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Holberton School

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Holberton School is a two-year software engineering school with campuses in Tulsa, San Juan, Bogotá, Medellin, Cali, Barranquilla, Montevideo, Lima, Quito, Beirut, Lille, Laval, Toulouse, and Tunis that trains individuals to become Full Stack Software Engineers. The school's mission is to train the next generation of software developers through 100% hands-on learning. The bootcamp is broken into three different components. Students complete the 9-month Foundations ...

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  • Hen
    Full-Stack | Project-based curriculum • San Francisco
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    Mar 06, 2020
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    Scam


    "Bad business practices, illegal contracts, fake statistics, deceiving marketing”

    They give out ISAs without approval from the government.
    https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/02/26/san-francisco-based-holberton-coding-school-facing-fraud-accusations-from-former-students/They committed fraud to get authorized as a school. Look it up on the BPPE’s website.They expel anyone who can’t keep up with their sink or swim methodology, or anyone who ch...
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    Apr 19, 2021

    The BPPE and Attorney General have striked the accusations referred to in this review against Holberton School. Allegations around the Fraudulent license and false marketing have been addressed with the governing bodies and have been dropped.

    Read more: https://blog.holbertonschool.com/holberton-cleared-of-fraud-allegations-in-california/ 
  • Amy
    SRE • Graduate • Full-Stack | Project-based curriculum • San Francisco
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    Mar 02, 2020
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    School prioritizes expansion over student experience

    I attended Holberton school from January to October 2018 after a close friend attended for free as part of their first cohort.  My review has a lot of negative and positive points but ultimately, my choice led to a successful career change, but not without a hefty price tag related to living jobless in San Francisco and signing over a large chunk of my income in the deal.  I wish I had done more research into alternatives before signing on, but it wasn't all bad.

    Because I was in ...
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  • Pilar Pinto
    electronic engineering student • Student • Full-Stack | Project-based curriculum • Bogotá
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    Nov 20, 2019
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    The best school of software

    Is the best school of software because you have learn a lot of things and you used every concept in the next project, and you start with C and learnt from the basis to the advanced topics in order to use that concepts in posterior python knowdledge 

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  • Lady Marcela
    Student of Software Engineer • Student • Full-Stack | Project-based curriculum • Bogotá
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    Nov 19, 2019
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    amazing challenger

    It's a great experience from every aspect, helps you grow personally and professionally, not only teach you programming also teach you soft skills to have a better performance in real life, create very strong ties with your peers, can make friends for life, as far as academics has a good management of the content they offer and encourage you to take out all the mental potential that one has, in general has been a great experience, maybe one thing that is against it is that many people do n...

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  • Juan Marin
    Student • Full-Stack | Project-based curriculum • Bogotá
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    Jul 26, 2019
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    Learning at the speed of light

    Is a really good program to develop all your endemic an non-endemic skills .The projects are designed to feed and boost your hungry for knowledge. The framework is a remarkable way to polish your knowledge by teching othes and  letting others help you.

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  • Laura Roudge
    Student • Full-Stack | Project-based curriculum • San Francisco
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    May 18, 2019
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    Thorough curriculum, awesome culture and no upfront tuition

    I am currently a student at Holberton School, in the middle of my first year (foundations).

    I already loved the innovative concept of the Income Share Agreement (ISA) before starting because I couldn't afford going to college or paying for a super-expensive bootcamp. Now I can focus on studying, and pay 17% of my salary for 3 years and a half once I land a job! Also, this makes the school super inclusive, and you can really feel that they're trying their best to bring more minori...

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  • Ethan
    Student • Student • Full-Stack | Project-based curriculum • San Francisco
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    May 17, 2019
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    Project Based - Peer Learning - Perfection!

