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Codify Academy is a part-time front end development bootcamp in San Francisco. It is a 16-week course, over weekends, featuring a combination of classroom learning and projects that carry over outside of class. The program is designed for people with no prior programming experience. Students will collaborate with other students and instructors and build up their personal portfolio over the course of the program. Codify Academy's course covers HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and related tools. They also offer a Job Placement program
This review might take 5 minutes of your time but will definitely save you thousands of dollars and a shitty experience.
If you still have doubts and concerns after reading this review, feel free to contact me for a chat.
I started just like you. I was searching for a bootcamp to make a transition in my career and met with lots of different bootcamps, one of them being Codify Academy, so I had an initial meeting with Sam Brody, one of the three co-founders. At your firs...
This review might take 5 minutes of your time but will definitely save you thousands of dollars and a shitty experience.
If you still have doubts and concerns after reading this review, feel free to contact me for a chat.
I started just like you. I was searching for a bootcamp to make a transition in my career and met with lots of different bootcamps, one of them being Codify Academy, so I had an initial meeting with Sam Brody, one of the three co-founders. At your first meeting, you will recognize a pattern at this bootcamp and especially in Sam. He’s a salesman. He will sugar-coat every word that comes out of his mouth, all so that you decide to put your valuable and hard-working money and time at their bootcamp… but don’t fall for this. The value and impact you get from this bootcamp are very minimal if any at all.
Codify Academy, aka CA, advertises its bootcamp as a 16-week part-time program, in which you will become proficient at Web Development (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript), therefore, being good enough to get a related job in the industry. NOT TRUE AT ALL. Most CA graduates that finish the bootcamp are nothing close to ready to get a Web Developer job. I say most of the graduates because the drop out rate is outstandingly high –over 70%. That is 7 out of 10 people who start the program don’t finish it because they don’t see value in it. How do I know this? I had first-hand experience because the drop-out rate in my class was well over 70%. Similarly, when talking to students from other classes they mentioned they experienced a similar drop-out rate. So, I hope you’re smart and don’t fall into this trap.
Having said that, this bootcamp has lots of loopholes that they say they are “trying to fix” such as inexperienced instructors, weak course material (their book is a copy/paste from W3Schools, for real…), weak jobs program (they tell you to copy a template resume and make it yours, use a template cover letter and use it as-is, and copy a template website portfolio from the internet while you’re supposed to create an original since you’re already a developer and can do all of this by yourself, especially the website portfolio part). Do yourself a favor and don’t drop thousands of dollars to be their guinea pig. If you plan to do this, I’m down for a chat and teach you what they teach for one-tenths of their tuition. Their classes are much like hangouts, in which the lead mentor (as Codify Academy likes to call main instructors) provides a set of exercises to warm up for 30-45 minutes, then you are on your own for the remaining 2 hours. Ask yourself if that’s what you would like to pay thousand of dollars for. In all honesty, if I were to do it again, I would try to stay far away from Codify. To be objective, less than 20 graduates out of 160+ got a job within 6 months of graduation. That’s less than 15%…
Codify Academy’s misleading advertisements mentions that its bootcamp have “industry experienced lead mentors” teaching their classes. NOT TRUE AT ALL EITHER. Experienced instructors were the main reason I joined Codify, but ended up disappointed when I found out CA recent students were teaching these courses. Most courses are taught by CA recent students, most of them don’t have industry experience. Nothing wrong with this, but if you’re serious about your education and career, and value your time and money, don’t sign up for this bootcamp. What you learn is little, if anything. The reason CA students teach these courses are because they say they can’t afford industry experienced instructors. CA targets vulnerable low-income people looking for a quick way to make big money, so Codify advertises and promises heaven, but when you get there you see the reality of what they offer: dirt. To be honest, Sam Brody knows about this and mentioned it during one of our meetings. The founders are in this for the short-term, for the money and their main goal is to get more students (students = money), but rarely to improve their course materials and projects. This is the reason they don’t invest in hiring experienced instructors (they say it’s too expensive and don’t have the money) because filling up their pockets is more important than your time, education and career.
In conclusion, I would highly suggest you stay as far away as possible from this bootcamp or program if you are looking to break into the web development field since you will be better off buying affordable courses from Udemy; searching, reading and learning from Google resources and articles; learning from W3Schools; going to web development meet-ups; doing FreeCodeCamp; signing up to Treehouse or Udacity's nanodegrees; or simply reading books and watching YouTube web development videos to improve your web dev skills. Seriously, I highly suggest you stay as far away as possible from Codify Academy and a shitty experience.
