Code Chrysalis

An excellent bootcamp that gave me the professional level full stack developer skills that I am now leveraging as a researcher, developer and instructor in a university context. The course covers everything from how to write efficient algorithms to MVC organization, from basic javascript functions to the React library and so much more. Be ready for an incredibly fast learning pace, long days and some long nights and weekends, too. The environment is excellent, very supportive, and you will come away with some skills that will last you a life time.

I am a person who needs peers to push me continuously on a straight path. I would usually meander and get lost, whether it be in documentation, or when attempting to accomplish something.
Having peers to work along with, and being given a near-real example of what the environment was very helpful. It helped immensely with setting up expectations for myself during the search. Where before there was definitely a fear of the unknown, I have found myself much more comfortable and settled in.
While I am not the one directly talking to the client, I do end up in meetings just like those simulated in during the course. The post-graduation career support is also quite nice. It is easy to get depressive or discouraged during the job-search. You could easily slack off when you need to practice.
It is very encouraging to have guaranteed assistance in checking a resume, verifying a employer (I did get one very suspicious offer), and deciding on when/where to settle a contract.
Overall, I had a great experience, and I would happily recommend it to friends if they ever asked. 

Code Chrysalis is a fast-paced, well-rounded bootcamp for anyone looking to break into the Software Engineering space. I couldn't have asked for a better curriculum, given the short amount of time common with most bootcamps. There is also room for students to pursue their own interests, tools and, technologies. I would encourage you to make the most of this opportunity because, what you get out of it is truly what you put in. If you want to come out of this bootcamp qualified for full-stack/backend/front-end, you need to make sure you put in your best effort. It's amazing what you can accomplish if just 12-weeks. I was offered a backend developer role 1.5 months out of the bootcamp. I couldn't be happier. This was one of the best decision of my life.

I was in a real rough patch in 2020. I got cancelled from a job before I could sign a contract due to sudden Covid hiring freezes, I got put on ice from the part-time job I found because the eikaiwa closed due to covid. by June I lost pretty much everything save for my 2m x 4m room. I Spent most of my savings on a move to Tokyo for the hope of growth and instead was a week from packing my bags, calling it a failed attempt and going home.

But I remembered the name Code Chrysalis and ran to immigration to plan out what the next 6 months would look like for me. Fast forward I started the Foundations course in June and interviewed multiple times for the immersive. After a couple of attempts, I got my acceptance letter.  I was an official member of CC15 cohort I thought.

After your official acceptance check-in they give you a rundown of the pre-course. you must pass the basic requirements of the remote pre-course before the main course. As someone with no coding experience I felt challenged and had my fair share of struggle, but the instructors had weekly check-ins with AMA's to help you along.

Once the main course began we had daily lectures, sprints, projects, and weekly assessments. As overwhelming as it was, I never felt like I didn't know what I was doing. Toward the halfway point, it mainly becomes a combination of solo and group projects that really build out your Github and online presence. When I graduated I felt like I had several accomplishments, projects, open source contributions, interview prep, and an arsenal of soft skills and hard skills backed by project experience.

This and a few other things I may have missed is where the things covered in the tuition stop. However the bonus that you get, is a really clean modern facility with wholesome staff. In my case I was in an amazing cohort (SHOUT OUT CC15!). Together, everyone built a community of mutual respect, pulling each other out of funks, empowering each other to push the envelope more and more and really life long friendships.

In Japan the nail that sticks out gets hammered down. My experience taught me that its not necessarily bad to stick out. In fact the people who stuck out drove me to stick out in my own way.  It helped me reconcile my qualms with my past careers, and defined my future career. Our collaboration week with mymizu inspired all of us with how we can do good with code.

Before I came to Code Chrysalis, I didn't have anything but an intense desire to reclaim my old life. Coming out of it, of course I had the skills the curriculum promised but I walked out with so much more and that was finally having a community here in Japan.
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TLDR:
- Chase your dream ferociously
- Build something you love
- Have a growth mindset
- Get "Gritty"
- Be Kind, not just to others but also yourself...ALWAYS



 

I'm Filipino currently living in the Philippines. Before taking code chrysalis, I dropped out of college at my 2nd year of Physical Therapy due to personal issues. However, that didn't stop me from wanting to learn something new, I decided to teach my self a bit of code for months on and off because it can get unmotivating at sometimes. When I realized I needed to change because it's not going to work, I decided to take the Foundations class. I figured that this will not only give me the opportunity to learn a skill but also to connect with people that are born in different parts of the world and having the same mindset with them, to learn. During my foundations, the instructors were so helpful and approachable they are filled with enthusiasm every lectures. They are always willing to help even during their off days. Lastly, I'm also going to continue to take their Immersive class as well this up coming year. 