    I'm writing as a student halfway into the program.
    Coming from a background of studying Computer Science's in high school and one year of communal college, I was in awe after coming here. I always felt the way I was learning wasn't very efficient. Starring at a professor hours at a time while he goes line through line of code - I was processing 10% of the information coming in. I took multiple online courses on my own and was already learning more than I did in months in school.
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  • Jose Ferney
    Student • Full-Stack | Project-based curriculum • Bogotá
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    May 09, 2019
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    Challenging experience

    I am from cohort 0 from Bogota Colombia and I just can say. if you are a person who wants to learn/improve your tech skills Holberton is the perfect place for you, therefore, you have to be willing to learn from scratch in a high-level. 
    Honestly, I learned more in three months here than a year in a traditional school. 
    Holberton has a disruptive method is not centralized only en tech skills also the program make you improve your social skills and make you learn how to work into ...

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  • Robert
    Graduate • Full-Stack | Project-based curriculum • San Francisco
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    May 03, 2019
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    Recommended to anyone who has time and dedication!

    My experience at Holberton has been mostly positive. I will say that it is a commitment, and that I had to cut out various social aspects of my life to finish projects, but if you go into the program with the mindset of devoting large portions of your time to it, you'll be good to go.

    The content and projects were challenging and covered a wide spectrum in the realm of software engineering. I've attended one other coding bootcamp in SF and found it to be lacking in content and de...

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  • Omar Martínez
    Software Engineer • Student • Full-Stack | Project-based curriculum • Bogotá
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    Apr 02, 2019
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    The learning experience I always wished

    I love the self-training, learn the number of things I could find in reputable sources, I tried really hard to find something good enough to take as my professional route when I was close to taking my decision to be an entire autodidact. I meet Holberton, read the syllabus and feel secure that I finally could say, I find it, I found what I was looking for, the best way to learn the best technical abilities and engineer thinking, adding the possibility to interact with other extraordinary p...

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  • Kiren Srinivasan
    Software Engineer • Graduate • Full-Stack | Project-based curriculum • San Francisco
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    Mar 14, 2019
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    Intense but worthwhile

    Having gone through traditional university at NYU as an econ major, worked in the tech industry, and started my own startup, it was not easy to get an interview for any junior/intern developer position in tech. However, I was eventually able to get an iOS contract job at an early stage startup that took a chance on me for 3-4 months.

    It was after this iOS contract job that I started evaluating possible options for 1-2 year long coding schools (not a bootcamp, but not a traditiona...

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  • Spencer Taylor
    Software Engineer, Naborly • Graduate • Full-Stack | Project-based curriculum • San Francisco
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    Feb 21, 2019
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    From Food to Tech under a year.

    Hi I'm Spencer. I was in Cohort 5 at Holberton School SF and I started in Jan 2018. Before starting I was a chef, and before that a Navy vet.  I got a job at a startup called Naborly 2 months before I finished year 1. Holberton School was one of the best experiences that I've had at a school as well as being one of the most difficult points in my life. I'm a major fan of the project and peer based learning. I don't really do well in traditional learning enviornments. I don't want to sit an...

