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Ian
A wonderfully rewarding experience
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The web development programme is extremely thorough and challenging, but always interesting. The level of support is fantastic. I work full time and have 2 small children and have found CareerFoundry in credibly receptive to my needs, in terms of customer support. The mentorship and tutor support is also extremely helpful, with both (in my case) being knowledgeable, helpful and prompt. The whole syllabus, career course and alumni / instructor community makes online learning and the prospect of a huge career-change seem like a very do-able challenge: something that, although difficult, is achievable. There is a real sense of a support structure, which i swonderful and very reassuring. Going from my experience, I would absolutely recomend Career Foundry. -
Natalia
Best UX course ever
I am a student of the UX Course at Career Foundry, currently finishing up and I can only say good things about them. The theory is very complete and their tutors and mentors do a really good job helping you find your way,
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Jeremy
UI Design
This is a great experience for anyone looking to make a career change. I have had a great mentor/tutor experience, and they have both been helpful in giving me valuable feedback and career advice. My mentor is also a graphic designer so we have talked about related skills such as branding and logo design. I think it’s a great program with good value. -
Key K
Great journey
Great hold your hand kind of guidance into learning the scope of UX design! They create some content on YouTube and have very good customer service. If you don’t where to start their curriculum is a good start! -
Ashley Brown
Changed my life
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I started CareerFoundry while working full time at a job I hated.. I was welcomed with open arms by my student advisors, mentor, and tutor. We may all be in different time zones but it never feels like it. They constantly have positive feedback and always provide help within 24-48 hours! I’m so happy I picked CF over the others. I’m so excited to start my new career change! CF gave me the skills to not only build a powerful portfolio but my confidence as well. Pick CareerFoundry if you have the chance. -
Sara Kunz
Yes, please!
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Chihiro Yoshikawa
You can have nice tutor/mentor and well thought-out course
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The tutor and mentor are skilled and helpful, and the course is organized very well.
You will learn everything about UX here, from design theories to practical testing. I also like I can proceed with my course at any paces. I'm satisfied with the course mostly and I feel it was worth paying expensive tuition. The only thing I wished was to develop the project with a team.
About job hunting, I see both students struggling with getting a job for a long time and students being hired very soon.
I'm still on the course so I cannot say overall experience is five stars. -
Ana
UX Design
It was a really nice and interactive course. I love that tasks are implemented after every lesson so students can immediately start working on a real project! -
T. Nielsen
Career Services
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While working through the UX/UI program at CareerFoundry, I was paired with Neha Hurpaul for the Career Service portion of the program. Neha was amazing to work with, and is extremely knowledgeable when it comes to job prep. Any time I had a question, she took the time to give me a detailed and thoughtful explanation. We spent a lot of time working on interview prep and questions, and overall best practice for interviewing. This process made a huge improvement towards my comfort level during interviews, and resulted in better interviews with more call-backs! Neha really helped me feel prepared for all future job interviews, and helped me reorganize and improve my resume so that it really stands out. I would highly recommend Neha Hurpaul and the Career Service program through CareerFoundry.
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Jordanya le Fae
Great school
I have been really pleased with CareerFoundry so far. My tutor is super responsive and helpful, and the course does a good job of explaining things so that I understand them. The price isn't bad, either. I would definitely recommend CF. -
Rita
UI Design Program
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Oh I really enjoy the UI Design course on CareerFoundry! The program is well designed, the explanations are so good for each task. I am very grateful for my tutor and mentor, they are both professionals and are so easy to communicate with. I am almost finished with the course, and looking forward to polish my works for portfolio and start working as Junior UI Designer. ☺️ The progress I’ve made is huge! I haven’t yet started the Job prep course, so I cannot comment on it now, but I am sure it is as great as the whole design course. -
Brad
UX Design Certification
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The UX design course is amazing, so in depth in each of the various facets of the field - diving into some psychology, behaviours, analysis and more. Even without trying, you also pick up a great deal of UI and design knowledge which is great, it was always something I feared I wasn’t the best at - the creative side.
Out with the course curriculum, the tutors and mentors I’ve been given have been super helpful, from quick reviewing of tasks and achievements, to providing rich and in depth feedback, with links to further reading.