Trying to handle a different tech each week - all with the lack of sleep caused by the work on the previous sprint and the preparation for the next public talk about a framework/library/language that I never even heard of just a month before. 
It was tough. 

And I enjoyed every single moment of it.

Being around so many brilliant, like minded people that share the same goal. A collaboration that created an unparalleled environment where you get no other option but to try harder, overcome and do more.
Skills to proceed, and the people I got to know during the course - It was everything I expected and much more.

I have had a variety of jobs over the past two decades, none of which were technical. Nor were my previous studies  technical in nature. I was working in regional Queensland and I had become interested in coding. While I had done some some self study, I lacked a coding community to learn from and gain direction from. 
After researching a number of bootcamps in America, Australia and Tokyo, I chose to attend Code Chrysalis due to a balance of reasons. Cost, time, syllabus and a recommendation by a friend who is a 10 year veteran of software engineering in Tokyo.
The course provided the structure to learn, progress and gain marketable skills. While the course has projects, goals and deadlines there is still freedom within that framework to explore areas which are of interest. I meet amazing and diverse people from the people in my cohort, other cohorts and the staff who I am still in regular contact with. 
My cohort during the three month immersive was a mix of people with engineering backgrounds, other technical backgrounds or no prior technical background like myself. It was 12 weeks of hard work and long hours, but at the end of it I was able to find employment as an engineer in Tokyo and transition into a new career at the age of 43.
Code Chrysalis is about building a community of engineers and providing support, even after the 12 weeks is over. During my job hunt I was able to get advice, book practice interviews and white boarding tests with the staff. I know that even now if I need someone to review my latest CV draft or run a practice technical interview I can contact Code Chrysalis and they will help me out.

Code Chrysalis is an excellent coding bootcamp. There's no doubt that the course curriculum itself is outstanding. You can learn software engineering with the Bay-area latest style while living in Japan. It teaches you to become autonomous.

However, since a lot of ex-students have already written about the application process and what the immersive course is like, I'd like to share the three best things about Code Chrysalis beside the course itself.

1. Psychological safety
If you want to seriously achieve in something, you should immerse yourself in an intense environment and must get out your comfort zone. And then you need to do try & error until you feel like you got this. To do that, "Okay-to-make-a-mistake" atmosphere is really important. Code Chrysalis knows that and they provides mentoring and takes great care of their student's to build psychological safety atmosphere within the class.

2. Awesome classmate and Networking
This course is very intense. To be honest, the 12-weeks program was really hard. Since you overcome this hard obstacle together with your classmates and the staff, they become pretty much like family. This friendship is the one of the best things I got from this course. Also they do a lot of meetups, such as giving a tech-talk in the public event, which is part of the course. you can build a wide network of connections through the course by being exposed to the public.

3. International environment
I think an ONLY-English program is super rare in Japan. Don't quote me but I'm pretty sure there is only one or two international diverse environment in Tokyo. Being Japanese, I think it's really hard to put yourself in an only-English communication environment. But because of this environment, I gained the confidence in my English work for an international company. This is tremendous achievement for me.

I was working for many years as a software engineer in Japan but it was not so challenging. So I wanted and decided to challenge absolutely different things with international people. Luckily I found Code Chrysalis which is perfectly matched to me.

Code Chrysalis gave me many different kind of experiences, not just learning and working with international people but also key things to be an autonomous expert (includes body relational exercises). All I have done here were so valuable, extreme and made me stronger through each curriculum and projects for 3 months. For instance, I was not a person speaking well before people but now I don't have any problem with that because my face has become an iorn mask through bunch of speech. What I want to say is whatever it is such as techs, relationships even games! something you feel uncomfortable, you can make it your comfortable here.

Also you can find a new interest in your life and test it as well. For me, during the course, I found the new interest and got a job where I can do it with international people in Tokyo.

