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Emeka Nwosu
A Worthwhile Investment of Time and Money
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I already had a job as a Data Scientist so I did not concern myself with the job guarantee. My motivation was to learn Python (I’m an R user) and get guidance from a mentor (I mostly work alone) to become an overall better data scientist
I understand you can find/learn the material on your own, but Springboard has it all organized and laid out cleanly here. I always knew I could learn Python but I couldn’t figure out the best way to do it. The combination of the guided capstones and the Datacamp exercises gave me the framework to fly on my own. I also love how the course is more than just building models. It goes over the entire data science process, career help, and mentorship. I feel that I am much more well-rounded as a data scientist.
My only issue was with the mentorship. I actually did the preliminary data science course and had a great mentor I really connected with on a personal level. Someone I would get a drink with. Though my mentor this course was knowledgeable and helped me enough, the relationship felt minimal and transactional. I regret not being more adamant in changing mentors because apparently it’s an easy process.
The last thing I’ll mention is that this course is an investment. Both in terms of money and time. It cost a lot and I had spent most of my personal time working on it (I definitely rushed it a bit). I would suggest it unless you are VERY serious about becoming a data scientist or improving as one. It’s a premium product that for me at least was worth it. -
Alyssa Lapid
Manageable course with exceptional mentorship!
I’m so glad I chose Springboard. Overall, the curriculum provided is easily accessible and manageable. The mentorship experience was exceptional. You will get all the support you need throughout the course. I have gained valuable learning experience from the capstones and the industry project. It was indeed a smooth learning experience for me. -
Haley Green
Applicable knowledge, interesting projects, great support!
I completed the UX/UI design career track BootCamp with Springboard. I had an excellent experience. My mentor was knowledgeable and supportive, the projects you work on go towards your portfolio, and the career services help you position yourself as a stand-out candidate. I feel like the program prepared me to enter the workforce as a designer and I thoroughly enjoyed the curriculum. -
Ashley Yates
Springboard is an amazing data analysis program!
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This program is self paced, has a great curriculum, and a fantastic support system! The mentors, career coaches, and instructors (in the videos) are very knowledgeable and explain things well! The only “con” I have is that the timeline given is a bit aggressive, but totally doable if you put your kind to it! They have options to pause the course and take breaks also, so that helps. Would recommend Springboard to anyone looking to break into tech! -
Shelly Applegate
Excellent Course
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I enrolled in the Data Analytics Career Track in April 2022. As a working mother, it was important that I had a structured curriculum while also having the flexibility to learn when I had the time. I had some experience in Data Analytics before joining this course, but there was so much offered in the DACT, that I now feel extremely confident when calling myself a Data Analyst. In addition to the learning material, I really enjoyed the mentor portion. Not only did this help keep me accountable and on track with learning, but it also gave me the confidence I needed in the job search process. -
Peter Yim
Good for UX/UI
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Springboard does a great job introducing new people to the basic cirriculum to the UX Field. It's a 6 - 9 month extensive program and has a lot of content compared to other bootcamps. It also comes with a job garuntee program and a personal mentor but it doesn't mean that you are getting a job without hard work. The only things that stood out as a downside for me personally was only meeting your mentor for 30 minutes to go over your week worth of work and I also found kinda dissapointing was most of the resources provided were online articles (meaning you could do this yourself). Overall great other than those two things listed. You create a portfolio and are able to connect with industry grtoups to gain real life experience. -
Diana Flannery-Logg
Came to switch careers
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While the program is sometimes frustrating in how understated some of the prompts are, it is overall a great experience. With the help of Springboard, I feel ready to actually switch industries and careers. I started looking for something new due to health issues and Springboard came recommended to me, both because of the creative side of things and because of the ability of the course to help a career change.
I would say the curriculum needs a little fine-tuning -- I was enrolled for three months when the curriculum was changed, causing some of my previous work to be made useless and actually to disappear from the necessary curriculum. Despite this, I have finished my program and am currently waiting for my certificate.
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Yang Liu
Great learning experience at springboard
I like the fact that this Bootcamp taught two languages. It gives me more confidence to pick up new programming tools. It was also great to work with my mentor. It made a huge difference to work with someone who is patient and strict at the same time. I improved a lot. -
Ankur Patel
Generally Positive experience
The course was well planned out and I learned a lot, especially as I was changing careers from something very different. The career help was one of the stand outs to me, the career coach's were excellent. I did experience some scheduling issues with my mentor though. -
Amelia Stecher
Educational and supportive.