PS: I was in your position a few months ago. I read every single internet review about Codify Academy, its legitimacy, and still gave them an opportunity to prove me wrong, but ended up disappointed as many of you will feel by the middle or end of the program if you decide to join. If you truly value your time, money, education and career, you should consider investing it more wisely somewhere else.
This is the review I wish I had read while researching and considering joining a bootcamp, especially Codify Academy.
Pros:
- Codify is run by three brothers who started out as programmers themselves, so they have great hands-on experience.
- Price-point for course is relatively inexpensive compared to other bootcamps
- All textbooks are included in the price, as well as your first domain/hosting service for a year (where you will showcase your portfolio of sites/apps you build)
- They hold weekday evening workshops every once in a while and will often provide a m...
Pros:
- Codify is run by three brothers who started out as programmers themselves, so they have great hands-on experience.
- Price-point for course is relatively inexpensive compared to other bootcamps
- All textbooks are included in the price, as well as your first domain/hosting service for a year (where you will showcase your portfolio of sites/apps you build)
- They hold weekday evening workshops every once in a while and will often provide a meal then, as well as snacks (fresh fruit) during regular weekly meetings
Cons:
- I would really like to give these guys a few more stars but I really can't . To start off, Codify is misleading and tells potential students that they are "ready to be hired" at the end of the 16 weeks. In reality, when applying for positions and talking to people actually working in the industry, they're feedback has often been that there were quite a few things missing in terms of experience and projects to get hired at an entry-level position.
- In a class of 10-12 students that graduated in June (6 months later), there is currently 1 person I know of who has gotten a developer job, post-course completion. Many more folks, from my group and others who have actually gone on to take on other types of jobs because they couldn't break into the developer field with their Codify training.
- Codify instructors may know how to code but they DO NOT have a background in teaching or facilitation. There are often gaps in the progress of topics and in their priorities. E.g.: They spend about half of the course on HTML & CSS, a good amount of time on JavaScript and very little time on things like AngularJS or API's, even though knowing and working with these in front-end development are essential for getting jobs in the field.
- They sometimes teach different things to different classes, so you don't know if you're getting everything you need.
- They often say "please let me know if you have any questions" but it will often take them a week or longer to answer emails/questions (and some go unanswered all together). I was sometimes "ping-ponged" back and forth between one instructor and another before someone actually answered a question, and at times when they did so, they could be rude and passive-aggressive about it, instead of being encouraging and helping me learn. Not cool.
- When I signed up for the course, I opted to work with one of their suggested partners WeFinance (a startup that does crowd funding campaigns by having the campaign owner ask for loans that will be repaid on an agreed-upon schedule). When I initially got in contact with Codify Academy, I was told the course would last 12 weeks. I signed up with WeFinance and determined a pay-back schedule keeping this in mind, as well as how long they said a student usually takes to get a job (2-6 months).
As it turns out, when I thought I was in my last week, the instructor informed me, laughing non-chalantly that there was actually another month left in the course. Of course, this wreaked havoc with my crowd-funding campaign. Did not receive any acknowledgment, apology or help with this, either.
- Their "job prep" is a workshop where students go through a checklist for technical questions and then they mock-interview each other. They also give anecdotes of previous students who have been successful at presenting "value" to companies they want to work for. All things you can learn on your own, online.
Conclusion: I absolutely learned some front end code while at Codify, but that's also because I have had the experience of teaching and facilitating; so I have a pretty good idea of how/where to fill in the gaps of their teaching style for myself.
If you already have some experience with coding and/or you feel very confident about your ability to teach yourself when needed and find a job, you'll be ok with Codify. However, for the majority of folks, especially those with no programming background, it's well-worth it to spend a bit more and get a better education, elsewhere.
The overall experience was good and thats just because it got me aquainted with the tech environment. However, there are more negatives than positives about this course. The instructor is a great guy and easy to talk to. In fact I only give him two stars because he really didn't help me as much as the course had promised (24/7 mentor - one on one).
A regular day on site was as follows: (Once a week for 3 hours)
- Show up to a meeting room with couple other stu...