Now it's your turn, be happy!

I am an American born and raised with some background in Shanghai. After graduating college as an Electrical Engineering major and working at a stale job for a year, I decided that I wanted to do something more challenging and more in demand so I started learning programming in my spare time. I was looking up coding bootcamps when I saw a news article on Code Chrysalis and found that it was a bootcamp in Tokyo. It has always been my dream to work in Tokyo so I thought this was literally the perfect opportunity. I did a bunch of research, found the price to be much cheaper than the popular bootcamps in the Bay Area, and checked to see that the stack that they teach was up-to-date and competitive so I followed my gut and went with it. 

It wasn't just all easy moving forwards. Saying that I was challenged during the course is an understatement. Signing up for this bootcamp is 3 months of isolation where you do nothing but code from 9-6 and that's the minimum. Most of my weekends were spent working on sprints, team projects, and preparing a 45 minute tech talk that we present to the public. Code Chrysalis didn't just challenge my technical ability, it also forced me out of my comfort zone completely. They honed our abilities to code, network, communicate with teammates, present to crowds, and most important face new challenges. By the end of the program, I was at the level of a junior developer technically, but I was confident that I could rise the ranks very quickly with what I learned there.

I now have a job in Tokyo at an English speaking startup that sponsors my visa and I literally owe it all to Code Chrysalis. They are not just a bootcamp, but a network for jobs, the Tokyo tech scene, friends, and games. I cannot recommend it enough.

A year ago, I was a professional ballet dancer, who did not even know the difference between software and hardware. Now I am working as software engineer at the startup in Tokyo. Can you imagine?

It was last summer when I joined Foundations Course of Code Chrysalis, one-month curriculum of JavaScript for an absolute beginner. I was very impressed by the depth of teachers' understanding in JS - but more than that, I could not believe they are just the graduates from CC's three-month program, having learned all they know just by attending to it - and that is, one and only Immersive Course.

So Foundations course was already more than what I expected in terms of the quality of the exercises and lectures, and which led me to the "successful application" of Immersive right after I graduated from Foundations.

Following 1-2 months of the comprehensive pre-course, the most memorable 3 months started. From Monday to Friday, from 9 to 6, everything was about coding. It was very intense, but I never felt down due to the lack of my skill and experience, because I had warm support from the instructors and the founders, and knew it was not only me but my classmates who were going through many challenges.

This journey is definitely not easy, and you might not even notice how far you have come. And that is exactly how I felt when I, to my surprise, got a job offer, only 2 days after my graduation.

The fact that this incredible community in Tokyo is growing rapidly, and all the graduates are very friendly and helpful to each other, means that you will have more chances than the previous cohorts to find an engineering job in Japan, as more and more graduates started working as a future CTO in Japan. You might think that you can learn coding anywhere, and which may be true, but here at Code Chrysalis, you will be immersed more than you have ever imagined.

Before I discovered Code Chrysalis, I was working as an English teacher for an elementary school in Japan. I really enjoyed my job, but there was no chance for me to progress. As such, I didn't really feel like I had a career at all.

I discovered Code Chrysalis in July of 2017, when I attended a meetup called 'Intro to JavaScript'. It was my first encounter with coding, and I immediately knew it was something I enjoyed. I spend around 6 months learning by myself, before successfully passing the interview test and getting a spot at CC.

Before the course began, there was a comprehensive 'precourse' of materials to complete. This gave me plenty of work to do, and ensured a more even knowledge level once the course began.

The course itself is divided into two parts. In the first six weeks, you learn about every aspect of full-stack software development. Front-end, back-end, database, a grounding in computer science, algorithmic problem-solving, UX/UI design, and pair-programming. You're introduced to a wide range of technologies which are actually used in industry.

The last six weeks are dedicated to taking what you've learned, and building things with it. You'll build a minimum of three full-stack applications, and are given almost total freedom in what to build and how to approach the projects. Your only limit is your imagination!

One week is spent building a full-stack app using a language you've never touched before. This was intimidating, but it showed me that even though the language might be totally alien, the concepts of full-stack can be carried over.

Interspersed throughout the course are soft-skill classes. Things like resume writing, technical and non-technical interview practice, whiteboarding sessions, and peer-review. These are the sorts of skills that are very difficult to practice alone.

