Springboard

Pros:
1) Easy to register, had some hiccups but they were taken care of easily.
2) Access to Data Camp and LinkedIn learning.
3) Flexibility - allowed me to complete the course and take of things at home.
4) Suzanne - one of the best career coaches out there.
Cons:
1) Assignments are rather stale.  May want to consider writing up some new ones.
2) Mentors need to be flexible to new ideas; be practical and innovative at the same time.
3) One of the career assignments was impossible to complete; may want to rethink it.

The Data Analytics Career Track program through Springboard was a great experience and worth the value of the program. The program mentors are very knowledgeable and provide support every step of the way. As someone who was a transition from a different career sector, this program provided me with career support and technical skills to make the leap into the tech and data field. I highly recommend this program to people who love working with data and making a transition into this field. Springboard helped every step of the way. 

Springboard is the place you will be sure , you are going to learn a lot of great skills and being ready for job. I am happy that I attended in this course. Mentors, coaches and other staffs are very friendly and helpful. they are 24 hours to help and support you.  

Springboard is an intensive 6 month course that teaches you the following skills: advanced Excel, SQL, Python, Tableau & PowerBI.  You learn presentation skills using these tools.  It also provides you with career coaches, resume advice and LinkedIn tips.  I really enjoyed the course and the faculty support!

My journey with springboard was very fascinating and encouraging. From the student advisor to the career coaches and most especially my mentor. They were very encouraging and motivating. Excellent curricula!!!

Overall, the Springboard UX/UI course was really informative and comprehensive.  Most of the learning material is online articles/videos, but I felt confident that the content was intentionally curated. There was also content from LinkedIn Learning and Skillshare, which I liked.  I was paired with a really great mentor who was instrumental in my learning throughout the course. I also had a great experience with career coaches throughout the course that provided great feedback on my presentation style, resume, and mock interviews. It was nice to be able to complete the course on my own time. My main drawback is that as an online course, it takes a lot more effort to network with peers.  

Springboard has a well-curated curriculum of online materials that teach the design-thinking process and the industry-standard design tools and techniques.  Their career support is top-notch, as well. They helped me tailor my LinkedIn profile and resume to my new career, and provided insight into how to navigate a job search. I went into springboard 9 months ago knowing very little about UX design. Now I have a robust portfolio and feel confident in my ability to qualify for and succeed in a new role as a professional UX Designer.  

My experience with Springboard has been tremendous! I have a BA and an MA and the depth and rigor of this course matched, if not exceeded, what I experienced in college and grad school.  Less book-learning, more experiential learning = 100%! The flow of the curriculum was fantastic and the project-based curriculum correlated to the theory perfectly. It was impressive to see how much I learned in such a short time and surprising to see how confident I feel at the end. The support from career coaches and student services is superb and the mentorship piece is wonderful as well!  A year ago I hadn't even considered pursuing this and leaving my former career. Now I am incredibly excited to start the job-seeking journey and land the job of my dreams! Thank you Springboard!!

My top three pros for this course are the 1:1 mentorship throughout, the job guarantee/career support post completion, and the general layout or build of the curriculum. I had limited experience in design and changed careers, so those three pieces helped support, reassure, and guide me. The con to the course, like many online courses, is the remote-learn-on-your-own method. Springboard tried to help support you as much as possible with offering Slack feedback, advisors, additional and unlimited 1:1 mentorship sessions, but it wasn’t always immediate, so some struggle remained especially since I was novice. However, I think they offered more support than most would.

 I enrolled in this program thinking it would be a great opportunity. I was in the Data Analytics program, and let me tell you, all they do is give you 10 minutes of introductory videos, then they send you off to websites like datacamp, youtube, and other free sites. What a utter waste of money. Then they throw assignments you expecting you to finish them after watching your youtube videos. You get a weekly mentor that you can maybe have enough time to discuss 1 or 2 problems, other than that you're pretty much on your own. On top of that, I actually encountered an EVIL UNPROFESSIONAL worker there. Her name is Maggie Zhang. I was on work leave due to the whole COVID situation and didn't have time to do the curriculum (this was last year around May 2020) and I get an email from Maggie.   "Hi DN, I'm following-up with you from my earlier email inquiring about your progress in your Springboard course. I'd love to discuss the course with you, and see if there's any way I can be of help or support. We do have some options that may make sense to discuss going forward.  If we don't hear from you within the next 3 business days, we'll go ahead and cancel your course enrollment. Let me know if you have any questions I can help with! -Maggie Zheng"  WOW so this is what you get from Springboard. If the email goes to junk mail and you don't respond to her within 3 days you are out of luck and out $10,000 tuition. VERY VERY unprofessional and awful person. Before this e-mail, I literally submitted an assignment 4 days prior. She had the nerve to email me to question my attendance even after I submitted the assignment. This lady is nuts, just threatening students and then sending emails with a passive aggressive "let me know if u have any questions I can help with!" Yeah you can help me if you look in the mirror and see what kind of awful demon you are. Usually I only encounter this type of disrespect when I suspect racism is at play. Who knows?  The company of course sides with her, perhaps showing their support for possible RACISM!  After being treated like sanitary wipes, I decide not to continue with them anymore. Now I'm stuck with a $4,000 bill thanks to springboard. At least I'm in a real school now and they are actually teaching me stuff instead of redirecting me to datacamp. The least I can do is protect and inform those who come after me to prevent these con-artists from stealing more money from people who can easily learn more from youtube videos.  You can definitely learn everything you need if you have the right template. Goto a different coding school.  DO NOT GO TO SPRINGBOARD, full of evil people like Maggie Zheng. 