The overall experience was good and thats just because it got me aquainted with the tech environment. However, there are more negatives than positives about this course. The instructor is a great guy and easy to talk to. In fact I only give him two stars because he really didn't help me as much as the course had promised (24/7 mentor - one on one).
A regular day on site was as follows: (Once a week for 3 hours)
- Show up to a meeting room with couple other students.
- Instructor would tell us what we we would be working on today with a brief and I mean brief instruction on some of the technologies.
- We would then work on some projects that would remind you codeacademy.com or code.com. Step by step code just like web sites you can use for FREE. Anytime you needed help I was told to just "google it" because thats what most people do in the industry and we have to learn to figure out things on our own. I am okay with that approach here and there but again I can do this at home for FREE. What is the point of the instructor if I cant retrieve the answer on spot super fast? I had many questions that I had to figure out myself. Thats great but I paid for the course to get help fast and to understand the code from someone who works in the industry.
- After 3 hours of working on a project and "googling" class was over. They had another class coming in so it was time to leave. The instructor would then give us something to work on for next class - another project.
- This process would repeat itself for the remiander of the class.
Whats crazy about this cycle is that even if you didn't finish the projects we would move on. You have to remember the class is full of novice programmers and to just move on without completion of projects does not set you up for success.
I forgot to mention that once a week the instructor would set up a 30 minute phone call to see how you were doing. Now, I am assuming this was the one on one they talked about in the description of the course. Every week we had a specific time set up for this and everytime we talked it was just about what we were going to do next week. The 30 minutes should have been a screen sharing time that solved problems pertaining to my project. 30 minutes you can see is not going to be enough time - trust me. Also, most of the time there are people he has to contact in your class right after your phone call so there is no time to go over the 30 minutes.
My problems with the class description posted to craigslist which is as follows: ( which can be seen at this link --> http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/web/5057015085.html )
By learning to code, you could be in-line for an impressive $87,000 per year! Because, in San Francisco, that's just the average entry-level pay for a front-end web developer, and -- thanks to increasing demand -- it's a figure that's rapidly on the rise.
In just sixteen weeks, by embarking on one of Codify Academy's San Francisco bootcamps, you will learn all you need to apply for such a role -- from essential programming skills right through to the ideal interview approach. Before you even complete your training, Codify Academy will introduce you to recruitment agents, kit you out with a cut-thru portfolio, ensure you have relevant references and give you insider tips on how to wow the recruiters.
If you want to succeed, with a super-hot job, you can trust that we're right behind you: our courses are even designed to fit around your commitments, so you can keep your current career whilst you prepare for the big switch.
We're taking new applicants now, so, what are you waiting for?!
To apply, go to codifyacademy dot com and fill out our application.
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Okay a few things. I have completed the course and still am trying to find a job. Don't get all caught up in making $87,000 a year because for a novice thats not going to happen. From what I've seen for starters its around $50k if your lucky. If you are a code ninja then you could probably see around 60-70k beginning. Not exactly sure where that figure comes from. After completion of the course there was no talk of the "interview approach." I still don't know how to approach an interview in the web design field. Maybe they just forgot to talk about this - I am not sure. Recruitment agents? Still haven't been introduced to any recruitment agents and at this point won't hold my breath. Its better to just find a recruiter online by yourself that will help you land a job. Again, this can be done for FREE.
My biggest problem of all - Code Academy is always assembling new classes. So during your class the instructor instead of focusing on your group is focusing more on recruiting new applicants for the new class that will take place right after your term comes to a close or for the new class that will start literally right after you leave on that specific day. You might be thinking well whats wrong with that? Couple things. First you don't recieve all of the attention that you need because they are to busy setting up interviews for new applicants. The other problem is that once you complete the course you are totally forgotten. With so many people coming through this course so rapidly and only one mentor you could imagine how this could happen. If you keep in contact you will always be told to come and hang out in the building with other people who have completed the course. Couple problems with that - is it the right thing to do to have a bunch of people that really don't know what they are doing showing up in a room together with no mentor or instructor. I could do this in my own home or the local library instead of wasting time and money to travel and park. I love the fact that they give us the option to hang out and code with other people from other classes but to me this is not going to help me achieve my goals.
I believe you can get the same results by watching youtube videos or using the many online tools for FREE.
