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I came into the bootcamp without a technical background, just a strong interest in data analytics. The pace is intense — there's a lot of material packed into three months, and it can feel overwhelming at first. But the instructors are well aware of this and do a great job guiding you through the process. Our coach was exceptional: patient, supportive, and consistently generous with his time. One of the biggest strengths of the program is the access to one-on-one feedback whenever you need it.The one area that could use improvement is the career coaching. It felt somewhat disconnected from the rest of the program and lacked the same level of structure and integration as the technical training.
Other general information: we were 11 students, one coach, and one assistant coach. We met from 9am to 5pm/6pm M-F fully remote (though some students in Berlin logged in from the Berlin campus from time to time).Overall, it’s a challenging but rewarding experience. You have to be motivated and ready to fully commit to the process. Read less

This bootcamp was a really good one! Tough indeed, but I learned so much. And special thanks to the very valuable coaches who guide us thru a bunch of science stuff. The format of morning lectures and group work on the stuff after lunch is really helpful to get into the topics and collaborate on them, so you daily learned twice. Very useful experience to study remote. The capstone project is really good for experience too, I learned so much more than in other courses earlier. Very well done neuefische 👏 Read less

I recently completed the 4-week English IT Project Management Bootcamp at neuefische and I couldn't be more impressed. The bootcamp exceeded my expectations, especially in terms of its practical focus.

What I particularly enjoyed:

• The perfect blend of theory and practice:
  The content was delivered in a clear and concise manner, and was reinforced with numerous practical examples.
• The open and collaborative learning environment:
  The flat hierarchy between coaches and participants, along with the opportunities to interact with fellow learners, greatly enriched the learning experience.
• The personalized support:
  Coaches Katharina, Chao and Jay were incredibly helpful and always available to answer questions.
• The merger of neuefische and Spiced Academy
  has resulted in an even wider range of course offerings. Having successfully completed a bootcamp at Spiced a few years ago, I can wholeheartedly recommend both companies. They both offer high-quality training, excellent support, and professional coaches with extensive industry experience.
• The practical application, especially the capstone project, was particularly challenging but also showed me how much I had already learned. The open and collaborative learning environment made me feel right at home, and I enjoyed interacting with both my fellow participants and the coaches.
  
  

I highly recommend this bootcamp, and any other offerings from neuefische, to anyone looking to advance their career in IT project management." Read less

Es war mein erstes Camp bei den Fischen, aber insgesamt meine 5 Schulungserfahrung in ähnlicher Durchführung. 

Die neuen fische waren mit Abstand die Organisation, die am besten aufgestellt, organisiert und thematisch versiert sind. 

Der anhaltende Fokus auf Teamwork, das Konzept des "Crosscoachings" mit einen Hauptchoach und weiteren Coaches die themenspezifisch Gastcoachings gehalten haben, haben den gesamten Kurs sehr rund gemacht. 

Es gab keine Frage, zu keiner Zeit die irgendwie unbeantwortet geblieben ist. 

Auch wenn es den Namen Bootcamp mit jeglicher Berechtigung trägt, weil dort tatsächlich sehr viel Wissen, ultra kompakt vermittelt wird, war es das Beste was mir je passieren konnte!  Read less

Sehr negative Erfahrung im Bootcamp gemacht.
Meiner Meinung nach liegt bei Neue Fische der Fokus auf guten Umsatz. Es gab von Anfang an keinerlei Transparenz. Ein neuer Coach wurde eingesetzt, welcher noch nie zuvor unterrichtet hatte. Es gab massive soziale Spannungen im Kurs, welche bei Neue Fische lieber unter den Tisch gekehrt werden, obwohl sich mehrere Kursteilnehmer dazu geäußert haben. Die Geschwindigkeit des Kurses ist viel zu hoch um sinnvoll die Inhalte aufzunehmen. Jahrzehnte der Lernforschung scheinen an der Eingangstür von Neue Fische abzuprallen. Ich kann Jedem nur empfehlen, sich eine Alternative zu suchen oder sich vor dem Kurs massivst vorzubereiten. Read less

The web development course was enormously exhausting, but the atmosphere, the cohesion and the very human and warm nature of the coaches were a great support. The amount of content taught should absolutely not be underestimated and you should definitely expect (especially if you have little to no prior experience) that you will reach your limit. Would still recommend it to anyone. What I learned here in 3 months, I could never have taught myself in 2-3 years. Read less