The last few weeks of the course are dedicated to a single project. I was amazed at what it was possible to build given a limited time and a few other equally passionate people.

The staff are very attentive and supportive; they really care whether you succeed. And I met five other incredibly talented students who will be my friends for life.

The support didn't end when the course was over. To this day, I still receive advice on career advancement, notice of exciting opportunities, and a support group that is invaluable.

Nine months ago I was an English teacher. Now I'm a Full-Stack Software Engineer. Change your career.

After working as a DBA for many years I had the unique opportunity to spend the time to learn some new skills. I had some options for this, but I will always be glad that I chose Code Chrysalis. The technologies we learned (JavaScript, Git, Express.js, Node.js, GraphQL, REdis, Kafka, the list goes on) more than met the expectations of what I wanted to learn, but what I hadn't expected was learning a new mindset.

 

The immersive course isn't just about learning how to write JavaScript well, it is learning how to think about technology projects and probably most of all learning how to learn in a new way. I was not comfortable for much of my time in the program, but it pushed me just enough to learn more than I ever have in such a short period of time. And to then use what I learned to build things. It also reminded me that being comfortable is not always a good thing in an IT career.

 

Lastly, the most surprising aspect of Code Chrysalis wasn't the tech that I learned, but the camaraderie I found with people taking a similar journey.

I have graduated from the immersive program on June 2018.

The reasons I selected Code Chrysalis from a lot of similar programs in Japan are: 

1. JavaScript: The program uses JavaScript as the main language because JavaScript is the only language work in web browsers. 
2. Fast-learning skill: Engineers are expected to have a lot of knowledge and experience, here you experience like a drinking water from a fire hose. You cannot avoid getting this skill. 
3. Small group: Some boot camp starts with a lot of students which I don't prefer. I expect staffs pay attention to each student and everyone has chances equally. 
4. Hack Reactor graduates: Hack Reactor which is very very famous boot camp in the US and delivers excellent engineers in the giant tech companies. Hack reactor graduates work here, they know what students to do to succeed as an engineer.

What I received from Code Chrysalis are uncountable, but if I select 7 things. Here you are. 

1. 5 capstone projects: You build your own projects with various technologies that help a lot of ways not only for job hunting but also for real working. In my case, I have learned time management and MVP concept(Minimal Viable Project) that helps a lot when you are assigned into real projects when you start to work.
2. Helpful support from friendly staffs: During the program, I have faced tough challenges to catch up on concepts and technologies such as asynchronous and React, which all of the students with the same generations with me learned them quickly. However, staffs are friendly you can talk whenever you want and ask questions to make sure your understanding. Also, they helped me with building tailored assignments.
3. The latest technologies: Technologies we students learn are kept updating by skillful engineering staffs. They know what students need to learn now. We can stay up to date to survive as an engineer. And going through the program you start to enjoy learning new things by yourself, you cannot stop learning new things during your off-time. I learned webGL, MobX, Three.js that helps a lot while looking for a job by the way.
4. Networking: During the program, you have a lot of chances to meet with tech leaders that help a lot when you start your job search. The chances are everywhere, sometimes you meet at school because they want to meet with students who passed an enrollment assessment, sometimes you meet at your own Meetup(we take place our own Meetup by the way), sometimes out of school.
5. Job assistance: Although the school does not guarantee to get a job, staffs support students to find a job with a variety of supports such as whiteboarding, interview questions and so on even after you graduated from Code Chrysalis.
6. Get confidence as an engineer: In my opinion, this is the biggest benefit what I acquire through the program. I changed my career from a mechanical engineer, so I couldn’t get confidence as an engineer because I have no experience. But to start something new, all you need as a first step is a confidence. Here, in Code Chrysalis you expose a lot of challenges with your team every day, and those made me succeed.
7. New family: This is a sort of networking, but you find closer people. Because you expose yourself to different background students and staffs with tough challenges for 12 weeks. You discuss, argue, quarrel, grow up and drink(Yay!!) every day, you cannot buy this bond with money. And it continues after you graduated from the program. Also, you find different approaches that you have never come up with yourself, which helped me to have a habit to read source code in OSS.

Additional, before applying for this program I amazed with the tuition fee that looks a bit pricey, but now I regret why I did not apply for this program earlier and I am very happy working with talented colleagues with unbelievable salary and benefits in the international environment traveling abroad.

