CareerFoundry Reviews
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Carine
Best decision I’ve made in years
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I compared lots of different UX courses before settling for Career Foundry and am so happy I did. The mentors and tutors are always available to speak to and get back within minutes/hours, tasks are manageable yet challenging and I never thought I would enjoy doing something so much. Deciding to go into UX is the best decision I’ve made in years and although I cannot wait to start my first job as UX designer, I would be sad for the course to finish because it’s such a good feeling to realise you’re really learning something and making progress. Highly recommend! -
Steve B
UX Design Program
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This program is fantastic. Making a career change is no easy task, Career foundry provides a very detailed roadmap on how to get there. The course provides industry relevant and up-to-date information. Students are tasked with an assignment after each lesson to ensure a greater understanding of the material and actually ensures students develop the skills necessary to work in the field of UX Design. The support and feedback provided by a tutor and mentor is invaluable and I feel it is the crucial difference from other programs that will help me find success in landing a job! -
Marina
UX Design program
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I was a bit sceptical in the beginning about online course, but I am so happy now and so glad I have chosen CareerFoundry, all in one: the course itself, the task and the assistance is so great! The best thing that on my career change program I have mentors (and not only one!!) who are helping me, they are like my angels, supporting me then I am unmotivated or just stuck at some task, they give me tips and encourage me on my way to become a designer. I love the setting of the course and the support I get! -
Tracy
Best investment in myself ever!
After doing a ton of research on bootcamps, this was the best and most affordable option for me. I am very happy with my decision to study with CF, and feel very supported by my tutor/mentor/online community of CF students. -
Paulina
Extensive and practical UI Course
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I am very satisfied with Careerfoundry course - materials are presented in a comprehensible and clear manner, well-structured and very informative. The cource pace leaves a lot of flexibility, you can plan your working time yourself (within given hours per week, 40 hrs for full time students). Everybody - your mentor, tutor, student advisory and Bildungsgutscheinteam is extremely helpful and supportive. Also you get connection to Slack Community which opens for you new connection possibilities. I highly recommend the course to anyone thinking about moving own career towards ux ui design -
Jennifer
UX Design Immersion
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CareerFoundry has been a great online experience for me. I tried another bootcamp from a competitor company previous to starting the UX Immersion course at CareerFoundry, and it did not even compare to it in any way. I really have loved the structure of the lesson plans, and the quizzes and tasks that follow them. Really enjoy that I not only get to digest the information but apply it to projects that will be showcased in my portfolio at the end. The mentors are all very knowledgeable, but I did have one that was not a match for me which my advisor was quick to place me with a new one. My tutor is always accessible when I have a question, and gives great feedback on every task I submit. The online atmosphere is supportive and very conducive to help you achieve success throughout. I just started my course for job prep and am very excited to start working with my tutor to perfect my interviewing skills and resume. Overall, I can't say enough good things about this experience and I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a solid education in UX Design. -
Chloe
Wonderful UI Bootcamp
The mentors and advisors are really supportive and helpful. The course materials are informative and organized, and focuses on preparing students for the industry. I really enjoy the course and definitely would recommend for anyone considering career change to UIUX. -
Billy Hammond
UI Designer that's now employable
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With no real-world UI Design experience, CareerFoundry has developed me into a UI Designer, that's now employable. From the start of the UI Design program, my tutor, mentor and student advisors have been total pros. Excellent communication of what's expected to achieve and they continue to offer guidance in a genuine manner. No fluff. I'm switching careers from being an on-air radio broadcasting professional to the tech-design sector. I couldn't be more excited about my UI Design future. Thank you to all! -
Natalia Popova
UX Design Bootcamp
I began this program on February 2021 and find this bootcamp absolutely great, especially for career changers, who has basic experience in media, web and etc. -
Sören Markus
UI Product Designer
App & Web Design -
Kory
Great for People Considering New Careers
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The thing I like most about CareerFoundry is that it's geared toward people who are switching careers, so there's a lot of emphasis on using your previous skills and dealing with impostor syndrome. I also like that they explain UX concepts in great detail, and break down tasks into more manageable chunks. The tutor and mentor support is also very important and I found it helpful that each student gets one-on-one support. The Job Prep course is also fantastic, as it helps you build a resume and portfolio.
