Coding Temple

Attending Coding Temple's online web development and data science bootcamp has been one of the best decisions that I have ever made. The program, while challenging, not only taught me the in-demand technologies and coding skills required to work in the tech industry, but it also gave me experience creating and developing real world projects that I was able to leverage in my search for full-time employment as a software engineer. The faculty and TA's are not only knowledgable and experienced but they make sure to serve as a guide in the professional development of each and every one of the students. If that's not enough, the student relations and career services provide extensive 1-on-1 support to make sure each student is progressing, not only in the program, but also in their professional development. The program does require students be dedicated to showing up and doing the work daily for 10-weeks, but students who do the work and stick with the program are sure to gain the tools and resources they need to work and succeed in the tech industry. I recently was offered and accepted a position as a software engineer that I couldn't have dreamed possible without the support and guidance from all of the faculty and staff at Coding Temple. Coding Temple has truly transformed my life and started me down my new journey as a software engineer and I couldn't be more grateful.

Where to start, I'm not sure. Writing a review for Coding Temple and my experience is some what of a emotional situation for me in a good way. Some words about the employees first....Caring/Honest/Family/Supportive/Involved/Passionate/Open Minded/Creative are all words that come to mind when I think about the employees ranging from top to bottom. Some words for the program.........Tough/Achieving/Testing/Frustrating/Happy/Tiring/Lost/REWARDING! Coding Temple is possibly the hardest course I have ever taken in my life and I am someone that went to college for Computer Science and got Math burn out literally after 2 years non stop of it. Along my path at Coding Temple I met some awesome people and had the experience of my life. I truly felt like my success mattered to each and every person that worked there and my class mates as well. It is a tremendous amount of support at every turn you take......failure is not a option and I assure you there will be times when failure seems like a very real option as I hit that point more than once and was picked right up by the best group of people ever. Hell I still wonder how they all managed to be employed at the same place, it just isn't common anymore in my experience to be met by literally an entire workforce that falls in the category of my words about the employees. This program I would say is geared to someone ready to make a leap and achieve something that will create a career for themselves and test a person beyond words. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in a Full-Stack bootcamp. 

Final thoughts........Ryan/Terrell/Joel/Nicole/ and Marlene are all kick ass awesome individuals! 

I just wrapped up my journey through Coding Temple's Part Time Python Bootcamp and I cannot express the level of gratitude I have for the people at CT! Between the beginning of April this year and now, I not only was going through their bootcamp, but also moved from CA to CO, planned a wedding and got married! Through it all, the staff at Coding Temple demonstrated just how committed they are to supporting me as one of their students! They provided extensions and the flexibility I needed to finish the program well! In all my research leading up to committing to Coding Temple, what made them stand out from the crowd was their emphasis on individualised attention! They live up to what they say on their website - as long as you are willing to do the work of messaging them and asking for help as you need it - they want you to understand the curriculum and find a balance between taking the time to do the work and keeping up with the day-to-day. 

The program's main priority as far as curriculum is exposure. They know that 12 weeks is not enough time to cover everything about everything, but they do a solid job of giving you the essentials about HTML, CSS, Python, Flask, SQL, JavaScript, React with as much of Pandas and NumPy added onto the end before starting the final capstone project.

Most important are the instructors and staff, just like any other class or course, a teacher can make or break a class and I truly could not have made it through this bootcamp without Nate, Marcus and Nicole pushing me in the right direction each week!

Highly recommended!

TLDR: My experience at Coding Temple was very positive - I thought they had a well-rounded approach to teaching me and my cohort the technical and non-technical sides of learning how to code and transitioning into a career. I highly recommend it for those interested in software engineering, especially if you don’t have any coding experience. They have amazing staff - job support (Marlene) is there for you and wants you to succeed. However, their curriculum was not as in-depth as I wanted it to be for data-analytics part of the course.----There’s a lot of resources out there that can teach you how to code. For me, learning on my own from scratch felt slow and I wasn't sure what direction I wanted to go with it. With Coding Temple, I got to ask all the questions I couldn’t ask to an 8 hour-long YouTube tutorial and that helped me process and apply what I learned better. The curriculum covered a good variety (Advanced Python, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, SQL, Flask, React & Data Analytics) of topics so I feel like I got just enough exposure to understand the basics and dive deep into a project at the end of each week. At the same time, I think the curriculum could be more in-depth with data analytics. During the data analytics part of the course, there were a couple days when class ended early and we mainly covered how to code for data analytics (Pandas, Numpy, Matplotlib). It would've been nice to cover different algorithms/machine learning concepts. Regardless, I’ve come to realize learning doesn’t end with the bootcamp, and I feel like I got a good understanding of programming and basic concepts from the classes to give me the push I needed to learn on my own and create personal projects afterwards.My instructor Joel and TA Terrell were very patient and committed to helping me & my cohort understand the content. As long as you are also patient and committed to the process (whether that’s trying to debug your code, figuring out a solution for your problem, understanding a confusing concept), they are there to do it with you. The small class sizes (mine was ~10) were definitely helpful, I felt like there was a comfortable environment for us to ask questions and collaborate together. This might be a different experience for everyone, but my tip is to keep an open mind and put in as much as you want out of it.

As for the non-technical sides of coding, Coding Temple has amazing staff and resources to support you through the bootcamp and the career search. The culture of the bootcamp is what really stands out for me, and I’m grateful I got to be a part of it. Nicole (student relations manager) and Marlene (career coach) emphasized that they are there to help you succeed and I felt that through & through. Nicole has a great network of guest speakers, and I love that she brought in speakers who addressed imposter syndrome and the mental health aspects of job searching. Marlene was incredibly helpful in navigating the job search and networking. I was able to find a job during the bootcamp, and even though it wasn’t related to SWE or data analytics, Marlene helped me through the hiring process, negotiating and networking! The conversations I had with Nicole, Marlene and the guest speakers were very empowering and continue to stick with me after the bootcamp. 

The teachers provided a warm and welcoming environment and I was very lucky to take this class. I tend to ask a lot of questions but I never felt stupid or silly asking them here. The material is intense and quick-paced. However, the teachers are always there to offer support. Plus the sessions are recorded for viewing again at your own pace. Sometimes the classes don't have a set framework each time which can sometimes be difficult to follow, but with the staff there to help with any questions or concerns that really isn't a problem. Very happy to have taken this course over some of the other ones that I was looking at.

Bottom line: Marlene is amazing, she is the best career support help I could ever wish for. 

Coming in I wanted to learn data so I joined the full-stack and data science course. The course was structured the following way: learn HTML/CSS, Python, SQL, Back-End, JavaScript, Front-End, and Data. Although I wanted to learn data, I learned a lot of different skills that helped me grow as a coder. Some of those skills from the full-stack portion I use in data. This specific class is geared to teach you different technologies and for you to choose what best fits you. It is not to be focused in either data or full stack. The class is taught to make you think and be resourceful once you join the job market. After the curriculum ended and we created our own big (Capstone) projects with no help, a few different classes were offered as well post graduation. Coming in you have to understand that the class is hard work and that the hard work has to keep going after the class ends. You need to keep working on your coding and creating new projects to harness experience. I had a great experience at coding temple but what really took the cake was Marlene, the head of career services and career coach. She was available throughout the whole process almost any time of day. She guided me though the job search and explained to me how to navigate everything from interviews, to LinkedIn (networking), to how to communicate with different future employers. She truly made the difference and now I can say I have my dream job, data scientist.