Springboard not only gave me the opportunity to develop industry skills but also build a UX/UI design network so that by the time I graduated my circle gave me leads on potential employers. -
Pablo Ruiz Lopez
Life changing experience
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With this course learned what Data Science is all about. Before taking it, I enrolled and completed around 15 MOOCs and always felt confused on how to start applying my gained knowledge. With Springboard, I was able to join all the dots together and mastered top notch technologies and methodologies for that. Great technologies used for Data Science, absolutely emailing mentorship from industry experts while doing the capstone projects, incredible career coaches during the job hunt and a very welcoming, warm and helpful community. There are some missing topics in the curriculum that would have been nice to have like more SQL practice and DB administration, introduction to NoSQL, cloud computing and software engineering concept for model deployment. So, a huge recommendation would be to make this a yearly program and trying to include those topics as well.
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Dylan Cameron
Engaging, challenging, empowering
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1:1 expert mentor oversight with weekly meetings is a massive advantage of this program. I loved being able to bounce thoughts and ideas off of my expert mentor regarding projects, concepts, job interviews, and design theory. Participating in the IDP was a fantastic way to get acquainted with the industry. The curriculum was fantastic, and the additional learning opportunities were vast. It was a great experience, and I feel thoroughly prepared to enter the job market. -
Thelma Oliver
Professional, Supportive, Worth the effort
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I completed an online search of the best boot camps and landed on Springboard. After careful research on their website and student review platforms I decided to move forward an applied. From the initial phone contact for an interview to the last day of my program completion, the professionalism and support has been a wonderful experience. The curriculum is well thought out, a perfect balance of new material to learn and incorporate your previous career experience. -
Julianna Caruso
Great UX/UI Experience
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I signed up for the UI/UX Design Career Track at Springboard in February of 2022, and just finished the course this November. I really enjoyed my experience working through this course. Although I am used to learning in person, this course does a great job to provide personalized videos and chooses magazine articles that make you feel like you're in a classroom. There are tons of resources available built into the curriculum and a slew of mentors/coaches to talk to at the drop of a hat. Not only are you paired with an industry professional mentor, but you also have the opportunity to book an additional call with on-demand mentors and book calls with career coaches that can help you throughout the course. The course is built to allow you to build out your portfolio and experience mock interviews for when you'll interview for a job. The coaches and mentors offer great feedback. At the end of the course you'll have the opportunity to work on a real life industry design problem with a few other Springboard students. Coming from a non-UI/UX background, I do truly feel like I learned a lot and have the resources to go back and explore the curriculum at any time if I wanted to. I think the feedback I received during the course was super helpful too. All in all I wouldn't change a thing about my experience, and I highly recommend it to anyone looking to learn UI/UX Design. -
Richard Jackson
Best program for career changers
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If you are like me and are coming into the Data Science/Data Analytics field from a business background, I can wholeheartedly recommend Springboard. Their Business Insider track is the perfect mechanism for learning the skills you need while leveraging your business acumen and domain knowledge to get a job in the data field.
The insight that the career coaches and mentors shared was priceless. I learned so many things that I would never have known through self-study or even through a master's program. -
Hillary Locke
Springboard is Great!
I had a great experience at Springboard. My mentor and career coach were amazing and guided me along the way. The projects I completed during this course really helped boost my portfolio. I liked that I could work on my time and not worry about keeping up with a class. I definitely recommend Springboard! -
Meichen Lin
Springboard, UI / UX Design Career Track
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Pros: The course is generally complete and helps people with no UI or UX foundation to reach the entry-level of the industry. Valuable are the weekly one-on-one meetings with mentors, mock interviews for careers, and the industry internship program. By completing the course, you will have a portfolio website and interview skills to find a job.
Cons: Most of the curriculum is a collection of articles from other websites, and some of the articles in the chapters are somewhat repetitive. The industry internship program is a bit of a test of luck, as you can get a great internship experience to put in your portfolio if you are matched with a nice company and teammates. If you are matched with a less organized company and teammates, you will get "real work experience."
