Springboard Reviews
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Lauren
Software Engineering Career Prep
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The Springboard Software Engineering Career prep is not worth it. You can learn all you need on free code camp or other online sources. I spent 490 dollars on this course and all it was videos. The instructor Colt Steele is great, however, there needs to be WAY more practice problems after the videos. There are 3 units HTML, CSS, and Javascript and the course itself should take about 6 weeks. Only one assignment is looked at by a human being, which is fine, however, it would be nice if the company provided additional practice problems with answer keys. You also get a mentor call each week but lose access to the mentor once you complete all the course work. I will only get about 2-3 calls with my mentor before completing the program. My mentor told me that they would provide me with additional work/practice problems, however, that never happened. For $490 dollars, my expectations were significantly higher. I would not recommend this program and I would be wary of taking their career path program. Also, if you are not a motivated person unless you get grades, or have accountability in the classroom, DO NOT TAKE THIS. I am very motivated and was able to complete the course in less than 30 days. I'm sorry but Springboard is a money scam. Please do your research before taking any classes, there are so many resources out there for free. I really wish I could get a refund.Dave of Springboard
Student Advisor
Nov 10, 2022
Hi Lauren,
Thank you for taking the time to share about your experience, we're sorry to hear that our program did not meet your expectations. We set a really high standard at Springboard to support students towards a positive learning experience and are truly sorry that that standard was not met while you were in the course.
It sounds like you would have benefited from having more practice opportunities with feedback from industry professionals. Providing such opportunities is an integral part of our course model, and we apologize if we came up short in your case. Our Software Engineering Career Track Prep curriculum consists of the best resources available for learning the foundations of software engineering, as curated by our team of both industry experts and instructional designers. Throughout the course, students have access to a number of resources and subject matter experts who can provide support and feedback on exercises: weekly calls with your assigned mentor (one each week for the full 6 weeks), Teaching Assistants available for live chat directly through the course dashboard, weekly office hours hosted by a mentor, as well as an online Slack community where students can ask and answer questions with their peers, alumni, and professionals in the field. If you were not aware of any of these resources and how to take advantage of them, that's a miss on our part, and we sincerely apologize.
We'd love to connect with you to hear more about your experience and learn how we could have done better. If you are open to discussing this with us, please reach out to advising@springboard.com and we'd be happy to schedule a call.
Sincerely,
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Kyle Schwenn
Just finished UX Design Course
I had a great time and I learned a lot. The structure of the program was very helpful. My favorite thing was that you get to work at your own pace. -
Becqi Sherman
Good things from Springboard
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First some good - Springboard's UX Design Career Track course is pretty amazing. An opportunity to work and learn through the UX design process from start to finish. For me, it was a great chance to hone in on where I wanted to specialize - a chance to see weaknesses, strengths, gaps, etc. Now for the downside - if you choose this Springboard course (which I think you should), be prepared to set aside double the amount of time that is estimated to complete the course. Each project, each assignment, and the course in general take much longer to complete than estimated. If you work full-time or are a parent, do anticipate this 6-month course could likely take you 9-10 months to complete. Finally, the best for last - the mentoring that comes with this course. My mentor was instrumental in my succes. All of the mentors are established leaders in UX. You meet with them weekly throughout the course, and this was the single most valuable piece of the course. The mentorship was second to none, and having that relationship with one person for the duration was super meaningful! -
Madison Schoenbeck
UX Design Career Track
This course is designed to teach the fundamentals of UX Design through hands-on course work and accompanying curriculum. You also have weekly 1-on-1 mentor meetings, where a mentor answers questions, provides feedback, and gives direction. It's a really flexible program if you have a busy schedule and prepares you well for a career change. -
Jason Posavad
Data Analytics
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Expect a solid grounding in SQL, MS Excel, Power BI, Tableau, Python, and Presentation skills. Everything you need to be a functional Data Analyst. The platform they use is very slick and user friendly. They intelligently use Business concepts, including Finance, Statistics, and Economics as a context to learn Data Analytics skills. The curriculum will not teach these topics themselves, but provide context to create the feel of a real-world data analytics project. Job search support is excellent and will get you on the right track to finding employment. Mentorship I found to be very informed and helpful. They offer really more support than you could realistically consume. No reason why anyone would leave disappointed in this course. -
Hailey Gryka
Great mentoring!