One way that I think CareerFoundry could improve is by providing more guidance in learning specific programs...for example a student may be required to complete a task using Adobe XD or Figma, but it is often up to the student to figure out/teach themselves how to use that program, which can be frustrating and time-consuming. -
Alenka
UX Design Program
I'm very sattisfied with the course as a whole. In addition to very good content organization and tutor/mentor support I like time flexibility the most. -
Katie Benda
Amazing way to learn UX
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Being brand new to the field, career foundry has done an amazing job of introducing me to all the different aspects of UX in a way that makes it digestible and encouraging. The most helpful thing has been the access to both a tutor and a mentor who have the knowledge and insight to really help me take my projects to the next level. I am not done with the course yet but I don’t think there is anything else they could do to make me more confident that I’d be ready for my job within UX. Truly I am happy that I came across this program because the results will be life-changing for me. -
Mirelly
UX Design
UX Design with UI specialization. -
Elo
Best way to change your career path
I was looking for a new path in my career. I studied fashion design but I have always been interested in research and to apply design to find solutions. I found career foundry when I was looking for new options and I decided to study with them because of the support of your mentors and Tutors, it’s easier to make an important change if you are supported by professional people. -
Lena
sadly a waste of time
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I had high hopes, but CareerFoundry didn't live up to them. I learned practically nothing that I couldn't have gathered from a 10 minute YouTube video. The materials were very superficial and disconnected from real work in the industry. I would have liked to learn about decision making strategies in design, not basic facts like "your font size should be legible". The tutors and mentors focused more on being "encouraging" than helping me improve, and their feedback was often just copy-pasted and completely off-topic. Even after requesting it several times, I didn't receive constructive feedback. CareerFoundry's support system was among the worst customer service systems I have ever come across, so even though I did the course in a relative short amount of time, it took forever for requests to get processed. Other bootcamps look far more promising.Victoria of CareerFoundry
Program Advisor
Jun 06, 2021
Program Advisor Program Advisor Program Advisor Hi Lena, Thank you for sharing your feedback. We are sorry that your experience did not match your expectations, and we are always open to feedback in order to improve the product we offer. We would very much like the opportunity to investigate your case further. Could you please contact us at feedback@careerfoundry.com We look forward to hearing from you and addressing the points raised. Best regards, Your CareerFoundry Team -
Jaqueline Yada
Highly recommend
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I am almost finishing my UX immersion course. I have learned so much and I wouldn't be able to progress so fast if I didn't have started this course with CareerFoundry. My mentor Julia and my tutor Valentina are helping everyday! Any question I have they are there to support me. I also have met so many amazing people from other countries that are doing the same course as me. We are all supporting each other and getting inspired with each other. The best of all of this, there is a mentor to help with your career, I have just started the course to start my portfolio and look for a job. My mentor is amazing and I feel more confident to start my new career! If you have any opportunity to do this course, I highly recommend! -
Andy shepherd
UX course review
I have really enjoyed the course so far. The content is really easy to follow and the tutors and mentors are great. -
Emily Connor
Great Program!
I'm thoroughly enjoying the UI Design course at CareerFoundry. Both the course and the career prep are really hands on. Also, the Slack community is very active and a great resource. I feel so much more confident in my career change after working through this course. Would recommend! -
Julia Briner
UX Design Program
I love how the program is self paced and project based. My tutor is always available to help and is very speedy with replies. The job prep course is amazing as well. Everyone is super supportive and helpful! -
veronica
UX Design
More than what I learned about UX design, the 'meat' of this program relies on their career resources. They really guide you to transfer your skills and be prepared when you graduate to find a job. -
Susanne
UX/UI Design Certification
Great online course that teaches you everything you need to know going into the UX/UI Design field without having to apply to a university. They assign you mentors and tutors that you can talk to virtually and they are very helpful. -
Anna Knorr
Great flexible learning environment
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I really like how the whole learning platform is set up. I think you get a great insight into the job and process of a real project and the flexibility of the schedule is great. I would recommend CareerFoundry to everybody who is looking for a career change. However, I think that some of the tutors are not as skilled as I would expect them to be and their schedule might be too tight to get feedback in a reasonable amount of time. I think within 24 hours seems to be okay on paper, but if you are struggling with a specific task and you cannot proceed for the next 24 hours this can be challenging and really put you off schedule. But the mentors and student advisors are great and the overall experience as well. -
Chloé
One of my best life choices!
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Coming from cultural projects management, UX design seems like a drastic change (and surely is one). It was very important for me to find the right bootcamp, a training that would give me time to ingest all this new knowledge and push me to stay on track and motivated. After comparing a variety of online courses, I opted for CareerFoundry. Why this choice? Well, first of all it had great reviews from former students on sites such as Course Report. And second of all, everyone I had the chance to get in touch with was absolutely lovely. You can see right up that these people really care about you, your path and your projects. The Program Advisor I talked to prior to registering took the time to answer all my questions, and then sent me the documentation and further information by email. I had trouble with my bank regarding the payment of the fees (something to do with the bank transfer), and CareerFoundry stood by me while I was tackling it, offering multiple solutions to help me. So from the beginning, I knew I was going to be well looked after.
