CareerFoundry

Good reviews from YouTube led me to find CareerFoundry when I decided to make a career change amid COVID-19. I have to say that I'm impressed with their program. Even though it's online, which can be difficult at times as there is a huge learning curve, they have created an uplifting and supportive community (on Slack) where everybody wants to see everybody win. I've connected with different students all over the world and been partnered up with a mentor (one of the reasons I enrolled in CF) who answers any questions I may have about the industry and helps me with my projects. I definitely like the flexibility I have with this program (I work part-time) and I like how they take you through the process of UX design work where you actually learn while you're working on a project. The material itself is easy to read always followed up with a task to practice what you learned. UX design is cool work, very meticulous though. So if you have patience, a keen eye for detail and persistence, then this would be a good fit for you. Good luck!

I had heard about CareerFoundry and it always seemed like a promising path to take; but at the time I did not have the financial or time resources to sign up. After a few years, CF was still in the back of my mind and during the pandemic I decided to finally take the leap. 

Although I admit that the first month had some bumps (mentor had not shown up to the scheduled call..(two times in a row) for example), I decided to keep on going and hoped that my faith would be restored in the program. I am glad that I stuck it out because I am now writing this review after having my very first UX interview scheduled later this week.

I truly believe CareerFoundry does its absolute best in order to be as relevant as possible in the fast-moving design/tech industry and this is reflected by the course material. The program structure was perfect for me because although it was a CHALLENGE to keep the morale and quality work up, the end result is extraordinary. You have a polished portfolio ready to show-off to future employers and you have a community of over 10K individuals around the world who you can discuss and share this new adventure of career-changing. The model of having real people interactions as your support system throughout the journey was what made it possible I think to achieve this milestone. The material you learn is curated in an enjoyable way and the tasks are applicable to real-world scenarios. I now feel confident that I can tackle whatever problem comes my way. 

The only advice I would offer (which I am sure the team is already aware of) is improving the technical material on the software side for interaction design (Figma.Sketch etc). I was lucky to have tutors & mentors that truly loved what they were doing and wanted to see their students succeed. I'm excited for my new career! Thanks CareerFoundry!

(**Advice to incoming students (especially working students!): set aside time for physical and mental breaks, take care of yourself first, try to interact with the community on Slack and build new long-lasting relationships, don't take shortcuts, each deliverable you submit is a piece to your final portfolio!) 

I went with the UX Design Program with a UI specialization. This specialization was definitely the right choice for me, if you feel like you need a bit more hands-on practice with visual design (typography, visual hierarchy, color theory) this is for you! I was very weak in this area coming from an analytical research background, so this helped me polish my knowledge and technical ability.

If you are on the fence about the decision (like I was!), I'm open to answer any questions you might have for peace of mind/positive support!

Feel free to connect and send me a message on Linkedin! :) 

Happy learning!

So far I have had. great experience with CareerFoundry. I get prompt answers and communication is great, which is what is most important to me. I love that I can do things on my own schedule, but the tracker keeps me motivated to finish things early. Tasks are generally easy to understand, with a few exceptions (but nothing is perfect). I recommend this bootcamp every chance I get.

I took CF's UX design course. In fact, I am still taking it and am planning to graduate within the next 7 weeks. 

Even though, I am not a particularly good online-only learner, I made it through the course. It is all about getting into a routine and setting a manageable goal on how many submissions you want to do within one week. 

A total of roughly 80 submissions sounds a lot at first but it helps you break the pile of content into small chunks and it gives you the feeling of achieving something 80 times :) And what amazed me the most is the progress I am seeing comparing submissions from different points in time. 