Overall, I highly recommend the Springboard course for people who procrastinate and don't want to spend a lot of time looking for resources on their own. -
Daniel Heo
SpringBoard will help you succeed
Springboard data analytics course is amazing. The course work is laid out well and they offer so many resources to help you finish the course. The best part of the course was the mentors. My mentor was so good at helping me when I was stuck and help me understand concepts and would give feedback like the real world. The course offers so much and I am really happy with my experience with them. -
Jennifer Christensen
Great Curriculum
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Overall I had a great experience with Springboard and I recommend it to people who work full time/have other obligations, but want to pursue a certification like this. I did the UI UX Design Career track and I finished in 10 months. It's advertised as 9 months but I took a vacation in the middle. So I do think the way it's advertised, is an accurate length of time to complete it as long as you are motivated and doing the work. I have a job at a tech company and I've been able to do some design work for them already (I told them I was enrolled in the bootcamp). I also did a take-home design challenge for this company so that they would be able to gauge if I was ready to be a designer. They said verbatim, that the bootcamp is working. So the curriculum is definitely teaching good things. I love the structure of it because it's all remote, you don't need to be online at specific times necessarily so you can go at your own pace and watch videos/read articles to learn. You meet with a mentor once a week. But you can always get other mentorship on-demand from other mentors. Overall each bootcamp is just like anything else - you need to work hard and practice to get good at something. If you aren't motivated you won't do well. The curriculum teaches you the basics of everything you need to know. But if you don't actually practice the skills you won't do well. I've seen some great portfolios and some bad ones - you need to do the work if you want to get a job after. I think Springboard preps students very well overall. But you need to do the work. PROS
Fully remote - great for people like me who also work full time and want to pursue another career.Industry Design Project - This was what made me choose springboard. They pair you with a real company for one month and you do real design work with that company. This comes with many real world challenges so it does prepare you for things you'll face in a real job. I had a great experience during mine, and I was paired with a very nice startup company. However, there were multiple challenges that I didn't really see coming and this is super important to actually prep you for the real world. Very valuable experience.
CONS
Now that I've done real design work for a company I feel that I can speak to this more: I wish the curriculum focused more on design systems, perhaps making students use a specific design system such as Material UI for a capstone project. In the real world you will usually be using the company's design system anyway, not making components from scratch. The curriculum does not really teach this, just gives a very brief overview of what design systems are. Figma - some students complained that the curriculum doesn't teach you how to use a tool like Figma. They point you to youtube videos. I can see how this might be challenging for some students but in the real world you will need to learn on your own anyway at a company. So I don't think this is much of a con. Just something to be aware of. I learned Figma through a mentor and youtube videos. On demand mentorship - It's great that you can get additional mentorship outside of the mentor that is assigned to you. However it's not truly 'on demand' in the sense that it's not same day, or next day. They book up quickly so you might end up scheduling an on-demand mentor call 2 weeks in advance or something. -
Arturo Bravo Monsalvo
Wonderful and refreshing experience
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The curriculum is very broad. I think that you really can get a very good idea of what means to be a Data Scientist. The material is designed for any person with any type of background to understand it clearly.
Additionally, I think that the support from mentors, community, advisors, etc. is wonderful to guide you in the correct pathway to succeed.
Lastly, the amount and insight of all the projects help a lot to solidify the knowledge that you learn.
Plus you have access for life to the resources!! -
Jared Barnes
Springboard is awesome.
Springboard is an amazing way to change careers into the data world. Their mentor program, career coaches, and curriculum are top notch! I felt prepared and well equipped for a new job I had no experience in prior to Springboard. I HIGHLY recommend this program if you want to jump into the data world and have no prior experience. -
Christine Stacey
Best Choice for Bootcamps
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I took 2 weeks to research the different paths to take to get into UX Design & UX Research. Springboard was to only one that had everything I was looking for. It is 9+ months long so you get a well rounded education. They provide you with a weekly mentor meetings plus unlimited mentors if you have questions outside of your weekly mentor meeting, you meet with career coaches and you have your work verified by a hiring manager. The 4 portfolio case studies include a real world project to set you up for success when you go through the job search. The payment options make it easy for people who are on a budget as well. It's no wonder companies like Amazon are partnering with Springboard, it is honestly the best choice. -
Nakeil Reid
Springboard Really Lives Up To Its Name!