And guess what, this only got better when I actually started the training! The course material is very accessible, even to someone who doesn't have a previous training in IT. The fact that it's a hands-on training is invaluable, because you can see your project grow as you grow along as a UX designer. You are paired with a tutor and a mentor, both very accessible, who are here to guide, inform, help and congratulate you. The student advisor team checks in regularly to see how you're doing. You get a dedicated Career Specialist to help you get job-ready by the time you're done with the course. And the icing on the cake is really all the online events CareerFoundry offers to its students: webinars about UX writing, networking, portfolio creation, and so on and so on. Not to forget the great community of students, readily available on dedicated Slack channels!
To sum it up, choosing this course was probably one of the best choices of my life. The people are lovely, the course is accessible, I get the feeling that I'm definitely growing and learning. Even though I can't wait to begin my new career as a UX designer, I think I'll shed a tear when this training is over...! -
Pavlos
Ux Design Course
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I am undertaking for around 6 months now the course offered from Career Foundry on Ux Design. The process of learning is very well structured, with high quality material to read through and practice upon. The unique and exciting part is that u get to practice through the development of your own projects throughout the course. A bit plus for me is the fact that u get also to interact with ur designated mentor and tutors. Both have been extremely helpful to me, very nice professionals and make the best i can just from learning by their experiences. -
Benjamin Sikasa
Nice Course
I had a great time and learned a lot. Thanks to my tutor Boryana and my mentor Anna for your patience and your valuable feedback! Highly recommend. -
Clara Yu-Ming Niehl
From zero to Designer
As a trained dancer with no experience in Tech or Design, I did the leap and signed up for the UX course at CareerFoundry. I am astonished a how much I have learned in what little time. I was picked up where I was standing by mentors and tutors and the best thing: I can keep the power over my own time, so that I can train, work and study. -
Ioana
UX Design Program
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I’m really glad I enrolled in the UX Design program. I came across UX Design two years ago and the more I was reading about it, the more I wanted to know about it. However, design is not only about reading, exploring theory, it’s mostly learning how to apply it. I realized that without having a structured way of learning and mentorship to get feedback, it would be very difficult to advance, especially while working full time.
I really appreciate the mentors and tutors that I had and the prompt, honest and encouraging feedback that I received. CF staff members are also very welcoming and friendly, quickly answering all the questions. UX Design is a broad domain and there will always be something to learn, this course will give you the methods and tools to start and then dive deeper.
I recommend it especially to career changers as it comes also with a Job Preparation module, which I find very useful. -
Jessica Webb
Awesome course!
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The UX Design course through Career Foundry is everything I wanted! My tutor and mentor are there for me every step of the way. I have been building my portfolio to be able to land a design job, and with their job in 6 months or tuition back guarantee, I know they will work with me every step of the way to help me move into my career and land that first job. I have been so impressed at how clear and simple they have been able to describe everything, especially since I have no background in design. I would highly recommend this course to someone that like to work at their own pace. With my little kids at home, I have been able to be flexible with my school schedule and respect my family life. -
Caroline Arima
Great UI Design Program
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I've been enrolled in CareerFoundry's UI Design Program since January and it has been so enjoyable to learn from them these past 4 months. The reading material is easy to understand and sets me up to accomplish each task. Additionally, my tutor has been so helpful along the way and always gives prompt feedback on my projects. I definitely recommend CF to anyone looking to make a career change to UI/UX design! -
Asaf Edelstein
Great course, valuable.
I went in to this course with no knowledge of ux design. Im currently mid way through and its been a great experience learning wise and preparing fir future work wise. If anything the toutor & mentorship really make this course worth the tuition! 5 stars! -
Jeanne Peng
Very satisfied
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I began to learn UX Immersion course with Careerfoundry in August 2020.
I got surprised by the quality of the course first with exercises to put into practice all that I have been learning throughout the process. I'm very happy to have a mentor with whom I can get Visio call very often and who can answer any questions that I have. I'm also very happy to have a tutor who takes care of my homework for each exercise. Now I'm at the last 2 achievements of the course, I'm pretty confident to say that I've learned useful knowledge and gained experiences in UX design. I have a job preparation course in parallel after I finished half of the UX Immersion course and I'll have another 2 specialization courses after this course. I've been surrounded by a caring team and very professional people. I'm very satisfied. Thanks to the Careerfoundry team. -
Lara S.