While teaching English for many years in Japan and working on some technical projects at my school, I discovered that I love programming. I wanted to change careers. I spent many months preparing on my own for interviewing for software engineering positions in Japan. When the time came, I discovered that I was *almost* ready. In the interviews that I had, I was able to hold my own, but I was missing the spark to inspire a job offer.

It was clear that I needed more experience with modern web technologies and software engineering skills. I explored the available coding bootcamps in Tokyo and came across Code Chrysalis. I was immediately attracted to their cool application process, which required submitting code and subsequently doing pair programming with the CTO. From the moment I met Yan and Kani (the co-founders), it was obvious that they knew what they were doing. I knew that the financial cost of attending the school and being a full-time student was going to be an investment, rather than a risk.

During the course, we covered so many software engineering skills. Algorithms, pair programming, back-end web servers, reactive front-end frameworks, databases, NoSQL, Agile software development, whiteboarding, and more. We even covered other professional skills like interpersonal communication, presentations, interview preparation, and making a super polished resume. 

To me, the most valuable skill that I learned was how to go from "not knowing how to do something" to "being able to do that thing well". For the whole duration of the course, you are pushed to learn new things. Not through knowledge transfer from the teachers, but through repetitive practice. After learning so many new things hands-on, I feel comfortable and confident continuing to learn new difficult things throughout my career.

The job preparation part of the course paid off really well for me. One of the guest lecturers at the course was a CTO at a company in Tokyo. He also attended a few meetups during my time at Code Chrysalis. After the course, he offered me an interview, and eventually a position at his company. It's going really well.

It's not often that working adults get the opportunity to spend 3 months learning something new full-time. During my time at Code Chrysalis, I didn't take for granted for one moment that I was doing something rare, special, and important. Code Chrysalis helped me to make a huge positive change in my life. If you challenge yourself, put in sincere effort, and have an open mind, you can do the same.

Code Chrysalis tells you not just engineering but presentation, networking and mindset.

As to software engineering, you can learn fundamentals, frontend and backend to be a full stack software engineer. When you learn each element, you need to understand the concept, implement example applications, and explain what you have understood through pair programming. Staffs help you to do so, but they won't give everything you need. You need to google for anything you need, which is necessary for any engineer.

As an engineer, you also need to tell your opinion, explain what you are implementing clearly. In Code Chrysalis, you can have a lot of opportunities like lightning talk, presentation and something like speaking about anything in front of people. You can exchange many feedbacks for improving yourself by staffs and classmates.

You can get many job searching helps like how to write your resume, practicing interviews including technique. I can ask them even after my graduation. If you have or acheive a lot of skills, you need to show them. You can know how to show your ability better way.

It's not for beginners but if you have passion of learning software skills I think you can make it until the end of this course. 

In my case, I have an experience of programming for about 6 years so actually, I focused on getting communication skills in English. But I learned modern software development skills a lot such as TDD, Heroku CI, GraphQL and so on.

The reason why I put rate 4 in "Overall Experience" and "Curriculum" is that I felt easy in the beginning of this course but it was getting more difficult.

 

I traveled from Iran to join this bootcamp, It was totally great experience!☺️ 

The good point about this bootcamp is that they teach you how to learn fast. 

You will experience extreme programming, Agile and so many other stuffs. It's like working in a real company. You'll learn pair programming, TDD, team work.

It's not like that you join this bootcamp and just improve your coding skills, you also learn about soft skills which you should be aware of for having better quality of working experience.

It's completely international group and they also accept international students and if you join the bootcamp from another country they try their best to help you and support you!

I totally recommend it to anyone with codeing experience. 

