CareerFoundry

I'm currently just over halfway through my UX Design course. The course is nicely structured and great if you are self-driven. The most amazing part of the course for me is having access to my mentor, tutor and career specialist, that's where the value of the course is. I really recommend the course for the structure! You're able to have creative freedom with your course project, I really like how I can try something different

Career Foundry has been a great and challenging experience. They have really great team. I have a tutor and a mentor. My tutor works with me through the required tasks there are 10 or so in each course. The mentor is someone from the industry that checks the work at the end of the course. I would highly recommend this program to anyone interested in UI/UX! I am changing my career so if I can do it so can you!

I graduated from my UI Design course in April 2021. Within a month, I was able to land a design job in the FinTech industry. I have a background in healthcare as a nurse. I had the pleasure of being paired with Neha as my career specialist. She was extremely knowledgeable and helpful in providing guidance during my job hunting process - from resume building, optimizing my LinkedIn profile, to salary negotiations. I appreciated and trusted Neha’s background as a recruiter to get the roles that I wanted within a short period of time. My success story would not have happened if it were not the full support of all my design tutors, mentors, and career specialists at CareerFoundry. I fully recommend this program for anyone who wishes to enter the UX/UI design field. 

I have taken and completed Career Foundry's UX certification course this year. I found it super informative - way more beneficial than what I imagined. The course material is okay but I found the one to one mentorship most beneficial. I think it's worth the price and time, and if flexibility is what you are looking for, look no further. It took me almost a year to finish my course(because of full-time childcare responsibility and my freelance work) and this kind of structured course is perfect for someone with other commitments. I worked with Neha Hurpaul(my career specialist) and together with updated my resume and she guided me throughout the Job Preparation process. I interviewed with 18 different companies and I got my first job as a Product Designer after 3 months of job hunt. If you have self-discipline and determination, I would say go for it! You will have to put lot of work, do lot of research by yourself, attend online meetups, network on Linkedin. Good luck!

I had a tough time trying to decide which online program to choose... soo soo happy that I went with Career Foundry. The support system is amazing, I love how detailed the courses are and how they go everything step by step.  Offers options to have the chapters read to you as you go along, for me that is a bonus and I take in info much better that way. Highly recommend! I really can't rate on job assistance quite yet, as I am not quite there yet ; )  This course is well worth it if you're trying to make the same decision I did 

Hello, my name is Szilard and I’m currently on the 1/3rd of the Full Stack Web Development program!

Before I started the course I did a little research and found out that the CareerFoundry has the best offer in terms of time and curriculum.

This is my first online course so I don’t have any references.
My opinion is that the course material is the best you can get in this period of time, I mean 5-6 months, because I am learning full time.
The support you have from the CF team is blameless, no matter what kind of problem do you have there is always someone to help!

*At the end of the course I’ll come back and edit this review, I’ll write about the job preparation course too!

Having just finished this course I have to say that as a beginner the course was paced nicely and the information was there, with many references to go even further and get more information.
The examples from other students was a nice help, but sometimes these examples were blank, whether this was due to the example being removed and not put in I have no idea.
The course as well was very much geared towards using Sketch with only a little assistance for using Adobe XD and nothing at all for Figma which did make things a little harder for me as I do not have a MAC.
The mentors and tutors have been excellent, answering questions, giving pointers and forcing me to find the answers with hints and questioning.
All in all I would recommend this course to anyone.

I'm almost done with my web dev program, and I have enjoyed my time as a student at CF. Some of the highlights include how understanding and helpful they were when I had some personal issues that made studying full time difficult. They were very supportive and offered me help along the way. You are also assigned both a tutor and a mentor, both of which will review your material and help you out with almost anything. I have gotten so much out of my interactions with these two, and I feel like this is a keystone in the CF student experience. 

I haven't finished the course and made full use of the job assistance program, but it looks really good. I am currently doing the job prep where we are putting together our job profile, optimizing job materials, etc. But it sure has helped me out more than any previous "Resume writing 101" course I have attended. This is much more extensive and helps you out in a more tangible way. 

I don't have any strong issues with the program. Yes, I have stumbled across some parts of the curriculum that were poorly explained or outdated, but the CF staff make an effort to try and update their curriculum continuously. And I don't think that the perfect curriculum exists as you have to learn how to synthesize multiple sources of information as a web dev throughout your career anyway. My tutor has been a great help but I have experienced being stuck on problems and waiting on help for days at a time. This hasn't been too common, but it has happened nonetheless. As opposed to a physical boot camp where you have an instructor at hand to ask direct, pressing questions, I can't count the number of times I have sat for 24 hours waiting on responses to various questions. This is maybe the only really frustrating part of the course, as the response time for requests can end up taking a lot of your time.  Also, in terms of studying remote, you as a student have to make an effort to network and find a study buddy on their slack channel in order to not grow disconnected. This is not CF's fault as this is simply a default for anything remote, and they do make an effort to encourage us to be more interactive, etc. Just be aware of this. 