Not forgetting the student advisors, although I’ve had limited experience with them, anytime I’ve needed to reach out they are so welcoming and friendly - definitely good to have. -
Celeste Patten
Good school for aspiring UX designers
I find the course pretty great, I like my tutor and receive lots of good personal feedback. I wished that they taught more about how to use programs such as adobe xd as I have had to look up a lot of tutorials on YouTube to teach myself. Other than that I think the course is quite good and I am excited and hopeful to see how it aids me when I start the job hunt. -
Andrea
UX Design Course
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I have learned all the skills, tools and processes of UX design.
A mentor, a UX lead in the industry with a lot of industry experience, is available in numerous video calls and has given me many tips and answered all my questions.
All skills are first explained in text form and then you have to complete the corresponding task, which gave me a high learning effectiveness. I´m very satisfied thanks to the extensive program, the learning by doing method and the great mentor.
Now I have a comprehensive portfolio with which I am able to apply.
A Job-Preperation course offers support for the application phase from halfway through the course. -
Rachael
UX course at CF - great way to start a new career
I took Career Foundry's UX course this year and within a few months found a job at a health tech start up in Berlin. Great content and teaching staff. Overall a very positive experience. -
Carla
Best Course to Transition Careers
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I cannot recommend Career Foundry highly enough. I am in the middle of transitioning from teaching to UI design and Career Foundry has been the perfect choice. I have received well rounded lessons, relevant assignments and mentoring from people who are already in the industry. This in particular has been the highlight - the ability to talk to people about the industry who have real world experience. Although I am not finished the course yet, I am feeling more and more prepared to tackle a new field and use my new found knowledge. -
Todor Todorov
The perfect place to start your career in UX
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After nearly a month of researching various schools and boot camps, I finally decided to choose the UX program of Career Foundry. At first, things seemed quite complicated, while looking at the portfolios of several of the graduates, I thought I couldn't handle something like this. Now that I'm at the end of the course, I realize that the curriculum is so structured that things happen smoothly and gradually, and in the rare cases where I've felt frustrated, I've always had tremendous support from both my mentor and my tutor. In the beginning, everyone goes through an orientation course, where they are introduced to the learning platform, as well as to what they can expect as support from their mentor and tutor. Ultimately, I can say that they both not only do a great job, but also do things that they are not normally required to do. This support is really important, especially for people who have no previous experience in this field of work! -
N. Tran
Student
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I enjoy Careerfoundry. I have a better knowledge in the UI field and the tools being used. There is a great support from my tutor and mentors if I have any questions or confused on. Real job projects that were assigned after each read helped a lot as well. Within each read there are videos and examples of work that helped me better understand what is expected out of each hand over.
Last year before Careerfoundry I invested my time with another bootcamp school, I didn't enjoy it as much and learn as much as I did with Careerfoundry. Im happy I took this course online after many hesitations. The Covid-19 happened and gave me a push.
I can not wait to finish school and start my new career as a UI Designer. -
Meadhbh Greene
Intro to Data Analytics
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This course gave a really nice overview of the data field. I learned a lot of really useful skills that I have been able to apply in my daily work life. Not only has it improved my practical excel skills, it has given me a really useful insight into the applications of data in the real world. There were parts of the course that I found tough but there was a lot of support there. The mentor and tutor support was really great. The tutor was really responsive and always happy to answer my questions. The mentor introduced me to the day to day life of a data analyst and also provided really good job coaching too. All in all, it was a really positive experience. -
Tristan Hornsey-Pennell
UI Design course
My experience on this course has been excellent. Really great feedback and support from the tutors and the mentors. And the content is really well written, there is a fair amount of reading - but there are videos for anything that needs more explaining.
Also they were really supportive figuring out financing options that work for me! -
Megan G.