You will love the course and your new self when you take a CF course :) So do it! Use this link for a 5% discount: https://careerfoundry.com/en/referral_registrations/new?referral=JEjggk7W

Overall I am extremely happy with choosing CareerFoundry. 
 I enrolled in the UX Bootcamp in September 2020, and it took me a while to get used to taking an online course. Not easy to sit down and study on your own, right?
 What I liked about CareerFoundry was having a tutor and mentor to talk to. This was a huge asset for a distracted person like me. So, the first thing I did was that I started booking weekly video calls with my mentor to get a sense of how it is to be a UX designer. As a result, I got more engaged with the curriculum and finished my first project by October and got my Intro to UX certificate.

The UX design program in CareerFoundry includes three sections:

·         Intro to UX: you design an app from scratch with an overview of the user research, wireframing and prototyping·         Immersion: you will get a chance to design another app from scratch. This time you learn much more details·         Specialization: you will choose your specialization from existing courses and move further to become a professional UX designer

In addition to this, once you have passed half of the program, the job preparation course will be unlocked for you (if you are eligible for the course). In the job preparation course, you get a chance to work on your resume, cover letter, LinkedIn profile and creating your elevator pitch. You will have a professional career coach for this course too.
Moreover, you will be connected to other students and your peers in Slack. You can find a study buddy, get feedback on your project, get help from others, help them on their project, and share your thoughts and concerns for job applications later on.

To sum it up, I felt very supported by CareeFoundry. It was like they were taking me step by step toward my new career by teaching me all the tips for being successful in finding my first job as a UX designer.

If you decided to register for this program and find it as valuable as I did, feel free to use this link for 5% off your tuition:
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Before actually pulling the trigger and investing into a UX course I spent several months researching courses across the internet, reading blogs, ratings, talking to students etc. After this extended research, I found Careerfoundry course to the perfect match for what I was looking for. 

Content — Great Material, thorough reading, relevant content videos, easy to understand,  good and valuable additional resources.

Projects — Realistic, practical, Don't forget you get what you put into it.

Mentors & Tutors — Super helpful, knowledgeable, the chat are quite inspiring and casual. Do remember they can get busy, be proactive when getting on their calendars.

The course 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. 

I enrolled in CareerFoundrys user interface design immersion course. I come from a background of almost no experience with tech and computers. I have learned A LOT! Overall its been a great experience and I have felt supported at challenging times. 

I'm about to finish the UX design certification and all I can say it's that it's been amazing, I have learned a lot, I feel ready to start working in the industry, I feel confident in my future portfolio; my tutor and mentor are always there for me, I can contact them every day if I want to. The certification covers so much information in an easy to understand way and with exercises to apply every new skill, and I'm also currently doing my job preparation course, which is really helpful to be ready for the job hunt, my mentor for that course is also great and there to help me any time I need. 

I took the intro to UX design with Career Foundry. I spoke with a couple of friends who are professional UX Designers and they told me that the curriculum is what I should be studying as someone who is considering a career change in UX. I enjoyed the ability to have a mentor call and listen to the listens or read them at my convenience. 
One star has been taken away because my mentor switched during the course and this lead to a delay in the feedback for my last assignment; however, they did pair me with another mentor who provided excellent feedback. 

I joined the CareerFoundry UX Design course in July. The course is structured very well, with the whole experience being broken down into small and manageable Tasks which allowed me to keep up with the course even when I was very busy with work. It was very important for me to be able to study at my own pace while having easy access to support- and that's exactly why I chose CareerFoundry. 
I also appreciate the fact that the course is project-based, which allowed me to learn many practices first hand, while working on projects that will enrich my portfolio.

Overall, CF provides students with solid resources and curriculum.  To get the most out of the mentors, tutors, and Slack community, it is up to the student to take the initiative, but the staff and instructors are very willing to help. 

I am enrolled in the CareerFoundry full-time UXD course through Berlin's Job Center. The course is exactly what I was looking for (curriculum-wise), but in my opinion, a few improvements could be made. 