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I found the Springboard program to be an amazing resource for me. As a professional graphic designer prior to expanding into the field of UX/UI design by way of the bootcamp, I found myself learning many new things that I had not previously learned in school. The mentors and career coaches were also great highlights of the program as well. They were very helpful and instrumental in my success. I highly recommend this program to anyone who is looking for a good bootcamp program. -
Natalie Terada
Great experience!
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A big reason I chose Springboard was for the mentorship they offer. My mentor (who is an experienced UX designer) was nothing but supportive and encouraging throughout. I have heard of other students with mentors that they didn’t have a great experience with. However, Springboard has a VERY responsive support team, and I’m sure they’d be quick to act on that if it’s ever brought up. They are very friendly and accommodating. Mentor meetings occur once a week, and my mentor gave me feedback on my four projects, job advice, my portfolio, and more. I honestly don’t know where I’d be without a mentor.
In addition, we had career coach calls with recruiters in the tech industry that were really educational as well. I feel more of these could have been beneficial for us, but I also haven’t experienced any of the post-completion coach calls, which are every two weeks to report how the job search and networking is going, and to get tips/feedback. It seems like the program genuinely cares about us even post-certification, rather than just sending us off in the discouraging-at-times job search. I haven’t experienced the job guarantee “rules” yet, but there are a few parameters (which seem reasonable to me) to follow in order for the job guarantee to apply. I also really benefitted from the mock interviews. I feel I got a good general idea of what to expect. They were realistic and I genuinely can’t imagine finishing a UX bootcamp without knowing how the interviews run (including whiteboard challenges).
Finding a program that was self-paced was important to me for two reasons: the first being that I was in a different timezone, so online live classes to attend was not realistic for me. Second, I found other bootcamps that were just 4 months. While that may be advantageous for those who are rushing to get a job, I didn’t want to rush my projects and portfolio creation. Since this was my first time learning about UX, I wanted to soak all the learning in without rushing too much. And I’m so glad I did. It’s a lot harder than people think to discipline yourself to complete the course with a goal in mind (eg: I wanted to finish in 6 months, as I didn’t have a full-time job and could devote all my time to the course, but instead it took +/- 12 months!)
Another plus was that articles we had to read were mostly written by professionals in the field AND written with personality, vs a textbook reading. It made learning much more enjoyable and kept us in the current trends of design. Again, I can’t speak on how my post-completion experience as I’m just beginning, but I can’t imagine it being really negative thanks to Springboard’s support. -
Lyndsay Gang
Great mentorship & coaching
The best part of Springboard is the mentorship. My mentor provided me with weekly feedback & was a sounding board for my concerns. She was excellent, and I know I wouldn't have gotten a great experience without her. I also really enjoyed the industry design project- where I got placed with a real company and got to practice my new skills in a real world environment. -
Yan Lin
Every step of the way, I felt supported!
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I was considering a career transition, a friend of mine recommended me to Springboard Data Analytics career track. I just graduated after 6 months of intense learning. I felt so supported throughout the way, the amount of mentors available to help and motivate is unparalleled. There were also a slack community where students could ask for help. In moments of challenges, I'd go to slack and see how other students were also struggling and seeking help and then overcoming the curriculum. That really gave me a sense of hope. Thank you Springboard. I'm going into my job guarantee phase soon and would hope to get the same amount of support and inspiration! -
Jackson Sheffield
A Bootcamp set up for you to succeed!
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I wasn't sure which bootcamp to go with before starting UX Design, but I decided on Springboard based on reviews and my own schedule. I am so glad I did! It is completely online and done at your own pace, which worked perfectly with my weird work schedule. The mentors and career coaches are overall very helpful and seem to have your goals and success in mind. At times calls were canceled last minute, but other than that I had virtually no problems. Definitely recommend Springboard! -
Ethan Reynolds
High Quality Prep Course
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This is a review of the software engineering career track prep course, so not the full boot camp. However, because of the prep course I am way more prepared to dive into the full 9 month program. It was the perfect introduction to the video learnings, practice problems, mentor calls, student Slack community, and more that is part of the full boot camp. Colt Steele's teaching style is very clear and understandable, even for beginners. The practices were also very insightful. Overall, I had a very positive experience going through the prep course!