UI Design Course - Great Online Program
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I'm currently taking the UI Design course and I'm about 75% complete. The program is structured well, and although very self-guided, I like how the program sets tasks and shows you your progress towards course completion. Very helpful for me to stay on track and finish at the desired end date. As someone who is working full-time in another industry, this course works well for me because I can do readings and assignments all on my own time. I particularly like the Job Prep Course which is included in the program, helping me to edit my resume and craft my portfolio. -
Ryan Javelosa
UX Design
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I was very skeptical at first about the boot camp but I’ve learned a lot about UX. I have looked at multiple boot camps and I found that CareerFoundry is the best. Mentors are amazing. Curriculum is very hands on. You read a task then you instantly implement what you’ve read. Furthermore, tutors are very friendly. Also the career specialist is also going above and beyond. I don’t regret it one bit. If you get the chance. Join this one. Do your research and you’ll end up back to CareerFoundry! -
Ivona
UX Design course
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CareerFoundry UX desgin course is capable of consistently introduce the field even to a complete newcommer. The fact that the course is project based is a hudge adventage, allowing to make a foundation of your portfolio while recieveing feedback from an industry specialist. The curriculum itself is is supreficial on some topics, therefore digging deeper into the topic with your mentor and tutor is required in order to find additional sources. -
Shao Tsu
UX design program part time student
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I did a lot of research and comparison before I enrolled the online boot camp for UX design. After reading a lot of information, I realised most of the guides I found are in Careerfoundry blogs. They are very helpful and I am glad I made the right choice!
I have a full time job and am doing part time with the courses. Now I am on immersion courses. It took me around 6 months so far. I will start to look for a career in UX design field. Finger crossed!
If you are looking to build the solid knowledge from scratch, I’d recommend Careerfoundry. -
Sonali Patel
UX Design Program
Such a great bootcamp! Everyone is always so helpful and the content is so informative. -
Jenk
Best decision I've ever made!
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I'm so glad I made the decision to study the UI design course. I was a freelance graphic designer with no real focus on where my creative career was heading. In terms of the course - the material is solid, but the real winner here is the access to a tutor, mentor and career advisor. My tutor was by far the best resource for me in terms of absorbing the information. I learn better from asking direct questions and having someone walk me through the answers. Also, having someone give real-world examples of how they work as a UI designer really helps to understand how you apply what you're being taught on the course to an actual job or task.
Subject areas of study:
• Brief-writing
• Moodboarding
• Wireframing
• Brand-asset design
• Style guide creation and management
• UI design
• UX design
• File-archiving and management
• Design presentation and delivery
• Prototyping
• User-testing
• Research
• Data-analysis
• Case study creating
• Design practices and principles
I landed a UI design contract within 3 months of completing the course, which led onto a full-time role because the careers advisor (Sami) helped me write cover letters, plan my CV/portfolio, and taught me how to research salaries. We covered interview techniques, and hunting in the job market, which is backed up by their job guarantee. This is where the investment in this course comes really matters. Paying for a private career advisor alone is more than the cost of this entire course. And same goes for hiring a tutor!
I can't stress enough; if you're on the fence about signing up to a course to advance your career, stop hesitating and enrol. It will change you life! Again, use this link for a discount: https://careerfoundry.com/en/referral_registrations/new?referral=V0R5bOrd
Good luck! -
Rajarshi Ray
Disappointing Program
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I recently graduated from this program, but it turned out to be highly disappointing for a number of reasons: the text is outdated and includes some incorrect information, inadequate focus on the latest tools and technologies for wireframing and prototyping, discrepancies between suggested examples and assignments, and a drive towards mandatory live usability-testing through recorded video sessions using 6 or more volunteers at a short notice, or by using paid testers at various monetizing sites at additional costs to the students. Also, I was promised 3-4 projects when I had signed up for this program but the program ultimately involved completing only 1 project (VELA) with little guidance on how to make the best of it in a featured portfolio. It is a huge waste of money and time. -
Fernando
Best VUI course in the market
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This is the best VUI course in the market. Content and exercises are very well thought. The level of exigency is high, so don't expect to approve it without investing time or effort. The help, support and guidance provided by my teacher Ryuka was remarkable. The only improvement I will suggest is to increase the amount of mentorships. I just had 3 mentorships what is not ideal considering the extend of the course. -
Lauren
UX Immersion
During my studies I felt fully supported and valued as a member of the CareerFoundry community. The course has ensured I am ready to progress into a UX design career. -
Michaela Simone
Fantastic Course! Intro to Data Analytics
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I spent some time comparing programs before finally deciding to take this course with CareerFoundry. My background is not tech related, and I was looking for a introductory course that went beyond the basics. This course did just that! It moves quickly and there’s an abundance of information to take it! Starting with no experience was intimidating, but platform was very easy to use. It was also very affordable and provided lots of extra resources for learning. If you’re considering a career in data analytics, I highly recommend this course to get you started. -
Nick
Get what you put in
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It was a great program and I would pay for it again.