It's a great bootcamp for beginners
CareerFoundry is a great Bootcamp for students that have no background in design. However, I feel that sometimes it is pretty lonely and the course should allow for more interaction between students and instructors.
Overall, great experience. -
Aya
Structured journey to be a UX Designer
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I’ve passed the first half course to of CUX. Each learning is valuable and assignments are supported by friendly and helpful teachers. It held me to keep my motivation high and I can see myself growing. The way I think and see any software/application has changed. I also improved to explain my design decisions and teachers always give me valuable feedbacks.
Moreover, when I need a general support, staffs are responsive and helpful. Thanks to CF’s simple and helpful journey, I can be laid back and concentrate my goal to be UX designer :) -
Jordi
UI Design
I am currently studying at Careerfoundry and it's one of the best decisions I've made in my life.
The team at CareerFoundry is always helpful and you'll get lots of support and guidance.
One thing I want to say about the UI course is that it needs a lot of effort from your side. Be prepared to work a lot, this is part of the whole learning process.
Have fun and good luck! -
Lena
UX Design Course
I feel like, I made a good decision with the CareerFoundry UX Design Course for my future. The overall culture at CareerFoundry is very supportive, friendly and encouraging. The Workload however is a lot, and was really frustrating for me at times. -
Michael Lennon
Great Productive Intro for Absolute Novices
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I took this course in Feb and really enjoyed it. Coming from a complete novice, not very technical background I really liked how efficient the course was, enabling you to start creating real websites and features from the very start. Instead of spending ages going through a slow introduction and the theoretics of everything,
Career Foundry's short course leads to you creating a tangible product to show off after a few days. If you want to go back and learn more about the pieces behind each step instead of just following the instructor, the step-by-step text under the video really helped with my understanding.
I liked that the instructor was natural with their typing and didn't go too fast, teaching us good habits about going back to check your code to fix it when things aren't displaying properly. I also liked that instead of just the bare minimum, they teach you features like Mobile Responsive in CSS, something that it's not obvious to include but really important if you want to work as a web developer with a client.
I'm going to go back over the course in a while to refresh my memory again, then decide which area I want to focus on first. -
Tasha
UI Design Program - Worth every penny!
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UI ProgramThe UI Immersion is 5 months at 30 hrs/week or up to 9 months at 15 hrs/week.- I utilized all of the 9 months, and CF kindly added an extra month at no cost due to the pandemic. The additional time helped me complete my design portfolio!
- At the bottom of every task are student examples that are helpful references.
- Note: the courses require hard work and commitment. Ultimately, it is the student who needs to make it all happen, but with the help from the tutor & mentors.
Each student is paired up with both a tutor, who reviews the tasks, and a mentor that reviews the final task at the end of each achievement.- I noticed some students received better support from their tutors and/or mentors than others. I wish I pushed harder (past the resistance) to change my tutor, which was the only negative experience. Luckily the second mentor I changed to was a better match to my needs when it came to providing detailed feedback.
Career prep
Halfway through the program, students can opt in for the job preparation course. Similar to the immersion, a career specialist is assigned to provide guidance and support.- Every Wednesday, students can also attend the Office Hours to get even more answers to burning questions and even get feedback on their resume, portfolio, and Linkedin profile!
- My career specialist was filled with positive energy and attitude. She helped pull out my confidence and sincerely believed in me.
- This portion of the course was extremely helpful and truly valuable!
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Stefano Barbis
Hard yet straightforward
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I finished the data immersion course with CF. It was a very straightforward, chug and plug kind of Bootcamp. From 1-10 difficulty i would grade this an 8 as there are some challenging statistic concepts and much coding. The hardest part about it was not getting enough support from tutoring in a timely manner. You have one tutor for the entirety of your course, the challenge is to get your schedules to match up so that the courses can be graded on a timely manner. Reaching the tutor proved quite a challenge specially during holidays. -
Dena C.
Learning useful skills
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Overall, I have had a positive experience with Career Foundry. I am currently in their Data Analyst program. I’ve been learning lots of new skills and my tutor/mentor have been very helpful and encouraging. The lessons are interesting and the tasks have been challenging. In this course, you work with real data from several different industries and the programs covered are Excel, SQL, Tableau, and Python. My only criticisms are that there have been some minor mistakes in the lessons and sometimes it takes longer than I would like to get in touch with my teachers. That said, CareerFoundry has always been accommodating with extra time to finish my course when there were technical problems out of my control. I haven’t begun my job search yet, so I can’t speak to that part of the program. That said, I’ve looked over the curriculum for the Job Preparation part of the course and it is very thorough!