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I had a great experience with Springboard and learned so much from my mentor and career coach. I'd highly recommend this course to anyone looking to break into the field or looking to brush up on their skillset. With the self-selected topics for capstones, you can begin to build your portfolio using the work you do in the course and get feedback on the work from someone in the industry. Highly recommend Springboard! -
Lasya
Great learning Experience!
Good course for someone who is new to Data Science. -
Erika Neuhold
UX / UI Design Bootcamp
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The bootcamp was great! It's intense, but I feel a lot more confident entering the field. My background is in hospitality, so I was worried about starting a new career in design. However, between the mentors, career coaches, and projects, I feel ready to start my new career! I also enjoyed the Slack community. I was able to meet a lot of new people through an online study group which helped me to learn faster and feel connected.
The one downside is that most of the curriculum is free online resources. It feels a little expensive when considering you can read most of the articles (and watch the videos) online for free. The main draw of Springboard is the mentors and the help with building your portfolio. -
Daniel Dongkeon Kim
Tough but Worth!
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Springboard’s Data Science Course is an intensive learning experience, designed to help who never had even basic coding experience nor data science experience enhance their skills and stay competitive in today’s data science job market. Led by a mentor with experience in the field, you will learn cutting-edge concepts and techniques and then apply them immediately. By the program’s end, you will have the skills, experience, and confidence to accelerate your career progression. What You'll Accomplish Gain Data Science Experience: Master the analytics process to develop and test hypotheses, and build categorical and numerical data models. Learn How to use Python: Work with Python programming and packages to develop engaging visualizations and more. Develop an Outstanding Portfolio: Work on a portfolio project that demonstrates your new skills. Work with Industry Leaders:s Get immediate feedback and guidance from Instructors who work in the industry. -
Evan Nussbaum
Springboard Review
I came from a sales background with little to know experience and I could not be happier with the experience I had with Springboard! The mentors and the career coaches were super helpful in making sure I paced myself throughout the course. The best part about it is that there was always someone that I could reach out to if I needed help. This includes alumni, mentors, or coaches. -
Anne Warren
Hired as a Data Scientist while taking the Springboard Data Science Career Track
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I wanted to change career and industry for several years and I chose Springboard's Data Science Career Track to do so while I had just been laid off “thanks to” the Covid-19 and oil crises. Great timing for a career change, I know...
I studied the Data Science curriculum, the Career curriculum, followed the great advice given by my Springboard Career Coach and my Springboard Mentor. I did everything Springboard told me to do to become a successfull, skilled Data Scientist with a great professional network and high visibility. The results of all of that is I was hired as a Data Scientist on week 13 of the program in a certified "Great Place To Work!" international company, which leads its industry in the US.
Pros:
- 100% online curriculum with great resources and lectures from Harvard, Stanford...etc... All interactions with advisors, mentors, coaches are online and on a flexible schedule.
- You'll get enrolled in DataCamp and have access to extra practice/project work to master your skills (Python, SQL, Pyspark, Github...). I love DataCamp and will remain a member.
- You'll have access to LinkedIn learning, Medium, Towards Data Science.
- Weekly presentations (career sessions, business hour Q&A, guest presentation).
- Weekly meetings with your assigned mentor. You can schedule additional sessions if needed.
- You can select your own career coach from a long list of Springboard career coaches (their background and skills are diverse which makes the coaching experience invaluable). I personally chose one career coach and followed up with him throughout the program.
- You'll get to work on a lot of projects (40ish), 3 capstone projects to apply what you've learned and your work will be reviewed by TAs who have a great sense of humor.