Overall, I'm glad that I did it, and CF was a great fit for me since it allowed me to be flexible with my own schedule as opposed to being sat in a classroom from X am to Y pm Monday to Friday. And the course price was a GREAT value deal! 

I found an article on LinkedIn that addressed Graphic Designers on how to learn UI/UX. I think it may have actually been a CareerFoundry article! I decided to look into it and wanted to learn more. I was feeling like I wasn't going anywhere in my career and the industry in which I worked was starting to decline (Newspaper). I ultimately chose CareerFoundry as my bootcamp to learn these new skills and I'm very happy that I did.

The curriculum is wonderful. You are first given a quick intro to the course and you learn how to use the tools and some basic fundamentals. Most of the software you'll need is either free or discounted (since you can use your CF invoice to prove you're a student)

The mentors and tutors I had were excellent. Quick response time and very resourceful and insightful. 
You'll learn a lot of the fundamentals, skills and more advanced stuff as well. The course gives you what you need to understand how to take the reigns and learn other things on your own once you're graduated.

Also you get a career mentor (if you choose to do job prep) and mine is incredible! Made a lifelong friend. She was always encouraging and helped me out tremendously. I was able to get a job 3 weeks after graduating. That was applying to at least 5-12 jobs a week. I think you have a better chance if you already had some design experience.

Either way I'm very happy that I've learned better and more modern skills to help me grow my career.

I have a design background with graphic and web experience and I was looking to get back into the work force with new skill sets. I did a lot of research for bootcamps but this one seemed to have a very comprehensive program. I also looked on the website and saw that one of the graduates had exactly the same background as I did (Fine Arts/Digital Arts) and so I looked her up and emailed her directly about the program. Her email was so encouraging. She took the time to respond to all my questions but everything she said felt honest as she throughly praised this program saying it was the best decision for her and her family. I signed up and found out she is a Tutor! So I asked to have her for my Tutor and now still staying connected through her consulting business!

Now looking back I had no regrets whatsoever with CareerFoundry (except maybe not being able to do it full time because the community is amazing and I did not participate as much as I would've liked).  However, the program is geared towards anyone and everyone who is serious about switching gears to become a UX Designer. I was surprised to find that a LOT of folks are mid-career looking for a change. 

Now that I am in the work force, I realize 1) How enormous and wide this speciality really is and how it truly embraces so many different kinds of skill sets - "Researcher, Designer, Developer, Engineer, Coordinator etc"  and 2) How this job description works for literally ANY industry out there - everyone and anyone can use these skills sets and finally 3) everyone IS looking for these skills sets! They are realizing how critical these skills sets are and how valuable.

I absolutely LOVE my job now. I never really connected fully with graphic design or just with web design. I'm also a professional artist so I have a lot of problem-solving skills that I intuitively wanted to utilize in a job environment - I had no idea that this job is setup perfectly for someone like me. This job is highly collaborative though - I have understood that you must work with a lot of different kinds of people understanding not just your user's insights but your stakeholders too etc.

During the program, all the tutors and mentors were EXCELLENT. They had so much experience and so willing to share them, and I still feel confident I could call them up (which I have done so recently) to ask real-world questions from them etc. They have all been so generous with their knowledge etc. Where else could I find those real connections?

I could have participated a LOT more with the community but you have that option as well. Their community is thriving with all sorts of CareerFoundry staff members ready to help as well as newbies to the program that could easily make new friends, etc. and it's amazing because we're all over the world. I really appreciate that viewpoint too because being headquartered in Berlin just gives more of a richness/diversity to the program as an American. The course was very logically setup with enough instruction with enough pace, not overwhelming but organized enough to keep me interested and pushing through it. But all of it is based on "tasks" to get things done and in the end goal is to "produce something," for your portfolio and that is worth the entire program. And to be honest that's only way that I learn so I was able to actually complete it. 