You have access to your mentor, tutor and whole CF student team anytime needed. They would always get back to me within 24 hours.
I love that you have lifetime access to the other programs to read over and do the tasks as your own pace too. Bummer no one reviews the tasks but totally understandable.
I use skills l learned here almost daily in a non UX job so I am very happy with it!
Well worth the time and energy but you have to put in the work to make it worth it.
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Sarah B.
Excellent program, highly recommend.
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Disclaimer: At the time of writing this review I do not yet have a job nor have I started the job hunt. I finished the course a week before I had a baby so I'm currently on maternity leave and will update this review when I have a job success story to share!
My background is in fine arts and I spent several years in the visual arts industry. Loved it, but was looking for something a bit more stable and with a bit more cash flow.
I started the UX Fundamentals and Immersion program in August 2019 and completed it in April 2020. I thought the curriculum was thoughtful, well presented and appropriately challenging. I liked how the program begins with almost a mini course that takes you on the whole UX journey, preparing you for the intensive immersion program where you really dive in. I lucked out and had an excellent mentor who knew exactly the right balance between praise and critique and motivated me when I needed it. I also found the Slack channels available for CF students really helpful for gathering participants for user research or general questions. People were always willing to help out and I was happy to help out in return, and vice versa.
I also have an incredible job mentor and I can't wait to work with her when it's time to start looking. Having worked at the career center at my university as an ungrad peer adviser, I was so impressed with the Job Prep course - they break down all the steps to branding and defining yourself so well and each task prepared you for the next one. -
Ryan
UX Immersion Course
My experience with CF's UX Immersion program has been a great one. I went from knowing nothing to feeling very job ready and excited about the future. If you have any interest in learning UX Design, I would strongly recommend CareerFoundry. -
Benjamin Dugan
UX Designer
This course fits amazingly well into balancing a full time job while gaining certification in a different field. The course was great and helped to expose me to different software programs. The teachers were very helpful and available to answer questions quickly -
Emily
UX course
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I’m just about to complete the UX course at CareerFoundry and have been loving it so far! The course makes student do practical exercises as part of a large project that students can then present in their portfolios to show future employers. The support you get from students, mentors, and tutors from around the world is extremely motivating and valuable. I’d highly recommend this course to anyone looking to get into design! -
Catalina
Lucky to find
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I just finished my UX course and have a few things to say:
Overall the course is comprehensive and interesting. The course is written in an interesting and easy to understand way. And the examples help tremendously with the assignments.
My only critique would be that there is a big difference between your tutor and mentor. My mentor (at the end of each module) always made me make big adjustments whilst my tutor almost always just said “GREAT” and approved the assignment. This became quite frustrating because I felt my tutor was just approving everything in order to move on. This then meant that I had to re do everything when my mentor was reviewing the material.
Overall, my experience was positive but I wish there had been a module/section/more of an emphasis dedicated to learning how to use tools such as photoshop/adobe/sketch. -
Shrunga Mehta
Awesome Program.
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Hello Friends,
By Profession, I am a Visual Merchandiser but due to a lack of opportunities and growth in my field. I wanted to change my profession after talking to friends and family someone suggested UX Designing. And CareerFounfry Came to my rescue. From talking to career experts and finalizing the program was a very smooth process. All my tutors, mentors always push me to do better than I think I can do it. They have always guided me in the right direction. I am excited to finish this program and jumpstart my career as a UX Designer. -
Dave
Great Curriculum, Even Better Instructors/Advisors
100% recommend this to anyone looking to get into UX Design - CareerFoundry is quite affordable compared to other boot camps and also has great content for students to read and learn from. All the instructors and advisors are there for you when you need it and really do care for your success. -
Estefania Gimenez
Great experience
I loved the experience :) UX Design Program on CF It's a great course. I had great mentors and the UI specialisation is awesome! It love the fact that it has a self-paced program. -
Neal Sandbrook
UX Design Program
An intensive course with lots of helpful information provided. I'd recommend this to anyone wanting an introduction to UX Design, although I'd allow more than the estimated/recommended times for most modules, especially if english is not your native language. It is a concept heavy course and you will need to learn a lot of new software if you've never done design or digital presentation before.