- Springboard conference (Rise!) and seminars (wellness, career...) during which you can interact with fellow students, alumni, employers... etc...
- Because the program is online and always accessible you can do it in 6 months as planned or in 4 to 5 months. I am now on week 16 with 84% completed. It is really up to you.
The program is worth more than you pay for. There is a steep learning curve but it remains fun all the way and it works! If you are afraid of not 'being good enough', start with the Data Science Career Preparation which will give you a taste of the level of statistics and Python coding you need. It is only 4 week-long, about $500 which will be credited towards your Data Science Career Track tuition upon successfull completion.
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Samuel Edwards
Best bootcamp available
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During my time at Springboard, I was very impressed with the comprehensiveness of the curriculum and the amount of information that is covered. But by far the best part of this bootcamp was the support. The mentors, career coaches, teacher assistants, and slack community made all the difference. I spent a lot of time looking through all the software engineering bootcamps, and this one is definitely the best one I found for the price. -
Jared
Data Science Career Track Prep
This was a great prep course for a beginner with an intro level of prior experience. The material is vast but specific to the career track. It focuses more on practical application of skills within the business environment. -
Melanie Duong
UI/UX Design Career Track
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Pros:
I think they’ve done a great job of creating a support system to help you learn and grow as a designer. You have the mentors, your own mentor that you meet with weekly, as well as unlimited mentors that you can book a call with (although availability can be scarce) once a day. You have a handful of career coaches to help you with anything career-related. Then lastly, they’ve built an active Slack community where students support each other with testing/feedback and so on.
Improvements:
What I think can be improved and what I did like about General Assembly’s program is that the students in the design and engineering tracks collaborate on a project together. I think it’s actually pretty important for designers to get that exposure because during the course the students are designing in a vacuum and that’s almost never the case.
If anyone wants to chat about the experience in detail, as I know it can be a hefty investment, please feel free to reach out and email me at mel.c.duong@gmail.com.
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Elshaday Mulugeta
UI/UX Designer
I completed the UI/UX career track, and I will say Springboard really exceeded my expectations. They made sure to set us up for the real world by providing career help. I would say the thing that helped me complete this course successfully was the mentor calls. -
Minerva Swensen
Data Analytics
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I did the course full-time, as I was unemployed, and finished in 7 months. I easily could have finished earlier but took some time off due to illness.
I took the Data Analytics career track. The course was challenging but I really enjoyed it. The 1:1 mentorship was awesome and I felt supported throughout the program.
The career services were excellent, throughout the course and I look forward to continuing that part until I find a job (6 months of career services are included after the end of the curriculum). I So overall it was well worth it and I would highly recommend it. -
Austin
UX/UI Design Review
Great material and learning modules that help to solidify the information. If you know much about marketing there is some overlap of concepts that will be very useful to your knowledge base. Very helpful and educated mentors that are responsive and share their expertise with you. If you are interested to save $750 off your course, here is my referral code: https://www.springboard.com/invite/BFV78 -
Anshul Vyas
Springboard || Best Professional Data Science Bootcamp
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I was looking for a professional course on Data Science to make my career transition and I found Springboard. I must say this Bootcamp is one of the best things that happened to me in this pandemic.
The whole curriculum is designed very systematically. Though Data Science is a very vast domain but this course covers almost all topics, right start from basic python, statistics, machine learning model, SQL, Pyspark etc. There were many exercises given after every topic so that one can practically implement those concepts. Additionally, more than 30 mini projects and two capstone projects imprint every data science concept in your mind.
Career coaches helped me in all possible way to improve my visibility to recruiters. There were four Mock interviews at the end of the course which helped me to prepare for the actual interviews.
Springboard Community channel and Weekly office hours were very informative.
Last but not the least, MENTOR! He was the backbone of this course. I was lucky that I got a great mentor. He was there with me at each and every stage of this course whether it was about exercises, mini-projects, final project or any other difficulties in the curriculum. He always helped and motivated me to do the best in the course.