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Kendall Bishop
Pleasantly pleased Graduate
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I recently finished the UX UI career track certification after a little over a year of full - time studying. After researching numerous bootcamps, I was so hesitant about the price but felt SB had the most to offer. I can say it was worth every penny. I will recommend to complete the course slowly in order to soak in the material and capitalize on all the resources the course offers.
I wasn't sure how'd I'd feel after graduation, but I can say I feel confident and prepared going into applying for jobs. The career coaches and mentors are really unmatched, they have such a passion for helping students break into the industry and are so knowledgable with many aspects of the career transition.
The best part of the course was the industry design project where you are placed on a real company to complete a project. I'm so thankful for SB because now I am officially interning with the startup company that I was placed on.
If you are in between choosing a bootcamp - go with Springboard. Transitioning into a new career can be overwhelming, but SB has made me feel supported all the way through.
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Promise Morka
Amazing
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I had an amazing time at Springboard! The learning curriculum is up-to-date, the instructor is a fantastic teacher, mentors are highly knowledgeable and students are given a lot of time - if they need it - to practice what they are being taught. Students are not being played false with the job guarantee and they are given all the information required to study and pass their 4 mock interviews to secure the job guarantee! -
Michael Ward
Great curriculum and support
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I chose the Springboard Data Science Career Track because it had great reviews, a job offer guarantee, and it had the most in-depth training program with over 500 hours of training material and 14 projects including 3 capstone projects to share with potential employers. They also provide significant career coaching which really helps with finding great jobs and getting interviews. In my opinion, the most valuable part is the mentorship. Springboard assigns a mentor that you meet with on a weekly basis. My mentor is fantastic and helped me to get a job with his company. The training is self-paced and all remote, so I was able to complete most of it while traveling the country in my RV. The program is a bit expensive compared to some others, but all the benefits are definitely worth the cost especially considering that they will give you your money back if you don't get a job offer in the Data Science field. -
Julia Schwartz
Springboard helped me transition into a new career!
I'm grateful for my Springboard experience and the opportunity to learn by doing! My mentor's support was by far what moved the needle for me in terms of my learning. Thank you, Springboard! -
Job Joshua Llorente
UI/UX Design
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I really enjoyed the program!
A few key factors on why I chose Springboard was because of the mentorship and portfolio help that they offered.
The mentorship was really helpful, we would meet once a week and their mentors are really educated and experienced within the field, they would always provide good insights, feedback, and help you develop your next course of actions.
The projects that you work on within the program all have different objectives so it doesn't feel like you're just working on the same project.
Springboard also provides extra resources such as job coaches, servers with other students and other help sources. Overall, I really liked the experience Springboard offered, I think there were just so many perks that even until today I haven't used some of them. Highly Recommend! -
Ryan Cutshall
Business Operations Analyst
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This course offered an amazingly comprehensive overview of everything analytics. From structured foundations in your thought process to personalized assistance in understanding LinkedIn profiles and best resumes practices. On top of this, a deep dive into multiple real word technical applications that I now use in my day to day work tasks. Not to mention a one on one mentor to help you through the program from the first day to your last. This course touches on all aspects needed to become a real world analyst and already has paid for itself with the increase in salary I received from my first position out of the course. -
Jack Wolfgramm
Data Science
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IMPORTANT NOTE: Springboard will give me a $10 amazon card for this review, but these are my honest feelings.
This is a review for the Springboard Data Science Track. I started this track shortly before finishing my Master's in Physics. I was looking at various job prospects and found that data science would be the best track for me in light of my interests and skills. I think the program does prepare you well, at least from the perspective that you feel like you have some grounding in data science before you start your first job/start the job application process.
The bootcamp is more of a content aggregator, i.e. much of the content is pulled online or obtained for free. There are a few things that might possibly make it worth the money.
1. They have a high-level understanding of what the necessary skills are, and how well versed you need to be in them. If you are like me, you find a lot of the advice online unhelpful: starting your job search by slogging through a 500-page book on the statistical theory behind machine learning models is probably not going to be that helpful. Therefore, having a guided hand through the learning process can be very valuable.
2. They set you up with a mentor. I initially had mentor problems, but eventually I was set up with a mentor who worked great with me. The mentor can both give you encouragement and direction. Talking with them will help you "speak the language" so that you can communicate well during interviews. Finally, they know what projects will help you stand out/be helpful for your learning.
