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Codify Academy

Average Rating4.44
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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 JavaScrip...

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  • Richard
    Richard
    Web Developer • Student • Front End Development • San Francisco
    Jun 27, 2017
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    Read 5 minutes, save thousands of dollars.

    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...

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  • Maru
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    Graduate • Front End Development • San Francisco
    Dec 11, 2016
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    Codify Front End Course

    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...

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  • Anonymous
    Jun 29, 2015
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    Lacking in all areas

    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...

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  • Adam D
    Adam D
    Student • Front End Development • San Francisco
    Jun 12, 2017
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    The Honest Review I Wish I’d Read Before Attending Codify Academy

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        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 ...

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    Matt Brody of Codify Academy

    Co-Founder

    Jul 07, 2017

    We've just been reading your review and we want to let you know that we still feel that you are a superstar student! We know that somewhere between starting and success something happened that caused you to lose faith in our system, anytime this happens we all feel mortified that either through our actions or the actions of the staff that work here someone will not fulfill their dream of becoming a creator. 

    Just in case anyone reads this who is thinking about hiring you or researching you online, we want to list out some of the awesome accomplishments you had while you were here, because you worked diligently and that should be recognized.

    You always came in with a friendly smiling personality, which is difficult to do as taking 16 weeks to intensely learn a new skill can wear on anybody.
    When you started bringing in freelance clients for yourself and Richard (while you were still students), we were more than happy to open up our space to you guys. We were incredibly impressed that you were able to go out and start your own business from scratch. 
    We loved watching you take the time out of your day to help other students who were not as advanced as you. Which is why we were hoping you would help out as a TA. 

    I know you were not able to start the jobs program because of the withdrawal but we really do believe in your potential, we would be more than happy to sit down with you one on one again and plot out a course where you could start the jobs program and get hired. 

    I have pasted the Grit Guarantee below so you can see that as long as you complete a set number of items and are still not hired in 6 months you get a full refund. 

    Otherwise please feel free to call us at 415-530-1557.

    GRIT GUARANTEE. This Contract will terminate automatically upon completion by Codify Academy of the Services required by this Contract. Students that have not been hired within 6 months after the 16th week of technical training are entitled to a full refund provided they have completed the requirements outlined in student graduation criteria.

    STUDENT GRADUATION CRITERIA. The following is required and expected of the student:
    Complete 100% of pre-work before coming to first class
    Read and/or code for a minimum of 20 hours per week
    Complete one project per week
    Post each completed project to Facebook via Codepen
    Pull and Push to Github at least once a day (starting week 3)
    Create a Portfolio - complete portfolio checklist by week 12 in order to graduate and receive certificate
    Post 6 projects into that portfolio by week 12
    Attend at least 14 of the 16 in-person classes - can't miss 2 in a row
    developer profile (portfolio and linkedIn) completed and approved @ week 12
    Company Intro Files (resume and cover letter) reviewed and completed @ week 12
    Track applications on excel sheet @ 20 applications per week starting 13
    Attend 12 Interview Preparation sessions (at least 1 biweekly)
  • Anonymous
    May 20, 2015
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    Be aware

    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...

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    Anonymous
    Student • San Francisco
    Dec 16, 2016
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    Review

    The instructors were nice and easy to work with.

    Less expensive than most onsite boot camps in San Francisco.

    Good classroom.

     

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  • Layna
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    San Francisco
    Mar 25, 2017
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    Depends on whether or not you get a good 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....

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  • Anonymous
    Student • Front End Development • New York City
    Mar 24, 2015
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    Personal review.

    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...

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  • Anonymous
    Front End Development • New York City
    Jul 23, 2015
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    tisk-tisk

    $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...

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  • SAMMUEL
    Anonymous
    Student • Front End Development • San Francisco
    Feb 06, 2017
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    Not a proffesional enviroment

    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...

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  • Anonymous
    Senior Developer • Graduate • Front End Development • San Francisco
    Oct 09, 2015
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    Becoming a developer in 16 weeks

    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...

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  • glen
    glen
    professional • Applicant • Front End Development • San Francisco
    Feb 21, 2017
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    Not a thruthfull company

    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.

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    Matt Brody of Codify Academy

    Co-Founder

    Jul 07, 2017

    Dear Glen,

    All of our contracts allow for a 30 day refund and we stop charging as soon as you declare that you're dropping out of the course. You should not have been charged again and should definitely not have been charged additional interest. If you were, please reach out to me about it as soon as you can, (925) 876-3287.

    Matt Brody

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Harry Hantel
Harry Hantel
Updated May 29, 2020
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Updated March 25, 2015
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Codify Academy Alumni Reviews Summary

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4.2
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How much does Codify Academy cost?

Codify Academy costs around $6,000.

What courses does Codify Academy teach?

Codify Academy offers courses like Front End Development.

Where does Codify Academy have campuses?

Codify Academy has in-person campuses in San Francisco.

Is Codify Academy worth it?

Codify Academy hasn't shared alumni outcomes yet, but one way to determine if a bootcamp is worth it is by reading alumni reviews. 74 Codify Academy alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Codify Academy on Course Report - you should start there!

Is Codify Academy legit?

We let alumni answer that question. 74 Codify Academy alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Codify Academy and rate their overall experience a 4.44 out of 5.

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You can read 74 reviews of Codify Academy on Course Report! Codify Academy alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Codify Academy and rate their overall experience a 4.44 out of 5.

Is Codify Academy accredited?

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