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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.

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 👏

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."

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! 

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.

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.

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!

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.

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. 

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.

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 ;)

As a Senior UI Designer with over 6 years of experience in the automotive industry, I was looking for advanced training that would genuinely push my skills further. This UX/UI + AI bootcamp exceeded my expectations both in content depth and teaching methodology.

Key Strengths:

• Instructors from industry
• All lecturers come directly from the private sector and have their finger on the pulse – they know current trends, tools, and what companies actually need today.
  
  
• Real-world intensity 
• The curriculum mirrors agency/product team reality perfectly through its pace, structure, and hands-on approach. Group projects, peer feedback, and regular presentation training were incredibly valuable.
  
  
• Excellent learning platform 
• All materials centrally organized, always accessible, professionally curated. Individual support is fast and effective – you learn efficiently.
  
  
• Career prep bonus:
• Weekly half-day sessions on ATS-optimized CVs, interview training, and LinkedIn profile optimization. You graduate not just skilled, but strategically ready for your next role.
  
  

Funded through a German employment agency education voucher (Bildungsgutschein), this was a fantastic opportunity to level up in UX/UI + AI.
Highly recommended for serious career advancement!

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.

 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. 

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."

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.

 „Definitiv nicht zu empfehlen."

So etwas Schlechtes habe ich noch nie erlebt! Auf dem Papier klingt alles perfekt – in der Realität ist es jedoch das Gegenteil. Man fühlt sich regelrecht verarscht. Und das für 16.000 € pro Person! Der Start und der erste Teil (z. B. das Einrichten von Tools wie VS Code oder Git Bash) waren noch sehr gut, sodass man große Hoffnungen hatte, wie es weitergehen würde. Doch danach kam nichts mehr – die Qualität wurde von Tag zu Tag schlechter.Beispiel:

• Um 10 Uhr Treffen im virtuellen Klassenzimmer
• 5 Minuten warten, bis alle da sind
• Danach 10 Minuten „Lektüre“: Die sogenannte Coachin hat lediglich ihre Präsentation zu einem komplett neuen und komplexen Thema vorgelesen
• Ab 10:15 Uhr hieß es dann nur noch „Self Learning“ – und bei Fragen könne man sich um 16 Uhr ins Online-Meeting einwählen

Mehrere Teilnehmer haben sich im Chat beschwert, dass das Thema völlig neu sei und man mehr begleitete Zusammenarbeit brauche. Außerdem sei Vorlesen kein „Teaching“. Die Reaktion der Trainerin darauf war wörtlich:
 „That is rude. You should learn how to respect other colleagues if you want to be successful in your job. You are not allowed to be rude!“ Es gibt zwar einzelne Coaches, die wirklich gut und hilfsbereit sind. Aber das gesamte Konzept lässt insgesamt viel zu wünschen übrig.

In 2023, I attended a 12-week online UX/UI Bootcamp. Unfortunately, Neue Fische was a bad choice. They seem to prioritize acquiring new students and generating more revenue.
What was good about it:

• The coaches were friendly.
• They provided MacBooks for students during the bootcamp.
• The pace was challenging.

What I didn't like:

• There was far too little personal feedback, which should be a significant part of such a bootcamp. Otherwise, you could take courses on other platforms.
• After finishing the capstone project, you don’t receive ANY FEEDBACK.
• During the capstone phase, it was possible to sign up for consultations with coaches, but there were not enough slots for everyone.
• For one small project, we waited more than a week for feedback and received only a simple checklist without any detailed comments.
• They advertise 12 weeks of bootcamp, but in reality, it's only 9 weeks. During the last 3 weeks, you work alone on your capstone project without any lectures.
• The first 30 minutes of every morning were spent alone without coaches. It was supposed to be a time to discuss our problems/questions among ourselves. Then, we spent the next 15–30 minutes with coaches discussing the day's plan and playing some team-building games.
• The career service is not helpful, as there are only a few companies available.
• The partner companies are not helpful either.
• The graduation event is just for fun; nobody will pick you up.
• Our head coach was on holiday during the first 2 weeks.
• Sometimes, when you had questions, coaches didn’t want to help and suggested asking other participants for assistance.
• The coaches were not up to date with all the new features in Figma, so I had to watch YouTube tutorials.
• I don’t know how they claim to have a high employment rate after bootcamps because nobody contacted me afterward to inquire if I got a job.