In my pint of view, people who wants to join them should defanately consider the location! Tokyo is really nice city which is really worth visiting☺️👌🏻

 

 

I work in tourism but because of the pandemic, I found myself with a lot of time on my hands, so this summer I found myself joining some random events and taking online courses about programming. I come from a completely non-technical background, so I was surprised that it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. But after a few weeks, I was discouraged by the slow progress I was making, and, at the same time, I wasn't even sure I was learning the right language. I found out about coding bootcamps, but I wasn't sure if they were worth the investment. That's why, when I saw that Code Chrysalis were offering a beginners' course, I decided to join and see what it's like to study in a more structured environment and with other people, as opposed to online self-study. I read some online reviews about the Foundations course, and it seemed like pretty much everyone thought it was "fun and easy". After going through it, I can definitely say the "fun" part is true, but I'm not so sure about the "easy" part.
Here are some of my thoughts after graduating from CC Foundations 27:

• It's a great introduction to Javascript for beginners, but at the same time, I think it's useful for those who are not new to JS or programming but want to review their basics. After each lesson, there are coding exercises for 4 levels, from basic to "nightmare", so each student can see what level they're at. For beginners like me, I was sometimes frustrating that even basic exercises took me a long time to solve, but it was challenging to try a higher than basic level, and if I was able to crack the code (pun intended), the satisfaction was even greater and it pushed me to try and learn more.
• The lessons themselves are pretty basic, so the real learning comes from working on the coding challenges, as I mentioned above. This should be obvious, but as a beginner, I think I had expected something more like a coding tutorial, where we would learn how "something is done" and then try to do it on our own. But for many of the exercises, I had to google things on my own, and try to understand the more complex solutions provided on Stackoverflow, for example, and then adapt them to simpler code, which I was able to write at my own level. So in that respect, even though it's a beginners' course (and a short one for that matter!), it kind of forces you to work in a manner similar to what it's like for an actual software developer. 
• So one might ask, why should I pay (and not a little!) for a course if in the end I have to google the solutions myself? Well, even if you find the solutions online, you may not be able to fully understand the code and what it does, and that's when you can always check with the instructors of the course. All of the instructors and the TAs at CC were very helpful and always encouraged us to ask questions. There were quite a few of them for the Foundations course, and it could be frustrating at times having a different instructor with every lesson, because sometimes it felt like there was little continuity from one lesson to another, but on the other hand, I think this was also supposed to teach us how to work with and learn from different people and different coding styles. Also, the more instructors the better, because we could get an answer on Slack faster from whoever was available. 
• All in all, there was a lot packed in a 5-week course, which is why I don't think it was easy. I would advise anyone who is thinking about taking the Foundations to study Javascript a little bit prior to starting the course, so that you can really take advantage of all the resources available throughout the course. I think even if you know the basics, this course can give you the opportunity to level-up, and also to meet great people in the industry and expand your network.

It's not an easy to learn new things even if this is what you're interested in. 
For me, programming is cool thing that I'd wanted to acquire for years. 
However, I got to realize that the thing required me so much efforts that I gave it up easily.

In my case, I've experienced to work as a junior engineer in Japanese IT company for year. Even though, It is hard to learn modern development by myself since there're quite ton of new things to learn.

I also wanted to contribute myself to dev community more, so I decided to join in Code Chrysalis. 
What I learn the most there is the way to learn new things quickly. Rather, students were required to do so for meeting the deadline of daily task. It must've been extremely exciting and challenging. I could barely keep up with that speed:)

They taught not only technology but also benefits for good, like speech about tech talk, presentation skill as engineer, mindset, something like that.

This is exactly, as they say, "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime."

If you're curious about Code Chrysalis, I highly recommend you just to say hi to them, and what's more, they are always so friendly.

I don’t know if my review will do justice. This coding boot camp isn’t just a school. They’ve become my family, and it has changed my life dramatically. I had done a little bit of JavaScript before, but I was lacking knowledge. I also had no idea where to start. There’s so much information online but it made absolutely no sense to me.

Joining Code Chrysalis was the best investment I’ve ever made in my entire life. I borrowed money to get in and to pay off bills because I was dirt poor. But it was more than worth the money.

 

So let me tell you the procedure in order to get in.

First, you have to pass the coding challenge online to apply for the course. Then you go through a technical interview. I failed once, but they give you all the resources and feedback to pass the interview. I studied based on that and I passed it the second time. Barely, though. My interviewer told me that I’m not at the same level as others, so I really need to study but told me that I can do it. She was very encouraging from the very beginning.

I then was given a material for the pre-course. This is where you work on your Javascript skills so you’ll be prepared for the actual course. This is done at home, and you have to complete this before you start the course. It was a lot of material and I quit my job so I can concentrate on it. I really struggled through callbacks and recursion, and never fully understood it. But they were always checking in on us and they would invite you to work at their coworking space to help you. The support starts as soon as you join, and I had no idea at that time that they help you so much even after you graduate, and pretty much forever.