Overall Experience
Codify Academy, also known as CA, claims to be a “Part Time Program that Teaches You How to Become a Front End Developer in 16 Weeks”. But half-way through my time at the program, 6 out 12 of my classmates had dropped out due to the bad experience they were having. By the end of the course, only 4 of the 12 students remained.
With two weeks left to finish the course I decided to withdraw after ...
Overall Experience
Codify Academy, also known as CA, claims to be a “Part Time Program that Teaches You How to Become a Front End Developer in 16 Weeks”. But half-way through my time at the program, 6 out 12 of my classmates had dropped out due to the bad experience they were having. By the end of the course, only 4 of the 12 students remained.
With two weeks left to finish the course I decided to withdraw after they offered me and my classmate a “job” as UNPAID TA’s for their incoming classes. I had 2 issues with this.
1. This seems to imply that they do not value their own graduates worth if they do not feel the need to pay them.
2. The quality of of their mentors and TA’s. If I accepted the position, I could have been your TA with no computer science degree and zero teaching experience. My coding skills may be enough for a internship or junior web development job, but there’s no way I have any business teaching in a class room.
CA deleted me from their program's Slack (community messaging board) and threatened to sue me for punitive damages if I shared this review with my fellow classmates. In 7 days I went from being a star student being asked to work for them, to CA threatening to sue me. Many other students have had tried voicing their concerns on Slack about the legitimacy of the program. In response they made us all sign contracts in hopes to silence us.
Be wary when reading other posted reviews. Many of them are from CA staff members. One of the most widely used review and testimonial works for CA’s sales and marketing.
Instructors
The instructors (or mentors, as CA calls them) are former students and not the “experienced industry mentors” as advertised. Most don’t have Computer Science degrees and have never held jobs at tech companies. The mentors in my class were just former CA students from less than a year ago who, apparently, couldn’t get hired anywhere else after their graduation from the academy. Though they were unfit to be a lead mentor they were fantastic group of friendly guys.
Each class was supposed to have 3 mentors, but my class had only 2, if both showed up. Classsates brought their concerns to the founders and were told another mentor would be added, but that promise went unfulfilled.
During a meeting with one of the founders, he said CA couldn’t afford quality instructors because they target low-income students and paying a qualified instructor would raise costs.
Curriculum
They know their own book is a bad resource. In fact, page one of CA’s book states that W3Schools (a free online resource) is a better resource of knowledge. There is one chapter in CA’s book for each week of the academy, so 16 chapters for 16 weeks. But some pages consist of just a few sentences of text and a generic stock photo to fill up space.
Many times the book just states the method without any explanation of its use or how it works. It doesn’t even show the result of the method. For that, you are referred to page numbers in John Duckett’s book (another outside resource). A mentor disclosed to me that the book was worthless and that they are going to discontinue the use of it and keep everything online.
The YouTube videos intended to go with each chapter are just as incomplete. Some videos are as short as 7 minutes for a whole week’s worth of material.
I quickly realized that I had to supplement all of the academy’s teaching materials with outside resources if I wanted to learn anything.
Job Assistance
CA makes a lot of too-good-to-be-true statements about the job assistance they provide graduates and the jobs graduates will get. They weren’t able to answer me when I asked if just ONE graduate had gotten a job in the last two months. There’s about a couple dozen that appear to have gotten jobs. That however is out of the hundreds who had joined is CA and the 150 who completed it. Ask CA to prove that 100+ of their graduates have relevant jobs in the field. You won’t get any because their job placement rates are exaggerated and manipulated.
Cost
It’s hard to compare CA’s cost with other bootcamps like Hack Reactor, General Assembly, Dev Bootcamp, etc., because those bootcamps are approved institutions with the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education. Codify Academy is NOT an approved institution.
I awarded one extra star because CA does offer 24-month payment plans and only $300 down to start. Plus, many of my classmates were able to negotiate their tuition down.
Location
The best part of the program is their convenient location downtown. It’s a short walk from the Montgomery St. Station. Getting into CA is a bit of a hassle. You have to check in with security in the lobby and then you have to contact someone from CA to come down to get you to let you in the elevator. Usually this takes less than 5 minutes but on occasion it can take longer.
CA has two tiny sales and marketing offices on the 15th floor. There’s no dedicated spot for CA students to study. A common area with tables and chairs is shared with the other dozen businesses on the floor. Classes take place on various floors throughout the building, which CA rents out by the hour.
