they even recorded a video and explained all my questions in it. That time I felt the big difference in how they care about people.
One of the excellent options was I could pay in ten months, and that wasn't that much pressure for me. Still, I wasn't sure if I can finish it and was worried if I drop this course like several times that I dropped my design university courses.
I said to my student advisors, tutor and mentor about my most significant problem, "lack of self-confidence". And I could improve this feeling in the first month, and I resigned my job to focus/ practise more on what I learn.
That was impressive that usually during a day for several times, I asked many questions from my tutor (Moritz Oesterlau from Germany) and he answered all of them one by one or corrected my assignments with examples, different online sources, videos, etc. For several times he even created a video while reviewing my project to show how should I do the task.
Beside Moritz, I also had a fabulous mentor (Piet Alberts from South Africa) that helped a lot and showed me how to invest my time in the right way to have a professional result. It was awesome that all students could book 100 times their mentor for an hour video call.
I had to study 15 hours a week, but day by day, I feel greater about how I learn and have this much progress; After a while, I spent 10-12 a day to study, reading UX books or watching tutorials.
My third mentor (Marion Sénéchal from Switzerland) joined the team in the middle of course. Job guarantee wasn't only a word to get more students. I almost made "all the materials" for my CV, Linkedin and website from zero. (during all these times, I had great supports from three student advisors who asked me every week if I feel good or bad about course.
The last point I want to mention is after you finish all courses (job course too), every two weeks you have a video call with your job mentor and explained what you could do for getting job offers for six months. During this time if you get an interview before your next appointment, you contact the school, and they "immediately" book a special time for you (with your mentor or if it's not possible, with another mentor) and you work on the essential skills that are needed during the interview.
As a conservative person that is 30+, I highly recommend CareerFoundry to change your life and have your "new career", not "a job".
- UX Design Immersion Course Review- 9/25/2020Arnold Medel • UX Designer • Course: UX Design Program • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedInHours of instruction: 853. That is a lot of time devoted singularly to one course of study. For me, pretty much every day over the last 6 months. One can't say it was just a superficial look into the world of UX. Though, from my studies, it's clear it is just the tip of the iceberg. I feel that the Career Foundry course and the exercises we were required to do have given me a good, real world foundation into the world of UX Design. An online course requires a large degree of self discipline (something I admittedly struggle with) but I was able to work through it and fall into a rhythm that helped me get through. The information provided seemed up to date and relevant to the real world and constant contact with my tutor and mentor (both current professionals) helped reinforce that. I found both of them to be top notch, always giving me precise feedback and suggestions on how I can improve my work. The student advisors were always helpful and provided quick responses (within 24 hours) to any organizational questions I had. Their Slack student community was also a plus, providing peer review, anecdotes and support when things got tough. It's also a great source of networking. Negatives? I suppose the online format can be a challenge as there is no instructor on a zoom call, for example. Lots of reading and tasks to perform every day. It can be a lot to juggle. I found the Career Foundry website and the messaging a bit wonky. Ironically hard to navigate and the tutors/mentors didn't always get our messages. I'll see once I start working in my new field if it was enough to get a foot in the door. Did I learn anything? I'd say so. I only knew this subject matter peripherally through my current job. It will be up to me to practice what I've learned through self-directed challenge so I can really absorb and internalize it. I would recommend this program as it is well organized and logically put together. Each exercise builds off of the knowledge you'd learned before and concepts are repeated so that you don't forget. Only time will tell if it is enough for me to transition into this new career.
- CareerFoundry changes my life.- 9/16/2020Bara'a AbuHussein • UX Designer • Graduate • Course: UX Design Program • Campus: Online • Verified via LinkedIn
Back in October 2017, I have the opportunity to join the User Experience Design course at CareerFoundry, completed the course in June 2018, and immediately I got my first UX role in July 2018.
CareerFoundry course helped me to find myself and my passion, also the course curriculum is fully rich, appropriately comprehensive, and self-paced, and supported with an abundance of resources for every step along the way which helped me to build my skills and guiding me to work in a career which I really love.
CareerFoundry community is a great supportive place with a positive and encouraging learning philosophy, during the course you will be surrounded by a well trained and professional team including mentors, tutors, student advisors, and the whole team who work to help you step by step to reach a professional level and prepare you for the job, also there is a welcoming community on Slack where it's easy to reach out and connect with other students.
As a previous student and a UX tutor now at CareerFoundry, I extremely believe the UX course with CareerFoundry is the right choice for you and your future and will help you to find your passion.
If you are considering to make a difference, and create a positive impact on your life, I highly recommend CareerFoundry.👍
I can't be more grateful for being part of this great community.
Bara'a