The immersive course (the actual course) was super hard. I was clueless most of the time. Everyone else in the class was asking relevant questions during the lectures and I was still trying to understand the first slide. I never finished the recursion assignments and most of the code coffees (algorithm practice that you do everyday in the morning as practice) and I felt miserable. But they offer to help A LOT. They really want you to succeed. They would gladly sit next to you and explain things in detail. They are happy to do it, too. You can tell that they really care and want to help you. Even today after graduating, they volunteer to help you when you say you’re struggling with something.

What I really liked about this school is that they prepare you for a full stack. You cover so much and at a very fast pace. You cover computer science, database, frontend libraries like redux and react, vue and vuex, backend like express, TDD, CI/CD, job hunting techniques, building your professional profile, tech talks and presentation skills, communication skills, etc etc etc .. the list goes on forever. You also visit prestigious companies and do presentations using their technology, go to workshops, etc. I don’t want to spoil it to you too much, but there’s so much that you learn, and sometimes I didn’t understand why we had to do some of them- but it turns out that those skills really helped during the interviews, and that usually got me through the first interviews. So everything you do at Code Chrysalis is important, even if you don’t understand the purpose sometimes. And you’ll use that skill and be thankful for it. I guarantee it.

After graduating, we checked in every week to share our job hunting process. This is also very helpful and I got a ton of guidance and encouragement during this process. I don’t think I could’ve gone through this job hunting hell without their guidance and support. I was also super broke and they let me teach their foundations course part time, which saved me. They take care of you beyond programming and job hunting. They become your family. They’re always so excited to share you great job opportunities and encouraging you and giving you great advice.

With their help, I was able to receive several offers, and even negotiated the salary! I am at a company now that pays more than twice the salary at my last company!!! Even now they still ask how my job is going and check in with me often. They don't just "run a business" - they will be your best friend, someone that you can always trust and rely on for anything. 

If you're thinking about joining, you should do it ASAP. It's such a wonderful program that everyone wants to get in. The acceptance rate is around 20% (I think?), so if you get in, you should be very proud of yourself. You should also really be prepared to work really really hard. It's a hard course, and definitely not for beginners. Although if you're a beginner, they also offer a foundations course which is 4 weeks, 3 times a week. I taught foundations after graduating the immersive course, and I learned so much from that course too. So if money is not an issue, it's probably best to take both.

(Note: My company supported me during the program and I'm still working at the same company, that explains why I set the "Job support" to not applicable.)

Before going through this program, I had already been working as an DevOps engineer on a totally different technology stack. 
And this program gave me a new set of skills that I'm pretty sure I'll benefit a lot in my career. 

Here are some good points.
- A decent understanding of JavaScript and a good exposure to its eco-system, especially on front end frameworks/libraries.
- An opportunity to learn something I always wanted to learn, and build some projects I always wanted to build.
- Some very good practice in modern software engineering industry and some good habitat of communication. Pair programming, giving feedback are the ones I personally value the most.

And there are some low-level topics(like operating system, TCP/IP and etc) not covered very well. 
But I think the staff team have made the hard trade off since the time is quite limited, and it's unrealistic to expect that you can learn everything about computer science and software engineering during three months. 
Make the right expectation and I believe one can learn enough skills to prepare oneself as a software engineer.

Code Chrysalis provided us with much more than a regular full-stack bootcamp will probably do. I was able to acquire all the backend skills (I was a frontend developer) that I was hoping to learn, but also there were great opportunities that I didn't expect to have before the course. I'll mention 3 of them.

(1) Learn how to learn - You get to learn how to learn new things and how to solve problems by yourself. Asking others for answers is easy but it doesn't help you to grow as an engineer. 

(2) TDD & CI・CD - You get to learn TDD throughout the course, and CI/CD using Heroku pipeline in team projects. Experience these modern development technics was pretty amazing for me. 

(3) Real world activities - We were so lucky to have so many activities including a lean startup methodology workshop at Pivotal Japan, an interview with a foodbank NPO, guest talks about UX, the cultural differences between Japanese and American in a business setting etc, a collaboration project with RakutenMap. Can't name all...