I applied to the data science bootcamp, because I have been working in quantitative research and wanted to get out of academia and into a more technical role within the private sector. The course was what I expected it to be. You learn A LOT in a short amount of time. To achieve this, you have to work a lot, too.
The coaches are competent, nice and helpful. The lectures are a great mix of the intuition of the algorithms and the math behind it. At the same time you learn everything practically by doing coding exercises.
The course will be easier to master if you have a strong background in statistics, but even participants without it have accomplished a great deal.
In regards to finding a job afterwards, you obviously can't expect wonders after a 3 months course, but it definitely helped me a lot to get a desirable role. So in the end I am very happy to have visited the bootcamp! Read less

I went to neuefische in fall 2019 and had a wonderful time there. The head coach Jerry was very dedicated to the students and the job seeking assistance was a tremendous help. I had interviews with three partner companies of neuefische and chose one of them where I'm working for over a year now. Read less

The year 2020 will be remembered for many reason, I would remember it for the best decision that I took to attend data scientist bootcamp at Neuefische GmbH, it was very challenging and teaching staff were very friendly and helpful. I would definitely recommend any one who likes to be a future data scientist to choose neuefische Read less

Attending the Neue Fische WebDev Bootcamp in cologne was one of the best decisions I made this year!
I got into coding about a year ago when I started to think about a career change. One year later and thanks to my wonderful coaches Leon and Phillip I'm on the verge of being a Bootcamp graduate. 
I won't be lying: Attending the Bootcamp is going to be hard. The first weeks you dream about code and all the coding problems ou are not able to wok out. But after a few more weeks you will be able to solve problems you thought were unsolvable. I wasn't sure what to think about attending a remote Bootcamp at first. After the first few weeks, I was able to see massive benefits. We were able to solve problems by sharing screens and I believe your concentration was more focused on your doings. Even social interactions between students where great. Every Friday we had an "after-work" event where we played a lot of scribble, talked and had a lot of fun. We even had a "digitaler 11.11" where some of us dressed up and we had a little digital party. After 8 weeks of intensive learning in our digital classes, we started preparing our "Digitales Gesellenstück" (the Capstone project). Those 4 following weeks gave me time to apply all concepts we learned earlier. In this time there was always the option to get help from the coaches and the whole community. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Neue Fische to anyone who wants to get into coding. Read less

Nice rooms at Spaces Cologne, nice and helpful people. Course concept is based on teamwork.  The coaches are nice, helpful and really interested in their students. I had a good time and I found a Job, although I came from a completely different business (social work and education). My only critical point is the Job Assistance. The employee responsible was more focused on the Hamburg students. I give 4 stars because the coaches filled the gap. They gave really helpful information for technical job interviews and gave the possibility to ask questions after the bootcamp. I keep in touch with Neue Fische alumni network, because I still like the people and the atmosphere. 
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Instructors and the Cohort
I participated the data science boot camp in a group of 16 participants. After my studies 3 years earlier I did not expect it to be that hard. After the first week we knew why it is called a boot camp. The instructors did a great job in shaping the environment of the group so that it was a collaborative experience. The predominant driver of this boot camp is peer pressure - but not in a competitive fashion. The instructors gave us the feeling that we are in this together and that together we are stronger. Every attendee had some tasks from time to time and none would want to let the group down.

Learning Scope
The scope is quite large. The order of the course has a well designed structure. The course is focused on programming labs.
We had 2 one week projects and a 4 week capstone project in the end. These projects helped a lot in training through repetition without feeling like repetition.
I have the small critique that deep learning could be more fleshed out and I would have liked to learn something about reinforcement learning.

Job Assistance
We had various job sessions with advice for an entry into the field of data science or IT in general. Neue fische also works with partners that seek for applicants. From time to time those partners introduce themselves to the cohort. In general neue fische encourages networking. 
We graduated amidst the corona crisis and I personally have some trouble finding a job at the moment, but I am positive since the field in general is growing. Read less

Especially in Germany it's still somehow experimental to choose that kind of alternative education. The most of developers I got to know so far, have a bachelor degree. But I heard also, that you're not necessarily learning to code in university – for bachelor students it's as well kind of a by-product. And I didn't want to develop the next computer, I don't need to know ALL the theory behind the practice. I just wanted to learn how to build websites. And I did it.

It was quit a turning point in my resume. Coming from theatre and literature, the only thing I brought along was a sense for structures. I learned everything else in that bootcamp. Sure, it's hard to learn something from scratch within two months and than write your first web-application within 4 weeks. But that's exactly what I was looking for: results and something happening. 

I would say the thing that helped me most getting started at neue fische, was the atmosphere there. From day one, it's clearly pointed out, that it's challenging – but they care for you in the same way: Have you drunk enough water? Do you have any questions? They make frequently breaks in order to recover, there is a fridge with free drinks etc. And on top of that, they got a strong awareness policy. Should be standard in 21st century, but it's still a pleasure to experience as normal together.