Even after writing this much about the course, I am sure that I have missed many things.
So in my opinion, if your looking for a good professional Data science course you must consider the Springboard. -
Hannah Rabalais
UX/UI Career Track
I really was impressed by the curation of the curriculum. My mentor was pivotal to my progression throughout the lessons and really helped me grow. I also got a lot out of the career counselors! -
Marija Petrovic
Great way to learn new skill
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It took me 8 months to finish my course, and could have even taken longer since my last project took almost a month to complete. Overall I am happy with the course, it was a great learning experience and very convinient way to learn new skill. The best part about this program was having a mentor, a wokring profesional and exepert in the field, who helped me overcome any challenges that I ran into during my curriculum. Job support was nothing special, it is a 30min meeting with a career coach who talks about your resume and trys to give you tips when it comes to job search, something that hasn't proved useful in my case, and as much as their "advices" were adequate, they were not impresive or life changing. My career coach sesions didn't help me find a job or make any progress in that area, it was my persistancy and detemination, and strong personality that got me a job. All in all I recomend this course, but I would recommend Springboard to work on career service suport as well as student advising suport, since it is imposiible to get a hold of student advisors. -
jack
Career Coach Support
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If you are not at the last month of the job search, everything is going well. At the last month, if you still apply and follow instructions of the career coach, and his/her strategies do not work out. They will try to find any reason to kick you out of the eligibility of job guarantee. I had frequently call with career coach every 2 weeks, as required, then the support team from Springboard reach out and said I'm not show up and do not meet their requirement. I had to show the email/proof that I had a call with the coach. The second time, after that 2 weeks, the team tried to kick me out again, say Hey, you had no-show call for coaching sessions 3 times, you will be kicked out of the job guarantee program. Again, I had to dig my Skype history of calls and show the proof with the calls for every 30 mins I had with the coaches.
The third time, (this is when I have some weeks left on the gurantee program, while they have to refund me money if they cannot help me to have a job). I had a data analyst position with average income >10$/hour, which is mostly manual administration job, that is not apropriate to qualifying jobs that Springboards teach you, like SQL, coding, Python. I told them that and explain, but they said I don't know about that is qualify or not (so who knows?) because you already got a full time job, you have to report all the jobs that you have, event working as a cashier at mart (It's super weird, not listed on the policy). And the person that I reach out to explain, try to quarrel with me, not shout up, but interrupted and do not let me talk. Super weird again, If they want the program good and reach out to many people, they should have a better support team, listen to customers/students and give the solutions not by saying I don't know, that is my responsiblity, that's the other team decide. It shows to me the irresponsibility of the career support team, and make me so upset with the quality of their service, although I like the cirriculum and my technical coach a lot. -
Kailee Carneau
Springboard UX Design Track Review -Kailee Carneau
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Springboard helped me learn new skills, and better prepare for a career in tech. The curriculum was packed full of relevant information, and modern content. Springboard as a whole is really supportive of their students, and willing to work with you. Springboard renewed my faith in tech ed companies through their intentionality, and grace. I am happy to have been a part of this community and thankful that Springboard exceeded my skeptical expectations. -
Jennifer Choi
Great curriculum!
Pros: 1:1 Mentorship, Career Coaches, Industry Design Project (internship), Job guarantee (if you live near a metropolitan area)
Cons: Might not vibe well with your mentor - but that's ok! It's still a great learning experience and you learn a lot -
Hehuan Liao
Data Science Career Track
I started Springboard's DSC track in June, 2020. Overall, I had good experience with it. The curriculum is very well designed. I definitely improved my data analytical skills after completion of the course. -
Leonardo Medina
Great Curriculum and Community
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Going through Springboard was an incredible experience. The skills I've learned have prepared me completely for a full-time position as a Software Engineer and the mentorship provided was incredibly helpful. I'm very content with the result and for the price it's really no-brainer. That said, for those applying, make sure to start on algorithms and interview prep EARLY (first or second week). Doing that will help you pass technical interviews faster. -
Melissa Ho
Learned so much!