If you like challenges, want to learn modern technics and enjoy to expand your knowledge outside of the technology, this course is highly recommended:)

I came into this program with a strong computer science background but weak web development experience.  This course as purported goes back-to-front covering all the messy details of creating a modern web app framework to completion.  The second half of the course is dedicated to creating individual and collaborative full stack projects in an Agile workflow.  Instructor quality is high and selected students are friendly and passionate.  Worth every penny.

Intense but rewarding course. Not for beginners. I was a backend engineer and I joined because I wanted to be a full-stack developer. Learned a lot and really appreicate all the help and opportunities the company and the instructors offered us. The location of the classroom is in downtown Tokyo, so very convenient. The course is taught in English. Outside of tech the personal branding and carer planning parts of the course was also extremely useful. If you're looking to go hard and acrquire advanced skillsets, consider taking this course.

Before taking the leap to change careers, I was self-studying programming for about a year and a half. During that time I was working as an English teacher in Tokyo and I realized I wanted to transition into an industry with greater professional growth opportunities.The course was challenging, and while some concepts were covered quickly, it encouraged me to continue to learn on my own and fill in the gaps after the course was finished.I graduated in 2021, when the borders were closed due to the pandemic. After working with the career support team every other week via zoom, I gained insight into how to improve my resume and approaches to job applications. In the end, I received a few job offers and have been working as a full-time software engineer ever since. Taking the immersive course has truly been one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.

Code Chrysalis is a bootcamp that has gained a reputation for producing skilled and well-rounded developers. As someone who recently completed the course, I can attest to the fact that it is an intense and fast-paced program that requires a significant amount of dedication and hard work. However, despite the challenging nature of the course, I found the experience and network to be well worth it.
One of the biggest takeaways for me was the confidence that I gained in my ability to learn difficult things quickly. The pace of the course is quite fast, but I found that I was able to keep up and get my assignments done. This was a valuable lesson for me and has given me the confidence to tackle other challenging projects in the future.
Another benefit of the program is the open-endedness of the Polyglottal project. This project allowed us to explore a variety of technologies and to apply what we had learned to a real-world problem. This was an excellent opportunity to put our skills into practice and to gain experience working in a team.
However, one of the tough realizations I had during the course was when I was paired with a group that didn't have the same interests or career goals as me. This meant that we were stuck with a project that didn't benefit my portfolio in the long term. This is something to keep in mind when negotiating with your groupmates, but I still learned a lot from the experience.
Overall, I would say that the course is more likely to prepare you for molding into a company than venturing off to be an entrepreneur or a freelancer. If your goal is to get a higher paying job in Japan, then it is likely that you will succeed if you are able to succeed at Code Chrysalis's course. The network and connections that you make during the program are invaluable and will help you to land a great job in the industry. While the course is fast-paced, it is a worthwhile investment for anyone looking to take their coding skills to the next level.

 It was crucial for me. 
I moved to Japan with my wife without a detailed plan. I was just going to "figure things out" as my previous career was not for me and I wanted a serious change in life... 
I made "it" happen and C.C. was a big part of me getting a job in Tokyo.

It took me three months of studying to pass the interview to be accepted to the course. The precourse lasted two months. The course itself was a full time of three months... and I mean FULL TIME ;)
The C.C. assisted me in finding a job. They put a lot of effort into that. 

The staff has done a great job. I'm impressed. ;) 

I have experience with the Foundations course, and have also sat in on the Immersive and worked with the graduates of that program. Code Chrysalis is an amazing bootcamp -- they do a fantastic job of preparing students for professional work in software engineering -- and they provide both the Foundations and Immersive courses, so people of all entry levels can achieve that career transformation.

 

The staff is kind and helpful too, with students and the community. Tons of free public events for the Tokyo tech scene too. Love it.

Very immersive course ( with a lot of homework ) and enough fundamentals and practical skills you can achieve to be a professional software engineer. Instructors and curriculum provide not just programming skills but soft skills such as presentation, communication and team building which are very important to be a great engineer.

In my case, I didn't have any professional background and that is why every day is so challenging. But thanks to their intensive support, I could manage to get through it and I had got very confident as an engineer at the end.

They also provide curriculum and support for career planning and job searching. That helped me get a very good job opportunity even though I did not have any professional background. I really appreciate all the help they gave us.