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I’d like to share my experience after enrolling, attending and graduating form Coding Dojo Dallas (Full-time).
A little about my background, I’m an engineer, I worked as a web developer for a about 4 years (Classic ASP),
Then I moved to other fields and after decided to go back to web development. In order to do that,
I wanted to learn new web technologies. It was hard hard to find a place where you could learn
most of what you need in just one pla...
I’d like to share my experience after enrolling, attending and graduating form Coding Dojo Dallas (Full-time).
A little about my background, I’m an engineer, I worked as a web developer for a about 4 years (Classic ASP),
Then I moved to other fields and after decided to go back to web development. In order to do that,
I wanted to learn new web technologies. It was hard hard to find a place where you could learn
most of what you need in just one place and at the same time. So, finally I found Coding Dojo Dallas.
I decided to enrolled with them because in their program they offer to teach you 3 full stacks (Python, Ruby and MEAN).
What to expect: Coding Dojo is an immersive full-time coding bootcamp where you are going to be learning all the fundamentals for web development, from the Front-End to the Back-End and databases. First, you’ll spend 2 weeks learning the basics (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, Git and Terminal), then you’ll jump to Python Django with MySQL for about 4 weeks. Basically you start learning the fundamentals of Python, then OOP, then MySQL, then Django, and finally you put everything together to start building full web apps using everything you’ve learned so far together and then you are expected to take an exam to test your skills and be able to move forward. Next you repeat the process but for Ruby on Rails with Postgres and also they increased the level of difficulty by introducing a few new concepts like authentication and authorization, among others for about 4 weeks and finally the same again but for MEAN (Mongo, Express, Angular, Nodejs).
How is going to be a normal day: A normal day starts at 9am (oficially, but if you are really interested you should be there between 7 and 8), then you start working in algorithm for about 1 hour in small groups on whiteboards, after that usually is a morning lecture of about 1-2 hour and then you start working on small assignments to cover different aspects during the rest of the day. There is a second lecture in the afternoon and the you go back to work on your assignments. Your instructor is going to be there always, so I you have questions at anytime you can ask for help if needed. The day ends at 5pm. Now, depending on how fast you learn, or what are your current skills in development, you might move faster than others, it varies from person to person. Most of the people that joined my cohort, they didn’t have previous coding experience, so the spent a lot of time in the Dojo, some of the arrived early in the morning, about 7am and left the dojo in the night and even working on weekends, that’s because there there are so many things to learn and it takes time to understand everything and to be able to finish assignments on time.
I had the fortune to learn from a highly skilled teacher, Matt, during my time at the dojo, and the lectures are very important because that’s where you can actually ask question while building small projects or features so you can apply that knowledge into your own assignments. So regarding instructors, they are GREAT and very well prepared, at least in my experience.
Career services: Once you are done, you will spend 1 week in career services, during this week, you will learn the basics you need to apply for jobs, things like your resume, social networks, job search sites, interviews and thing that maybe you already know but is not a bad thing to refresh. It’s important to mention that their job is not to find a job to everyone, but to give support if needed, they also try to set up presentations with employers where you can show off your projects to them (this happened a couple of times during my time there, they have room to improve in this area buiding relations with more potencial employers) and have the chance to be employed. They also will publish jobs from time to time so everyone can apply if interested. It took me 2 months to get a job, I applied to about 70 positions, I had 3 interviewes and 1 offer. Job hunting is a very hard an exhausting thing to do, it might take longer, so be prepared because very few people are able to find a job right after finishing the bootcamp. What best worked for me was networking.
Bottom line: If you are a new to web development, I highly recommend this as an option but I warn you is going to be tough and hard, so be preapred. If you are an experienced developer, it will depend on what are you looking for, in my case it worked well because it was a refresher for me and also learned a lot of new things on basic levels. In Coding Dojo you will learn the fundamentals, is up to you how far you get. You will get what you put in this!, it's no magical, it takes a lot of effort and time, so base on this, the results are not the same for everyone.
Hope this helps!!!, and good luck!...
Sarah of Coding Dojo
Alumni Relations
Sep 06, 2023
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How much does Coding Dojo cost?
Coding Dojo costs around $16,995. On the lower end, some Coding Dojo courses like Software Development Online Part-Time Accelerated cost $9,995.
What courses does Coding Dojo teach?
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Where does Coding Dojo have campuses?
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Is Coding Dojo worth it?
The data says yes! In 2019, Coding Dojo reported a 80% graduation rate, a median salary of $72,048, and N/A of Coding Dojo alumni are employed.
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Does Coding Dojo offer scholarships or accept the GI Bill?
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