Last but not least: Yeah, it's coding. Numbers and variables the whole day long, looking for the needle in a haystack. Try some free coding courses online (like freecodecamp) to get a good idea of your next job ;)

For me it worked quite well to find a job: One month after graduating, I got a job in the city I want to live and I'll not complain about the salary ;) Read less

Overall, I had a very great experience at neue fische and highly recommend the data science and AI bootcamp. Our coaches Omar and Moses were great teachers, supportive and established a very positive vibe in our cohort. The bootcamp teaches very valuable skills, progresses in a well-thought manner and balances hands-on practice and lectures well. Because of that, I'd say that this bootcamp is also manageable for people with very limited knowledge of statistics and programming. It is quite intensive though so you really need to commit to it in order to succeed.

Two points of critique: I think the Python notebooks could be improved. Towards the end of the course, the notebooks became very text heavy with less practice exercises. This defeated the purpose of working through the notebooks in pairs. However, I should also stress that there are three practice projects so there is ample opportunity to gain hands-on experience. Secondly, because the career coaching sessions by Olga and Renate were so well designed and moderated, they should be extended (perhaps by another one or two live sessions). The sessions inspired me approach my job hunt differently and prepared me well for future interviews. Read less

 I had a great experience at neuefische. The program was intensive but very well structured, and the coaches were supportive, knowledgeable, and always available to help. I especially appreciated the practical projects and teamwork, which really prepared me for real-world challenges. Completing the bootcamp gave me the confidence and skills to take the next step in my career. Highly recommended for anyone looking to grow quickly in tech and project management.  Read less

I started a three-month boot camp, and I can confirm what others have said: the pace is fast, and there is a lot of material to cover. However, you get used to it, and I wanted an intensive learning experience. Toward the end, there's a little more free time, and the schedule isn't quite as packed. Unfortunately, the group was very diverse in terms of motivation, prior knowledge, or communication skills. This was exhausting and not a good experience because the learning content is geared toward group work. While the educational institution can't be blamed directly for that, I often wished for more intervention and guidance from the coaches. It was also the first boot camp for the them, and they did a good job. However, it was noticeable that they were often unfamiliar with the course content and unaware of the exercises we students were working on. Most course participants received a "great work" response just for confidently presenting a ChatGPT answer. This should not be the case, as it will not be tolerated in a future job. Also, I don't think the capstone projects were thoroughly reviewed in terms of content.The career team was also very helpful and professional. There were a few drawbacks, such as the fact that it was impossible to schedule an individual appointment to receive feedback on the German version of my CV, but I'll let that slide.Despite all the difficulties, the experience was valuable, and I learned a lot. Next time, however, I would opt for a training course that ends with a test or an assessed final project because it feels and is more "valuable."
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I completed the bootcamp a couple of weeks ago and I found it super helpful and a good starting point to change your professional path into the direction of everything to do with data science. Will you know everything about data science after only 3 month? No, of course not, but you get a solid foundation and be able to build on that within your next role. And I'm still impressed what I learned and achieved in this relatively short amount of time.

If you are worried about if it is too much or you need to know a lot about statistics, as I was a bit: yes, it is a lot, and it definitely helps if you have a background in natural science or similar, like a field that uses statistical methods. Also it helps if you used UNIX before. And yes, the bootcamp is intense, but it can be done. You get a lot of support from the coaches, you just have to ask. They are super friendly and take the time to find solutions and are also willing to change the approach even during the bootcamp if you just let them know. For us, sometimes we felt a bit overwhelmed, but the learning by doing approach that is practiced during the course is good. Also, you have all of your fellow bootcamp students to talk to and (at least in my team) everyone was helpful and we had a great atmosphere. It helped that people came from different backgrounds in my opinion, and I was sad that during the pandemic we only met remote.

The bootcamp also helped me to get the position that I wanted. Luckily, I was able to do the course via the unemployment agency, otherwise it would have been too expensive for me. So, in summary, for me, it was definitely worth the work and the time that I invested and I would do it again. Read less

I finished the bootcamp a couple of weeks ago and I'm still impressed what you can achieve in a relatively short amount of time.
Yes, it is intense but doable. You get any support you can think of. Either from the coaches or out of the student team itself.
It was a lot of fun learning about data science in a nice community and a very modern facility.
I would always choose to go the same way again. Read less

I really enjoyed the Java course! Everything was explained clearly and simply, with lots of hands-on practice. I learned Java Core and Boot, Security, MongoDB, Maven, JUnit, GitHub, and the basics of DevOps, React, and TypeScript. Some of us even found jobs during the course. Read less