But ALL the skills that I learned, I am using daily in my current job. I got hired as a UX/UI Design Lead for a software company that works with DOD projects here in the US. My 90+ person team is developing an Air Mobility Program for the 618th AOC here at Scott Air Force Base. I am the only UX Designer supporting 8 software development teams, working in Agile/Scrum environment, etc. And because "UX" is relatively a new industry, my co-workers actually don't know what a UX/UI Designer really is or what they do and how they can help shape and contribute to the entire vision of the product for their users etc.  I came into the role finding out my predecessor was not a "designer" actually but probably was a gifted UX "researcher." However, that did not setup the program very well and so I'm now in the process of reorienting these teams to provide a cohesive, integrated application from the design perspective, adhering too UX design standards, etc. for the entire program! It's a lot of work but I am loving it.

Truly so much potential! And just getting started! Absolutely have already recommended this program and want to become a Tutor myself to support this exciting and fast-paced growing community. Finally excited to do my work everyday!

Thank you CareerFoundry!

I had decided to go with CareerFoundry because it's comprehensive and super flexible.  You will get a tutor who reviews your assignments and a mentor who reviews assignments at the end of every achievement.
It's a self paced course so you can make your own schedule. A lot of study material with videos will be provided and you can book calls with your mentor whenever required. 
I would recommend it to anyone who wants to start learning UX design.

The lessons, coursework, and projects are great! And the fact that I get a tutor and a mentor has been very beneficial as in past bootcamps I only had a mentor and it might take him 2 or 3 days to approve an assignment or get back to me with an answer to a question. My tutor always gets back to me very quickly with advice or approvals or helpful answers. My only concern is that neither tutor or mentor are too heavily involved in my projects, and they often times forget or don't know details about my project that I thought they would have known.

At the beginning of the year I decided to take more look into bootcamps vs. getting a degree. I needed something super flexible as I'm working full-time. After long comparisons, I decided to choose CF. It's super flexible and it's self-paced. It's based on self-study. They have course content you read, some chapters have videos, there's links to external articles. You get a tutor and a mentor. Tutor reviews your assignments and mentor reviews the assignments at the end of each achievement for a portfolio review.

Why did I choose bootcamp when I could have saved money? The fact that I get a curriculum to keep me on track makes it worth the money. I love how self-paced it is. I started in February and my graduation date is December but I'm more than half way through and will be on track to finish a couple months before December. 

So far, I have no regrets! 
(Giving a 4-stars just because I haven't finished yet)

The whole enrolment process took 6 months. That should have been the first red flag but I was excited so I ignored it. The level of mentorship/tutorship is way bellow the expectations. You'll have to almost beg them to look into your stuff and it always feels rushed and careless. See, the tutors and mentors have a real 9-5 job, and CareerFoundry probably pays them pennies so naturally you will be at the bottom of their priority list. If you are thinking you'll have someone explaining everything to you and will go through your code with you, let me break it to you but it's not gonna happen. You'll be completely by your own for the most part. In fact whenever my tutor answers to one of my questions, he asks me if I "googled it already" and then send me a stack overflow entry he got from a quick search. The curriculum itself is alright. Think of it as a compilation of the free resources online. Definitely not worth that much money for the material alone. I think you are better off learning on YouTube and Google by yourself. It's easier to follow and free.

My general feeling is that the course is way too expensive for what it is. Unless you have prior experience or don't need any mentorship whatsoever, then I'd NOT recommend this course to anyone. Specially if you are paying from your own pocket. 

I'm currently studying the FullStack Development program and it has been a great journey. I had some previous experience in the field of software development and I was looking for something to boost my knowledge and I think that it was the right decision to start a course with them.

The CareerFoundry curriculum is very well organised and complete. When you are studying on your own there is a lot of information out there and you usually feel overwhelmed and don't know how or where to start. In this school they have a complete program from the very basis that is going to guide you to succeed your goals as a web developer.

Also your Mentor and Tutor as well as the student advisors are always there for you to answer any question you may have.

For those reasons I truly recommend CareerFoundry School if you are looking to start your career in this field.

I started my course in Jan 2021 and 6 months in, I can say that I have learned a lot! 

My favourite things about the course:
- The curriculum is well defined and structured. Each topic is explained clearly, with context and examples. When using tools, you will have a tutorial to follow on the side
- Tutor + Mentor feature is helping me progress and understand more than what it’s explained in the course. Moreover, I get repeated feedback, support and help with whatever hurdles I come across
- Resources and examples: each chapter has a task you have to submit. You always have a breakdown of things you need to include in your assignment plus examples of successful tasks. This helps a lot if you don’t know where to start from or tend to overthink stuff. 