Matt Brody of Codify Academy
Co-Founder
Jul 07, 2017
Codify Academy is obviously a business; a business that would suffer if it didn't live up to its claims.
Be aware of the fact that most reviews here might be written by the same people who stand to lose if business falls.
For those who have the disposable income to pay for CodifyAcademy, go for it.
For those who are seeking a way out of the hamster-wheel of low-wage jobs, and living paycheck-to-paycheck, go to the library, find some books on programming, o...
Codify Academy is obviously a business; a business that would suffer if it didn't live up to its claims.
Be aware of the fact that most reviews here might be written by the same people who stand to lose if business falls.
For those who have the disposable income to pay for CodifyAcademy, go for it.
For those who are seeking a way out of the hamster-wheel of low-wage jobs, and living paycheck-to-paycheck, go to the library, find some books on programming, or better yet download free ebooks on programming launguages and frameworks, use reference sites (like w3schools.com), API's, codecademy.com, and youtube videos.
I gurantee you, you'll learn the exact same thing, but without having to shell out $5,000.
The instructors were nice and easy to work with.
Less expensive than most onsite boot camps in San Francisco.
Good classroom.
Codify Academy is runned by three brothers - really nice guys who are trying to grow their business in the Bay Area. They face stiff competition from many other boot-camps, and in my opinion, they really need to get more experienced instructors to teach their students. There are three instructors who seem to have more experience teaching students - wished I could have switched over to one of their classes instead! Unfortunately, I was stuck with a very inexperienced instructor....
Codify Academy is runned by three brothers - really nice guys who are trying to grow their business in the Bay Area. They face stiff competition from many other boot-camps, and in my opinion, they really need to get more experienced instructors to teach their students. There are three instructors who seem to have more experience teaching students - wished I could have switched over to one of their classes instead! Unfortunately, I was stuck with a very inexperienced instructor. He was knowledgeable, but did not know HOW to teach people! My instructor would waste time, "hanging out and shooting the breeze" with other mentors or students....hey, I am not paying for you to "hang out" with your buddies! I complained several times to Codify about the matter before finally did something about it; but the instructor just doesn't have enough experience teaching - most students leave the class confused and frustrated.
Also, I spoke with several Codify alums who are still searching for work after 4-6 months. They basically get a few "power sessions" with Codfiy on how to format their resume or Linkedin accounts, plus some help with interview questions - that's it....nada, you get nothing else. Granted, the job search is primarlily the students responsibility, but don't advertise that you help students get $87,000 a year jobs - that's just false advertising! You are misleading people and really need to STOP fraudualently selling the program as "16-weeks to a new career".
Anyone considering Codify Academy, should re-evaluate if this program is really worth $6K. There are so many boot-camps in the Bay Area to choose from - you can get better value for your money.
Codify academy is a front-end web development bootcamp in lower Manhattan.
Its founders are brothers who come from upstate New York.
One of codify academy's selling points was the fact that you'd have a mentor who would be able to guide you throughgout the process. In theory, the mentor was available 24/7 to answer your questions, motivate you, keep you on track. And while I did genuinely enjoy my time there, overall I feel that there was much left to be desired in...
Codify academy is a front-end web development bootcamp in lower Manhattan.
Its founders are brothers who come from upstate New York.
One of codify academy's selling points was the fact that you'd have a mentor who would be able to guide you throughgout the process. In theory, the mentor was available 24/7 to answer your questions, motivate you, keep you on track. And while I did genuinely enjoy my time there, overall I feel that there was much left to be desired in the actual program.
I'll start with the curriculum. It was, in fact, a bunch of free resources you could easily find on the web. They utilized codecademy.com a lot and sites like egghead.io, JShint.com, web development blogs, etc. Not only that but most research and/or problems were solved by just "googling" it. I could tell they took their time structuring the curriculum, but again, it was all free, just nicely presented. Its structured in a way that requires two hours of hand-coding a day, a feat that may be reasonably accomplished if, you know, you had absolutely nothing else to worry about in your life. Also the curriculum, as plentiful as the resources were, lacked a foundation from which to build further knowledge on. We were expected to dive right in, it was comparable to a "get on the bull and hold tight" scenario.