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I loved my experience at Springboard! I was able to work on 4 projects, one being an Industry Design Project and had the amazing help from my mentor (met with him on a weekly basis), career advisor and career coaches. Everyone was so helpful and provided insightful advice on how to break into this new career. The course curriculum is well set up in giving you the tools needed to succeed in this career. I chose them over General Assembly because of the cost and services offered. I highly recommend Springboard and look forward to taking more courses from them! -
Zarina
UIUX Designer
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Overall I am satisfied with the course and would highly recommend to anyone. I have done the same course with General Assembly in the classroom and it is not even close to what Springboard has to offer. Yes, most of the curriculum is from other sources, but it is very well prepared and well explained. Other schools also use internet and other sources, so it is not a new thing. To me , it is definitely worth it as i am now making almost double from my old job.
Pros: Great curriculum that constantly gets updated, unlimited mentorship, career coaching
Cons: Not all mentors are great, some of them are not that much interested that you succeed. Because it is online you have to push yourself harder to succeed. -
Chiyuan Cheng
Great experience with Springboard
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I started the Springboard data scientist career track in Feb 2020, and finished the course in October 2020. I joined other Bootcamp last year but did not receive enough support. The entire program, including weekly 1:1 mentor, career support, office hour, and 2 capstone projects, is really amazing. I have a chance to work with experienced data scientists and learn from them. I highly recommend to anyone who is interested in starting their career or want to improve their technical skills. -
Sam Fisher
Good Immersion in Practice, but Theoretical Material is Absent.
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I was able to quickly become competent in the python-related related coding tools and practical methods for machine learning model development through Springboard. If this is all you need, I encourage you to use their product to help you achieve that.
If however, you do not have a strong theoretical background in linear algebra, multivariable calculus, statistics, probability, and machine learning, you will not find that here. The program's initial screening criteria are permissive and are not sufficient to determine if you know enough theory to work as a professional data scientist. These mathematical skills are important to being able to read ML textbooks and research literature, and to understand ML techniques. I was disappointed by the lack of theoretical rigor in Springboard's data science career track but found resources to study these things elsewhere. After two additional years of part-time study (15 hr/week), I felt ready to work primarily in machine learning professionally and shifted my consulting work to focus on ML.
Be ready to learn to the math if you don't have the background, and for that effort to be completely orthogonal from your work in the bootcamp. -
Danitza
Data Analytics Career Track
Data Analytics Career Track is an excellent course that covers various topics of data analytics, for example, the completion of 2 projects practicing skills in Python, SQL, data analysis, data visualization, hypothesis testing and machine learning. -
Allison Holden
UX design career track
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I recently completed a UX design career track program through Springboard, and it was a great experience overall! I learned so much from the curriculum, but what was most helpful was having real projects to work on and then discuss with my mentor every week. I really value the time I had with my mentor and the way that it helped me gain confidence in the work I was doing. I will say, that it was difficult to do while working full time, but I really believe it was a good investment in my future as a UX designer/researcher! -
Johnathan Skeete
Springboard’s Machine Learning Engineering career track Is for real
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I recently completed the Machine Learning Engineering career track with Springboard and have reached all of the goals I set out to accomplish. I am very confident in my ability to use the tools of Machine Learning and develop automated solutions to accomplishAI tasks.
One thing I can say is the course is very demanding and this is even having a background in software development of over 10 years. I do like to do things slowly, snd even though it took me a while to get through the 600 hours, I was able to find my first Machine Learning role while I was only at the 2/3 mark which for me already proved the course was legit.
I have actually begun my second Machine Learning role as I am completing the course and I was thankful throughout this pandemic that I could have the confidence that I would be able to find a job with the skills I picked up even in such volatile times.