Improvement points:
- This is purely subjective, put some parts of the course would be more helpful if they had video explainers next to them

I started the Intro to UX Design course with CareerFoundry in February and continued full-time with the UX Immersion thereafter. Ever since I began, I have really loved the course content and enjoy how it is laid out in a way that I can progress at my own pace with the great support of my tutor, mentor, and student advisors. It's great to be using the course content and putting what I've learned into practice all the time with the course project. It goes from one steady step to the next and allows me to feel that it is a continuous process building from one lesson to the next. I'm really looking forward to completing the course and being able to present my work in the form of a portfolio. 

I made the difficult decision to leave my job and embark on a career change into UX design with Career Foundry. I was initially unsure which program to enroll in, but I ultimately chose CF because of its affordable price, compared to other Bootcamps on the market. The best part of the program is the access you get to professional mentors and your career mentor. I found the career mentor to be especially helpful as I began my job search. Five months after starting the program, I landed a senior UX design role. I believe that recently graduating with an MBA played a big part here, but I also couldn't have done it without the portfolio that I built in the CF program. CF is a good program for people who are highly motivated to put in work, inside and outside of the classroom, to make their dreams a reality. 

Honestly, this course deserves full marks in every category. I was skeptical at first, but once I started on my first day and was able to interact with others, check the curriculum and even jump into the course - I loved it. You are supported every step of the way and the tutor, mentors and specialist genuinely help you and go overboard to make sure you are confident and ready for the professional life. I would 100% recommend it (and actually have been since I started haha)

Benefits:
- It's a community, I was able to connect with people from all over the world that instantly click with me because we are all going through the same career change phase. 
-Community help, that means any questions, bumps, even emotional breakdowns you may have.. are instantly met with answers, and support. I was able to ask awkward questions in regards to salary and how to deal with recruiters by so many individuals with similar experiences...
-The course is so detailed, and so informative that I felt very prepared in my interviews and was even asked once by a senior design how did I learn all this in less than a year..
- the mentors.. That alone should be in a category on its own. They are amazing. I was blessed in every course with amazing mentors that responded so quickly to any question I have. Some even went beyond and would schedule emergency calls with me if I needed help before an interview (even on their family day!) and they really made it a point that my success is not graduating - it's finding a job I like and maintaining it. Their goal is your future success. 

Cons:
- I wish there were more social events in which they would help us meet up if we're in the same city. There are some groups that do that but mainly students organized it themselves. But this is very minor and more of an added value.

I started the UX Design course in as I need a career change when COVID hit.
As with starting anything new, there is always this uncertainty-factor; Will this really be something for me? Will I be able to commit to studying again for 6 months? etc...
What I really liked was Careerfoundry's free short introduction course where you get an email every day for a week with a brief introduction on the some of the UX & Design principles and some ideas on what the daily life of a UX professional looks like.
This definitely helped me in making the final decision to choose UX Design.

Now the courses itself are well thought out and put together in a logical way. I had a great tutor guiding me along the way and who was available to me whenever I had questions about a certain topic.
In every lesson we got familiar with a new concept, workflow, design process and at the end of each lesson, a task given to immediately put this new knowledge to test.
I really like this practical, hands-on and project based way of studying.
At the end of every chapter (Achievement), your mentor, a UX professional with years of experience, gives feedback on your results from said chapter.
I firmly believe that the guidance and support of both my tutor and mentor have played a crucial role in finishing the UX Design course.
Additionaly, you are also added to CF's Slack community, a great place to talk about anything design and even more importantly, give and get feedback to fellow students!

At the end of the course, you have a solid understanding of the design thinking process and all steps that come with it, you will feel comfortable using design software such as Balsamiq, Sketch, Figma, XD, etc.... and most importantly, you will have created a beautiful portfolio piece about the project you decided to design.
There's also a Job Preparation course which becomes available to you upon 50% completion of the course.
As a career changer or when you're looking to get your first job with little to no experience in the professional world of design, this is a great support to prepare you for job interviews, map out your career and career preferences and polish your portfolio.

If you've got a problem-solving attitude and you can deal with getting all kinds of feedback (this is somewaht at the heart of every design process!), I can highly recommend CareerFoundry's UX Design course!

I am really impressed and extremely satisfied with CareerFoundry's UI Design Program. My course was divided into 6 Achievements with an average of 9 exercises per module, and from the start I could already notice that I would be learning real and relevant skills. 

The course is planned in a way that each exercise gives you a theory lesson plus a task to practice the theory you've just learned. This gives the student a sense of moving up and evolving throughout the course and also to really feel that they're understanding what is being taught.