Now, I'll go over the general atmosphere of the classes. I had already paid the down payment, when the mentor revealed the classes would meet only one day a week. My first reaction was to cringe and think to myself "how are we to learn anything if we only meet once a week?", but coming fresh off a semester of college and remembering that classes only met twice a week, I calmed myself and so gave them the benefit of the doubt, a wait-and-see approach.
Throughout the continuing (two) months of classes I found myself enjoying my time there not because I felt like I was getting anything done but because the location the classes were held in was very modern & hip; beer was on tap, there was a ping-pong table, cool little nick-nacks strewn about the area, tv rooms. When going to class it felt more like I was just hanging out with "bros" rather than attening class. Don't misinterpret the last sentence, we did get work done, but it was often just review of the week's homework puncuated by a lot of digressions, surfing the web to find inspiration, a few "show-and-tells" here and there but nothing like a college class, interesting college class, which I think stems from the mentor's lack of experience.
Which brings me to the mentor. Personally I'd say he is a very pleasant guy to work, even chat with. Extremely patient & consistently helpful, which I consider to be his biggest assets, however his lack of formal training in any sort of education comes off as amateurish and unempathetic. He can only help you if you give him a specific piece of code you don't know, but more often than not just ends up with him typing it himself or "googling". And when I say unempathetic, I don't mean he's an asshole, rather it is just the ignorance that stems from their cultural-background: middle-class, suburban white.
I don't want you to get the wrong idea here. I do not feel in anyway vengeful, or feel swindled, I do regret a little about spending that amount of money, and had I known then what I know now, definately wouldn't have signed up. But, it should be clearly stated (if not on their website then here) that their program is best for people who already know quite a bit of front end development, and have the time and competence to accomplish such an "autonomous" style of learning. Their program is also ideal for those people who are desperate to change their career and make $$$ as soon as possible. I fall into neither. I am at a point in my life where, sure I have debts to pay, but I'm in no rush to pay them hence in no rush to get a job. I also learn by studying, collaboration and debate, things you can't really get in a two-month long, weekly-session program.
The job placement assistance was helpful, but overall fruitless. And after long deliberation realized that front-end web development isn't necessarily a viable career choice for me simply because i find it rather banal & mediocre. Sure, you make websites look nice, develop some neat applications, learn new web technologies, but overall it is just another highly specialized job, with a required skill set, and predictable expectations. I will say this though, this program has made me realize how interested I am in the overall function of the internet, programming, networks and even computer science as an academic subject, but for less self-interested reasons.
Summarily, if you have studied on your own for a bit, and like to keep it that way but also have the chance to work in a busy, hip, communal workspace and have access to beer as well as people who consider themselves entrepeneurs then by all means go for it, and hurry before they raise the price 100% again. But I ahve to say that you can also get the same things for free...jus sayin'.
$5,000 for the same exact service I received for less than half that? Now you're just getting greedy guys.
I understand the concept of supply-and-demand but honestly how could the price inflate more than 100% since the time I was there (2015) ?
One of two things has happened; either codify has gotten better at teaching and getting jobs for their students or they're getting better at finding gullible idiots to swindle.
If you think u need to pay th...
$5,000 for the same exact service I received for less than half that? Now you're just getting greedy guys.
I understand the concept of supply-and-demand but honestly how could the price inflate more than 100% since the time I was there (2015) ?
One of two things has happened; either codify has gotten better at teaching and getting jobs for their students or they're getting better at finding gullible idiots to swindle.
If you think u need to pay this ridiculous amount of money to learn only front-end development, you don't!
The good thing about learning how the web works is using the web to learn to do so.
Be Careful.
You start learning a course from a free online course and they "teach" you based on that. What is the purpose of paying for something that online is free?
My experience:
I started the course without an email specifying what I had to bring. At the first class all students were lost. I even didnt know I had to bring a computer since the pictures online shows that people are working with computers in class so I thought that the class had computer for stu...
Be Careful.
You start learning a course from a free online course and they "teach" you based on that. What is the purpose of paying for something that online is free?
My experience:
I started the course without an email specifying what I had to bring. At the first class all students were lost. I even didnt know I had to bring a computer since the pictures online shows that people are working with computers in class so I thought that the class had computer for students. They did not give us online aceess to register in their website until 3 days after. Total fail. Emails from them company are very "cheap" and not professional. The emails dont even have the logo of the company which make it not credible.