3. They push you to setup a LinkedIn and push the job application process strongly in general. For someone who only ever did research in university, the prospect of making a LinkedIn, making a resume to send to companies, and showing up to interviews was an intimidating and opaque process (silly in retrospect, I know). Springboard will push you to get it all done.
Obviously, the program is not perfect. The program is expensive, and results will vary by typical factors like motivation, talent, and plain old luck. My analysis of the community is that there is a group of people who struggle with the material, and, much more importantly, struggle to get the first job (I have no stats on this population, but they are very visible). This also contributes to the general atmosphere of uncertainty and desperation that, as you might imagine, plagues your cohort as they are scrambling to find jobs. Please take keep in mind that the program will not work by magic (finishing the program is not enough) and examine critically whether you fit the "target" of a new data scientist.
That being said, I did land an amazing job shortly before finishing the program, well beyond my expectations! Given that, I can only criticize the program so harshly, as I see the final result of the program as being extremely good! Overall, Springboard worked extremely well for me, so I would give it a hearty (but cautious) recommendation. -
Michael Luecker
Highly Recommend - Pivoted From Sales
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The best part about Springboard is the ongoing mentorship and the on-demand mentorship calls. I am a data analyst who pivoted from sales. I upskilled into Python and SQL which required big mental shifts, trying to learn this stuff on your own is doable, but the projects you receive and get to showcase to recruiters is INVALUABLE. If you want to set yourself apart, I would highly recommend you consider Springboard as your #1 option. Good Luck! -
Val Gryshakov
Great experience!
Great course for beginners and those with some experience who needs a little boost.
I was able to learn good amazing new skills and improve old ones.
The course relatively flexible in terms of study time per week.
Great support and from student advisor, cours mentor and career coach! -
Muztahid Kaiser
Overall a good experience.
Pros- Good job support and career services.
Cons- Weak curriculum, mostly LinkedIn learning videos. -
Chun Huang
Data integration engineer
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I was a seasoned data integration developer(focusing on traditional RDBMS) /database developer and wanted to switch to a data engineer that works more toward big data/cloud. I have just finished data engineering course with Springboard.
The curriculum is exceptional. The projects are well designed and really help me on understanding the basic concepts of some advanced technologies such as, map/reduce, airflow, kafka, etc (It is worth mentioning that I have used other courses to teach myself kafka, airflow, and was not able to mastered it). The mentor is very helpful. He was not only supervising finishing the projects but also helping me understand some most concepts, like OOP, SOLID. He also helped me to complete a capstone project which is about creating data lake from scratch, using different technologies, Python, Spark, Snowflake, Tableau . A fun project from which I have learned a lot. I haven't started job hunting. I feel their support for career is very strong. -
Kep Kaeppeler
Terrific curriculum and experience
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My experience with Springboard was very strong. I am a recent graduate of the Software Engineering Career Track. This program focuses on full-stack web development and will guide the student to a strong understanding of in-demand software engineering skills that are found in a high percentage of job listings.
One-on-one mentoring was one of the most important features for me. I was matched with a mentor that I met with weekly (virtually) who reviewed all of my work, answered questions, made corrections and suggestions, as well as pointed me to additional resources, and guided me on my path. In addition to my personal mentor’s code reviews and instruction, I was given the opportunity to have other mentors give me code reviews of some of the larger curriculum projects which were valuable for getting additional perspectives and becoming comfortable with code reviews in general. The video lectures are put together well and come with study notes. There are many project assignments that are thoughtfully put together and challenging. The capstone projects have become features in my portfolio.
There is a series of mock interviews that you prepare for and must pass that is an invaluable experience: Behavioral, Project code walk-through, Technical, and whiteboard. This process is very helpful to the interview process
The career services and support are top-notch. Throughout the course, there are career modules to work on so that upon graduation the student is ready to begin the job search that includes resume and cover letter building, networking, and LinkedIn optimization. Post graduation you work with a career coach for 6 months (with available free extensions) to guide you on your job search, prepare you for behavioral interviews, teach you to use the many online resources available, help with job offer negotiations, etc.
There is a job guarantee which offers tuition reimbursement if a job is not secured in 6 months and the graduate stays compliant with standards of job search requirements.