I HIGHLY DO NOT RECOMMEND THE UX/UI BOOTCAMP if you're aiming to secure a job in this field.
You would be better off investing your money in courses on Coursera or Udemy.

Nachdem ich das Web Development Bootcamp 2019 erfolgreich abgeschlossen habe, muss ich leider sagen, dass die Webseite und die HR-Managerin nicht wirklich die versprochenen Jobs oder das Gehalt geliefert haben, mit dem Neue Fische wirbt. Anfangs hat das Bootcamp einen guten Eindruck hinterlassen, aber nach und nach wurde klar, dass es unrealistisch ist, innerhalb von 3 Monaten zum Webentwickler ausgebildet zu werden.

Leider sind auch die Coaches negativ aufgefallen. Einige von ihnen schienen nicht ausreichend qualifiziert zu sein oder waren oft abwesend. Obwohl die Coaches nett wirkten, konnten sie die Lehrinhalte nicht immer optimal vermitteln. Manchmal führten sie auch unprofessionelle Gespräche über andere Teilnehmer und deren Leistungen.

Ursprünglich wurde uns versichert, dass wir uns um Jobs keine Sorgen machen müssen und während des Bootcamps viele Angebote erhalten würden. Doch bei der Abschlussfeier waren nur 2 Unternehmen anwesend. Trotz meiner guten Leistungen hatte auch ich Schwierigkeiten, eine passende Stelle zu finden. Als ich die HR-Abteilung und die Gründerin nach potenziellen Partnerunternehmen fragte, um mich direkt zu bewerben, wurde mir mitgeteilt, dass aktuell keine Neueinstellungen geplant sind.

Die versprochene Unterstützung bei der Jobsuche wurde nie geliefert. Viele meiner Mitabsolventen und ich stellten fest, dass der Bootcamp-Abschluss von den meisten Unternehmen nicht anerkannt wird und wenig Interesse am Markt besteht. Die Gehaltsvorstellungen der Schule unterschieden sich stark von der Realität. Ein Partnerunternehmen sagte mir, dass Einstiegsgehälter von 40-50.000 € unrealistisch sind.

Viele meiner Mitabsolventen, die Jobs fanden, wurden während der Probezeit entlassen und arbeiten nun in anderen Branchen. Meiner Meinung nach ist Neue Fische eine Täuschung. Das Unternehmen zeigt sich nach außen hin gut organisiert, aber in Wirklichkeit sieht es anders aus. Mein Erfolg nach einem Jahr verdanke ich nicht Neue Fische, sondern den Online-Kursen auf Codecademy und Udemy, die ich nach dem Abschluss gemacht habe.

Das Abschlussprojekt wurde nicht ordentlich überprüft, und viele hatten fehlerhaften Code. Daher habe ich mich damit nicht beworben. Erst nachdem ich meine eigene App und Website erstellt hatte, wurde meine Bewerbung ernst genommen. Die 8000€ für das Bootcamp hätten mir erspart werden können.

The Course Content was good, and the Lecturers highly attentive. That's all the positives I can say. The course is very expensive if the employment office don't pay for you, so don't bother paying for it with your own money. You would be better off investing 10% of that into coursera or udemy courses. 

