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General Assembly is a technical education provider that teaches students the skills, career advice and networking opportunities needed to make a career change into a tech role, in as little as three months. General Assembly offers part-time and full-time bootcamps and short courses in web and mobile development, product management, data science, and more. The bootcamp experience is led by instructors who are expert practitioners in their field. Students should expect to build a solid portfolio of real-life projects. Since 2011, General Assembly has graduated more than 40,000 students worldwide from the full time and part time bootcamp.
To enroll at General Assembly, applicants should submit an online application to connect with a GA Admissions team member who will work with them to decide if a tech bootcamps is the right fit. The GA Admissions staff are also prepared to speak with applicants about the best tech role for them, learning styles at GA, expected outcomes after the bootcamp, options to finance the bootcamp, career services offered by GA, and more.
To help students land their first job in a tech role, General Assembly students are supported by career coaches from day one. The program is enhanced by a career services team that is constantly in talks with employers about their tech hiring needs.
First off a bit of background on me by which to use to judge my assessment:
I came into the program with 10 years of work experience in data analytics/BI roles in financial services. I enjoyed the more technical bits of my job and had dabbled with machine learning in my free time and wanted to pursue a career where these would be my primary focus. I decided a boot camp would be the best way to upgrade these skills in a hurry.
First off a bit of background on me by which to use to judge my assessment:
I came into the program with 10 years of work experience in data analytics/BI roles in financial services. I enjoyed the more technical bits of my job and had dabbled with machine learning in my free time and wanted to pursue a career where these would be my primary focus. I decided a boot camp would be the best way to upgrade these skills in a hurry.
I was in the 2nd DSI cohort in San Francisco
I am the instructional assistant for the 4th cohort
Instructors
The instructors for my cohort were David Yerrington and Kiefer Katovich. I found Dave and Kiefer to complement each other well with Kiefer coming from an academic background with strengths in statistics and experimental design and Dave’s experience being from industry with a heavy focus on recommender systems and engineering/big data. I felt that collectively they were very strong in all of the material covered in class and had the work experience to provide context for all of the models that were covered. Both instructors were receptive to feedback and were good about making themselves available and tailoring the class to meet the students needs (adjusting pace, adding time for additional reviews, and making themselves available after hours, etc)
Curriculum
Overall I felt the curriculum was pretty strong. You cover the full data science gamut all the way from collecting and cleaning data to building and evaluating a number of different types of models and everything inbetween. The class covers the basics of python, statistics, and linear algebra that are the underpinning of machine learning models as well. Towards the end of class you get exposure to some of the big data technologies used in industry. Both instructors took care to explain the intuition and practical application between all of the models with an emphasis on providing examples and visualizations to really drive new concepts home. For those looking for the mathematical proofs this was usually left as supplemental material in the appendix of lessons. All and all I believe that the class gave me an excellent foundation in the entire data science process by which to build on in my career.
Job Assistance
This is the one area that GA needs to place some extra focus on in regards to the data science program. To be clear I have found the career coaches to be incredibly supportive and responsive. Similar to what they’ve done in the user experience and web development spaces GA needs to grow their data science network. This will help to provide a more natural pipeline for both networking opportunities for students as well as job opportunities. I’m sure this will improve with time but I would really like to see growth in this regard.
Overall
I’ve seen some reviews saying that this class is not a silver bullet, by which you spend 3 months and you’re set for a brand new data science role, especially with no relevant experience beforehand. I believe that is 100% accurate. I would recommend this class to anyone that either A) has a solid stats/math background, B) has a computer programming background, or C) is a SQL ninja doing data analytics currently. I believe that anyone that has at least a couple years with any of these under their belt would benefit from this program and could use it to accelerate their career. If you’re coming in totally cold I would recommend spending the better part of 3-6 months building up a foundation in linear algebra, stats, and programming beforehand. It’s just not realistic to pick this up from scratch in 3 months. This class should be a bullet point on a resume, not your entire resume.
Overall I was very happy with the program. I felt that the class gave me a very strong foundation that will serve me well as I continue to learn and grow in my career. Is there room for improvement in the program? Absolutely, as would be expected for a relatively new program. That said I feel the staff is very good about collecting feedback and iterating the program and continually refining and improving. All and all I would say if you're a person that has a quantitative and technical bent and is curious this is a great program for fast tracking your move into data science.
The last thing I'll mention is that there is a strong push to build a sense of community within GA and the cohort. I can't tell you how valuable I found this during the class and after. You would see the benefits of this manifest in a number of ways including: students forming study groups to work through labs and homework, team happy hours after class, groups going to networking events including conferences and meetups together, and even having study sessions and interview prep whiteboarding practice together. I will say that this is one of the things that sets apart a bootcamp like this from learning online from a MOOC. I know that in the years to come I will be tapping into this network that I have built out during my time at GA.
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How much does General Assembly cost?
General Assembly costs around $16,450. On the lower end, some General Assembly courses like Visual Design (Short Course) cost $3,500.
What courses does General Assembly teach?
General Assembly offers courses like 1. Data Science Bootcamp (Full Time), 2. Software Engineering Bootcamp (Full Time), 2. Software Engineering Bootcamp (Part Time), 3. User Experience Design Bootcamp (Full Time) and 13 more.
Where does General Assembly have campuses?
General Assembly has in-person campuses in London, New York City, Paris, Singapore, and Sydney. General Assembly also has a remote classroom so students can learn online.
Is General Assembly worth it?
The data says yes! General Assembly reports a 84% graduation rate, and 95% of General Assembly alumni are employed. The data says yes! In 2021, General Assembly reported a 82% graduation rate, a median salary of , and N/A of General Assembly alumni are employed.
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Does General Assembly offer scholarships or accept the GI Bill?
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