Definitely recommend this course to anyone who knows they will put in the time. -
Sujit
Data Analytics Career Track
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One of the most cost effective Bootcamp for Data Analytics. The curriculum by large covers: Business Analysis, Statistics, Excel, SQL, Power BI, Tableau and Python in terms of technical skills. The content is mostly open source, however compiling the curriculum and putting together the content does the job well towards the Data Analytics Course material. The 1:1 mentor weekly helpful, I personally used all calls for discussing the projects and going through the submissions. There is unlimited tutor calls where I would typically discuss any queries. The career coach calls are informative and helpful. Springboard has dynamically done everything possible to support the learning through this bootcamp. The job guarantee is something that no other bootcamp offers and got me to signup for the course. If Springboard can align instructor lead weekend sessions then I would aswell consider to signup for Data Science Career track. -
Mashal S.
Data Analytics Career Track
The Springboard is one of the most warm and welcoming communities I've glad to have been a part of. Everyone was extremely thoughtful and helpful throughout my experience. I'm certainly happy to have chosen Springboard to pursue my education in Data Analytics, and I can't wait to learn more! Highly recommend to others. -
Indrit Zabzuni
UX Career Track
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The UX Career Track is a great program for anyone interested to start / transition their career into UX.
The platform is really smart and it has some features like "Study Plan" that make sure you go at the pace you are suppose to.
The mentor is a big perk, I like it better than having a professor because they are someone who you wanna be after a couple of years.They give you practical advice and it feels like you have your own personal tutor.
Another big perk is that you get a career coach that will help you prepare well for the job hunt.
As a recent graduate, I feel confident to start my career as a UX Designer. -
Guadalupe Aguilera
UX Design Career Track
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I was switching careers from architecture into UX design and saw that Springboard offered career assistance and decided to enroll after comparing similar courses. I made it a personal goal to finish in 5 months and had to worked many hours to complete the goal. I finished the course in September and I'm in the process of applying to jobs. So far, I think I made a good investment and hope to find a job soon. I found the curriculum good and easy to understand. I was a bit disappointment with my IDP (industry design project) placement as it was with a startup and everything kept changing, I would rather have interned with an established firm. What I liked most about the course was interacting with the career coaches since they helped me re-brand my LinkedIn profile. On the negative side, many students enrolled after the pandemic so my mentor had many students to look after, and I often felt that I needed more than the 30min per week to talk to them. -
Shivangini purohit
UX/UI
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Dru Serkes
Springboard gets you ready
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Pros:- Well-conceived, robust, project-based curriculum taught by an excellent instructor (Colt Steele)
- 1 on 1 weekly personal mentorship from a legitimate industry expert (mine had been a dev for 20 years and has worked at Amazon for the past 5)
- Career curriculum paced well in tandem with the technical curriculum - they don't just teach you how to code; they teach you how to get a job
- Active Slack community of peers. Many people actually formed study groups and checked in with one another regularly
- TA's available weekdays for whenever you get stuck
- Priced very favorably vs competitors, offered multiple/flexible pricing options to fit your situation (now I just sound like I work for them lol)
Cons:- If you're not a self-starter or struggle with motivation, this may be a tough sell for you. The online community and the mentor support help with not feeling alone, but at the end of the day you still have to make yourself do the work.
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Edgar Damatian
UX Design Career Track
Springboard was awesome. I would definitely recommend it. The best part was my mentor who had all the similar interests I did which made the conversations that much more fun and brought opportunity to collaborate. I also loved the industry design project I was paired with at the end of the course which was with an industry that I am extremely passionate about. -
Silvia Sun
UX Design Certificate Program
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I just completed the UX Career Track program and I love it. I compared many other Bootcamp and finally chose this one. I am able to learn it while I have a full-time job along the whole process. The course has a capstone project that sits as the backbone of the overall curriculum. With each unit you complete, you add to your capstone project. This style gives you an immediate opportunity to apply the skills you learned during the unit and solidify the new knowledge. For me, it's been a really effective means of growing my skillset.
Pros :
- The course is self-paced which is exactly what I was looking for.
- Every student gets a mentor and you can book mentor calls as many as you want
- Very supportive student advisors.