• There should be a possibility to reach the CF Team by phone. Even though the Team replies to emails very quickly, it happened once or twice that after exchanging a couple of emails my question remained unanswered (or the answer was not clear enough). I believe that if I had a chance to explain my issues in a call, my problems would be resolved. 
• Some group tasks involving CF students would be great. Before signing up for the course I really hoped to have some actual "classmates", which would be motivating and just help to network.
• More video tutorials or diagrams/illustrations? More visual content would help a lot - not everything's clear just by reading a text.
• Slack-based student community. It is great, but as CF moves such a basic thing as students' community to a platform of CF's choice (Slack), it would be nice if they also provided a premium for the CF students. 

That's all that comes to my mind!

Superb course for learning UX design. You get excellent support from your Tutor, Mentor and you Career coach and not to forget, the CareerFoundry community on Slack. This course was more than I could ever ask for.

I have been intending to get back into the workforce for the last 15 years. Taking care of my child, elderly parents and extended family- I took online courses, but felt lost when it came to looking for work. The world has changed ! One day while browsing Instagram, I came across CareerFoundry. Joining the course of UX Design was the life altering experience for me. Apart from excellent content of the course that is broken into small achievable goals, prompt input from tutor,  regular guidance from mentor helps. The student advisors and onlife CF community makes sure that you do not get into your shell.  CF, from time to time keeps a check on the pace at which you are learning and generously tweaks your timeline too. With time, I can see that I am gaining confidence and knowledge to be ready for joining the workforce in technology. I would strongly recommend people, especially women like me, to consider a course in CF.

I am very pleased with my experience with CareerFoundry so far. I was learning web development on my own before I decided to enroll, but now that I've made it near the end of the program, I know that there is no ways I would have made it to the level I am at now on my own. Their mentoring and feedback have been great and it is that human interaction that made me want to join their program. I have a tutor and mentor for web development as well as a mentor for career-preparation and they all have been incredibly helpful and have gone beyond what my expectations.

With much information on the internet I knew that I could learn anything I wanted for free. The problem with that is it's difficult to know what information is worth learning and spending your time on. CareerFoundry's curriculum and mentoring have really kept me on the right path and I feel that I have learned much more efficiently than I would have if I was still trying to do this on my own. 

Compared to other bootcamps I researched, I felt that CareerFoundry had the best value and I really liked that they emphasized the mentoring and feedback because those have been most important to me. 

As someone who is 5 months into the program and getting close to the applying for jobs, I can say that I am very satisfied with my decision to enroll with CareerFoundry. I am proud of myself that I have invested the time and effort into their program and I feel very confident that what I'm learning will get my career started on the right foot. I would recommend it to anyone who is serious about learning web development or making a career transition like I am. 

If you're looking for a course that will give you the best flexibility to your schedule while gaining the most skills to become job-ready in a short amount of time, then I would highly recommend this course! Careerfoundry provides really friendly and helpful tutors and mentors as well, always responding in timely manner and answering my questions with really great recommendations. 

I started learning UX Design at CareerFoundry in August 2020. I had no experience in design and came from a totally different field (flight attendant), that's why I was really nervous at the beginning. Luckily I got a great mentor and tutor who are guiding me through the path of becoming a UX designer. The school is really great for those who are insecure at the beginning because the level of independent work can be adapted to your needs,
The curriculum itself is, most of the new knowledge is well explained, although more learning videos would not be bad especially at the visuals part.
My overall experience positive and I'm being approached often this time by people from my network if I would recommend the school. My answer is always a big yes!

Career Foundry is a well thought remote course. The platform is easy to follow. A lot of tools to help you annotate and keep in touch with mentor, tutor and the student community (a lot of slack channels for this).

It's a great place to study when remote learning is the norm.

Oh, and the staff is very helpful and understanding with student's custom needs.

I would like to say, that the course was quite good because I have learned about the interviews and empathy while conducting them.  I could learn essential UI design skills as well. The mentor calls every week kept me motivated to continue working. Once again thank you :) 

CareerFoundry's UX Design course provided me with the perfect amount of theory and practical exercises. I had a mentor and a tutor and a whole community helping me. It was fun! And shortly before graduating the course I landed my dream job in a good company!