Something that makes me bitter about the course is the marketing about partner companies and high employment rates after the bootcamps. 
 Firstly, the partnerships are nothing more than a contact with an HR representative. The careers services personnel are incompetent and the only thing they can actually do is slow down your application process. Just apply directly to companies because you won't receive any better service with the careers team. I recommend they are all fired. My normal experience with recruitment personnel is that they are trying desperately to find you a job so that they get their commission. With Neue Fische staff, it took [name redacted] 2 months just to reply to an interest I had in a partner company. And the reply was just to say they were no longer taking applicants, even though the partner had open positions or their website. 
 Then with regards to the "high employment rate". What they fail to mention is that those employment rates have nothing to do with the course. 90% employment rates after the bootcamp? but they fail to mention that those people could be getting jobs as baristas. I finished my course 4 months ago and not a single student has been able to get a Data Science job.
 The careers services team also give absolutely no guidance on how you could improve yourself after the bootcamp, to make yourself more sellable to companies. But why would you expect them to?? I've already explained why they are nothing more than a money drain to the Neue Fische scam to bleed money from the employment office.

So Highlights. DON'T PAY WITH YOUR OWN MONEY, DON'T EXPECT A JOB. Either do a university degree or some cheap online courses.

I did a Remote Data Analytics course, It cost 12000 Euro, Instructers are okay, but you can learn much better on many online plateforms, 
The main thing you will choose a bootcamp this costly is to get a job afterwards, there are hardly just 2 companies coming on graduation day. Moreover parnter companies have to pay as well if they pick a student from N.Fische, thats why the take just top 10% students who have already good experience in Programming or other relative experience already in such Position. 

in late 2021 i attended neue fische's second cohort of the 12-week data analytics bootcamp. here are my observations:

what's nice about it:
- the head coach was lead of data analytics at freenow. he was always able to give practical examples on what role course contents play in practice.
- they provide you with jupyter notebooks which are the main resource. these are well made and still accessible after the course.
- challenging pace
- what you learn might not be super deep into the matter but you consolidate it again and again, hence you fully understand the core concepts
- neue fische staff were friendly and comfortable to work with along the entire journey

what i didn't like:
- in the middle of the 8 weeks of teaching, the head coach was gone for one week of vacation. during that time, he was substituted by three other coaches; in my eyes the substitutes were not adequate for a course that costs 10k€ pp if you pay for it. one lecture was on p-values and it wasn't explained well. seemingly there is too much dependency on the one head coach.
- at times the course felt like behavioural therapy. e.g. in the mornings everyone was to block 30 mins to discuss the protocol of the previous day. these felt inefficient and had me crave asynchronous learning.
- English skills of most neue fische employees were rather average
- while they speak of 12 weeks of course content, only 8 weeks are taught.
- sometimes the time management was off. on the one hand side, we spent nearly a day talking about google forms and ca. 3 days speaking about google sheets. on the other hand side, there was one day for machine learning modules in python like DB Scan. on that day, some jupyter notebooks were dumped on us to "revise after the course".
- they run a career service that informs on CV design etc. while they were always very friendly etc., black on white, they didnt help much. any time i had a question concerning the partners i waited at least 2 days for a reply. i was interested in a position after the end of my bootcamp and my contact person actually stopped replying. i didn't follow up because i had found something, but that behaviour is not what they advertise on their website and during the course.

would i recommend data analytics at neue fische? if u get a bildungsgutschein, go ahead, given the abovementioned pros. if not, i personally wouldn't pay that money for it given the mentioned cons and the broad amount of alternatives. 

there are very well made online courses like data camp etc. that allow you to study at your own pace and that require less commitment than that money + not earning money for 3 months. if you do want to commit yourself and if you do want the BootCamp vibe + network, i'd do Le Wagon which is less expensive (6.5k€ vs. 10k€), they have more experience, a better reputation and more taught content (9 weeks vs 8 weeks).

Interview? Suppose to be one time but end up twice. 1st one was short and not professional. 2nd one - was long but the process more like a real job interview (even from the questions they asked you). 

Curriculum? Comparing other insitutes - only this one will be taught in German. Altough study material will be in English. Program schedule is also not clear as they are only putting some subjects without further details.

Overall? Better to apply to other institute. More international, more assistance, more professional.