There is a catch:
They dont mention this to you... If you cancel even the next day after paying 6K they retain $300 dollars. So if you had to take a loan to pay them, you better be careful. They dont offer you a trial. My understanding was that you had 7 days to have your money back. Well you get you money back less $300 that they basically steal from you so you dont get your money back.
Not professional Company:
There is a lot of lack communication with the recruter and the students. He doesnt answer you and you have to text the mentor to communicate to him because he is not enough professional to even acknoledge your messages.
Note:
You are not important for them. They only want your money. What they "teach" you paying 6K, you can find it in CodeCademy for 20 dollars a month with mentors.
This is my experience. I understand not all people have experienced the same and thats good, but my advise is before you pay them, read all the TERMS in the contract and make sure they explain it to you.
My advise: Just be careful.
There are a few things I would like to review and talk about regarding this school
First who this is probably best suited for.
I work fulltime and live in the east bay, as interesting as it would be to have done a full time course, I still have car payments and rent. The weekend sessions and open office hours allowed me to mold my school schedule to my work schedule which was exactly what I was looking fo...
There are a few things I would like to review and talk about regarding this school
First who this is probably best suited for.
I work fulltime and live in the east bay, as interesting as it would be to have done a full time course, I still have car payments and rent. The weekend sessions and open office hours allowed me to mold my school schedule to my work schedule which was exactly what I was looking for.
The age of the students seems to be between mid twenties and mid thirties, as I am 29 I felt much more comfortable with this then with 22 year old prodigies that have no idea what TRL is.
There were one or two students that had a computer background, but most were coming from other fields. (I am/was in marketing)
Our day to day:
When you sign up for the class you are assigned pre-work, about 3-4 hours of work that gets you caught up enough to as my mentor said “hit the ground running” on the first day of class. You get access to the program that lists exactly what you do each week (reading, videos, projects ect) and go to work. Once per week we go into 3 hour sessions where we work together as a group on our projects. In the sessions you have your team, your mentor and 2 other TA’s that have completed the course helping everyone. So In comparison to what I went through in college I feel like this is a huge plus. They have open times during the week where you can come in after work to code as well.
During the week I spent about 90% of my time working from home, but noticed that certain students were pulling ahead of me, There was a study group using their open office hours where you can go in and program with other students after work that I was not aware of. I starting doing that and caught up pretty quickly. You can come in anytime from 10am to 9pm, but I think it worked better when I planned ahead with other students so we could pair code together.
During home study I made use of google hangouts very often with my mentor but that wound down a little with the study group time and as I became more comfortable in my coding skin.
The projects seem gargantuan when you start, I mean the whole coding thing seems like magic before you understand everything. I think my biggest mistake was not taking advantage of the study groups and waiting a bit too long to get ahold of my mentor when I ran into problems.
By the end of week 10 we had enough basics covered where I felt very comfortable actually building projects from scratch and then using git as my repository.
That covered the basic day to day of the first 10 weeks. The last 5 weeks were a little unorthodox but in the end I think what helped me get employed after the class ended.
Starting week 11 the program becomes very open. The two lead mentors sat down with me and we started reviewing the job options I would have depending on what type of programming I decided to go into. This is a fairly broad industry, there are a few blogs you should probably read before hand to get a better handle on what is available, angellist is a good one so you can view jobs and smashing magazine gives a nice overview of new technologies it makes sense to keep up with. I chose to focus on API’s, so we brainstormed projects in Google Calendar and Twilio. In the last 5 weeks there is a shift of focus, I was coming in regularly to study with other students so I chose to use my 3 hours a week in group to work in my interview skills and finish building out my API app.
My interviews were nerve racking, but in the end I was hired fairly quickly after class ended (I did start applying before class was done, which I 100% suggest to everyone). I went on 15 interviews total.
Advice for people thinking about this
Work on your portfolio, I made the mistake of waiting a bit long and I had to play catch up….they have lots of projects, complete as many as you can.
Join a study group, I know this sounds basic but it made a huge difference. I joined a women’s study group and am still friends with a few of my cohort.
They said that will refund me my money in a month. Obviously the want to make interest out of my money.
There is no company that I am aware of that take a month to give you YOUR money.
This definetely shows the kind of company that it is.
I would not trust them.
Matt Brody of Codify Academy
Co-Founder
Jul 07, 2017
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