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Imogen Crispe
Updated March 23, 2017
How do you get a job after coding bootcamp if you have no relevant, real-world work experience? Only 1.4% of bootcampers have worked as developers in the past, but most career-changers have little if any client experience when they start looking for a developer job. Some bootcamps help students overcome this hurdle by offering opportunities to work for the bootcamp itself, or with real clients through projects, internships, and apprenticeships. These opportunities can ...
Lauren Stewart
Updated May 24, 2018
Steven Garcia has had an interest in coding since he was deconstructing his PlayStation at age 14, so when he saw Holberton School in the news, he knew that the two-year program was next step for him. See why Steven opted out of the traditional computer science degree to attend Holberton School s two-year program, how he stays motivated while coding 10 hours per day, and learn about his software engineering internship at Medsleuth! Q&A What were you up to before Holberton School? ...
Imogen Crispe
Updated November 18, 2016
Rona Chong studied sociology at college, and enjoyed interning in the IT department, but when she graduated she wasn t sure what career she wanted. Rona had enjoyed dabbling with code as a child, so when her twin sister told her about Holberton School s two-year program in San Francisco, they both applied and were accepted. Rona has finished the first nine-month on-site learning curriculum, and is now in the six-month internship/job phase before finishing up with a nine-month ...
Imogen Crispe
Updated February 07, 2020
Should I do a coding bootcamp? This is a question we hear all the time, and for good reason. As more coding bootcamps launch (not to mention the rising media coverage), you re probably wondering, should I jump on the bandwagon and learn to code? A recent TechCrunch article implored you not to learn to code unless you re ready to put in the work to be great, whereas President Obama wants every student to learn computer science in high school . So what types of people are opting for coding ...
Liz Eggleston
Updated September 19, 2016
After interviewing Holberton School students, we noticed a trend they actually enjoyed the application process for the San Francisco-based bootcamp! We wanted to find out what makes the Holberton application special and unbiased, so we sat down with co-founder Julien Barbier to get the scoop. Here, we share what we learned what to watch out for during the 3-level application process, why it’s designed for beginners, and how the founders created an application that ...
Lauren Stewart
Updated October 21, 2020
Fresh from high school, Marine decided that the traditional university route was not for her. She took a gap year and found herself at an architectural firm in California. Marine knew that there was more to her professional story once she was introduced to coding, and decided to attend Holberton School ’s two-year coding school in San Francisco. Find out how Marine is enjoying her time at Holberton School, what projects she has been working on, and her plans for the future. ...
Imogen Crispe
Updated August 01, 2016
Welcome to the July 2016 Course Report monthly coding bootcamp news roundup! Each month we look at all the happenings from the coding bootcamp world from new bootcamps to big fundraising announcements, to interesting trends. This month the biggest trends this month are initiatives to increase the diversity in tech, some huge investments in various bootcamps, and more tech giants launching their own coding classes. Read below or listen to our latest Coding Bootcamp News Roundup ...
Imogen Crispe
Updated July 05, 2016
At age 18, Josh opted out of university in the UK and moved to San Francisco to learn to code at Holberton School . Now he's five months in and about to launch his own app. We spoke to Josh to find out why he decided to do a two-year intensive coding bootcamp, instead of a four-year computer science degree, how he s adjusting to a new city, and all about his new company! Q&A What was your educational background before you decided to go to Holberton School? I was about to go to a traditional ...
Imogen Crispe
Updated June 07, 2016
As a technical writer for 12 years, Zee Adams had always loved new technology, but when she decided to start her own business she realized she needed to learn to code. Now Zee is four months into the two-year, full-time full stack program at Holberton School in San Francisco, CA. The program is made up of nine months of learning on site, a six-month internship, then another nine months of remote learning. We spoke to Zee about why she chose a long form program over a 12-week bootcamp, ...
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Yes Licensed in the state of CA by the BPPE. Licensed in the state of CT by OHE. No licensing requirements in Colombia.
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How much does Holberton School cost?

The average bootcamp costs $14,142, but Holberton School does not share pricing information. You can read a cost-comparison of other popular bootcamps!

Where does Holberton School have campuses?

Holberton School has in-person campuses in Barranquilla, Beirut, Bogotá, Cali, Laval, Lille, Lima, Medellín, Montevideo, New Haven, Quito, San Juan, Tulsa, and Tunis.

Is Holberton School worth it?

Holberton School hasn't shared alumni outcomes yet, but one way to determine if a bootcamp is worth it is by reading alumni reviews. 80 Holberton School alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Holberton School on Course Report - you should start there!

Is Holberton School legit?

We let alumni answer that question. 80 Holberton School alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Holberton School and rate their overall experience a 4.27 out of 5.

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You can read 80 reviews of Holberton School on Course Report! Holberton School alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Holberton School and rate their overall experience a 4.27 out of 5.

Is Holberton School accredited?

Yes Licensed in the state of CA by the BPPE. Licensed in the state of CT by OHE. No licensing requirements in Colombia.

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