I was also glad to see that all the subjects and content are up-to-date and there's a lot of external material for the students to consult to better inform themselves about the concepts that are being explained. 

Plus, they're system of learning and working on tasks makes the students feel more confident as the course progresses, and the resulting portfolio feels like an accomplishment the student can be proud of.

I also have high praises for both my mentor, my tutor and my career specialist. All of them helped me better understand the concepts and the tasks, gave me relevant and motivational feedback and helped me feel more confident by the end of the program.

Last but not least: CareerFoundry's Slack Community was the cherry on top of the cake. I've met several other students and alumni there, expanded my network, was able to exchange precious knowledge and took part in several webinars with valuable industry insights.

This is a good course for introduction to UX Design. I will say that the initial sets of assessments were very basic and a little bit frustrating to have to go through as I did not feel they taught me anything.  In the end though, it is a good course.  I feel that it would benefit from more videos and some instruction on how to use the platforms that they are telling you to use for the boot camp's deliverables.  

I was really nervous starting this course way outside of my comfort zone. Careerfoundry has been so supportive in every single aspect. From support and understanding with organising payments, the tutors and mentors for this course, I have so many options in terms of asking for help and clarification, I have access to students also undergoing the same course, they remind me of things I forget that are important for my study journey, career advice, the whole 9 yards. Truly careerfoundry goes above and beyond what I would expect from a school in getting me where I need to be.

CareerFoundry gave me the platform and boost to change my career. I went from a non-design background to landing a full-time digital product designer internship within 6 months. My mentor experience was incredible and I am grateful for the feedback, encouragement and industry trips I received from both my tutor and mentor. I chose the course partly because of the self-paced approach. You truly get out of it what you put into it. My biggest tip: Make friends with fellow students via the active Slack group and LinkedIn! I've met incredible people within the design community and CF changed my pandemic year...for the better. Also, remember that this program is just a launching point and it'll take networking, volunteering, side projects and hard work to go the extra mile in the job search.

I am currently a student at Careerfoundry and it's one of the best decisions I've made. 

I did a career change from Interior Architecture to UX Design. I was nervous but excited to start my journey in tech. I researched so many bootcamps, but I chose Careerfoundry. Careerfoundry provides a comprehensive curriculum: Intro to UX, UX immersion, Job Preparation, and a Specialization course. The course takes 10 months to complete, yet people manage to complete the course in 6 months. But if you're a beginner, I encourage you to take your time and grow, as there's so much new and indispensable information.

You will get a Mentor, Tutor & Job Prep Mentor - The team is helpful, you'll get lots of support and guidance. You also have a whole cohort with other students who will be on an exciting journey with you. So, get well acquainted and exchange UX tips. 

I chose CF over other schools due to the price, support, and job guarantee. When looking for a Bootcamp, aim for those with a job guarantee. The tech industry is competitive and getting a tuition refund - if you don't land a job in 6 months is paramount. "Popular" boot camps will charge you over £10K and not even guarantee you job security (You know who...) - Don't fall for it.

One thing I will say about this course is effort and determination matter. On this course, GIVE IT ALL YOU'VE GOT. The journey is not easy, and there will be times when you will get frustrated. Be prepared and realistic. But this is a part of the process, it will be rewarding when you graduate and become successful. Like all things worth having, it takes hard work. 

So, get out there and make your mark. Good luck.

Brilliant school, it offers a lot. If you have have the time to use all it offers you can do brilliantly. It’s platform is well done, it encourages you to keep going, by splitting the course into manageable bits. The job preparation course is what really makes the course stand out for me, in the end you want a job, and just some nice portfolio case studies most likely doesn’t get you the job you want. The profile prep, interview prep and guide on the job journey is totally worth the money. And on top of that, you have a personal tutor and a mentor for your coursework.
self study needs dedication and self discipline, if you have that I think you would be well matched with CF.

I'm in the middle of a Career change with hopes of becoming a UX Designer, and I knew I wanted to attend a boot camp to learn the fundamentals. I read up on the options out there and decided on Career  Foundry, based on it's positive reviews. Happily, the reviews were correct! Career Foundry has been an awesome learning experience, and the my tutor and mentor are SUPER supportive. I've learned a ton in just under 8 months and feel confident that I'll succeed in my career change. 

I am enrolled in the CareerFoundry Web development course, and honestly can say that so far it has been a very good experience. There are loads of links to additional reading and materials, and the course content itself is very good. I love the fact that you get assigned a tutor and a mentor and you have a community that can reach out to. The course itself is quite intense as well and covers a lot of aspects of web development.