This is an awesome course! Colt, the instructor explained things so clearly and make the concepts easy to understand. He was a big part of my decision to choose this bootcamp. All of the support is great too! The weekly calls with my mentor were so helpful and he always did a great job at answering my questions and offering help along the way. The Career Coaches are also super knowledgeable and very helpful with the job search preparation and the actual job search. I would definitely recommend this course to anyone thinking about doing a Software Engineering bootcamp.

When I set out to make a career change during the pandemic I knew it was going to be a lot of work, as I had no previous experience in anything technical. Springboard's curriculum did an excellent job at showing me what I needed to be a successful analyst. My weekly mentor gave me tons of industry insight. When it came to the job search their career services team proved to be invaluable in helping me get and prepare for interviews. Overall, Springboard's use of mentors, different learning tools, and career support combine to create an extremely well-rounded program that can help you succeed. 

I enrolled with Springboard because I wanted to expand my knowledge of graphic design. I heard about UX and I was interested to study it in order to advance my career. I think Springboard was a great option because it was remote learning, and all of the assignments were organized properly. I only felt overwhelmed because I had to balance a full-time job among other things. But if you truly want this for yourself you can manage your time accordingly that works best for you. Springboard advisors and mentors are very understanding and flexible. They provide a lot of resources that can help you stay on track. The assignments were very informative and easy to understand. They are very detailed when it comes to projects so I never felt lost when I read them. If I needed any help then I could always email my mentor with any questions. I highly recommend Springboard to anyone who is willing to learn new things or advance their career. 

I just finished the Data Analytics Program with Springboard. Overall, I thought there was great value. The mentorship program Was easily where I found a ton of value. I was matched with someone who challenged me to grow as an analyst. And, they offered support and insight when I struggled. I highly recommend the course. 

I had a great experience with Springboard.  The best part for me was the Career coaches and my mentor.  They helped me stay on track and guided me in the right direction multiple times throughout the course.

Springboard was a great program to be in. It provided a lot of good project based learning for javascript, python, and node.js. I only have one criticism and if they were to fix it, then I'd rate it 10/10. They require students to finish practice interviews, behavioral, whiteboard, project, and technical, and only allow you 2 attempts before you're disqualified for the job guarantee. I think they should increase to to 3 or 5 attempts, which would show good faith, especially for those who struggle with algorithms.

Looking to switch gears into UX design, I joined SB after intensive research on UX boot camps. I loved how comprehensive the curriculum was, as I didn't come from a design background. The support from my mentor and career coaches gave me a lot of confidence in a new career. I would definitely recommend SB to people who want to kickstart a new career in UX design, 

I completed Springboard's UX/UI Career Track program and I would highly recommend it to anyone looking into a UX boot camp. I initially struggled between choosing the best boot camp for me and felt overwhelmed with the number of options out there. I recommend reaching out to someone on the Springboard team to get more information and talk about if this is the best option for you. Springboard's curriculum has equipped me well and given me the experience I need to begin my job search in this industry. Springboard also pairs you up with a real-life client as part of your last project and I believe that to be super valuable. Not only was I able to apply the design skills that I've learned throughout the course, but I was able to get real-life work experience and have a valuable project to add to my personal portfolio. The mentorship program is also great and another highlight of the program. I would recommend the boot camp to anyone who is serious about learning UX/UI design! 

Springboard is a well run organization that offers ample support and expertise in each field.   Students have access to mentors at many convenient times and a community that readily shares experiences and offers feedback.  The program is a great way to gain the foundational skills needed to enter a desired job market.

Overall, I think the course is well-structured to help students with different backgrounds to learn new skills in data analytics. Even though it's designed to be a 6-month program, for students with relevant experience, they can speed up their learning and complete the course within 3-4 months as it's self-paced. I was able to complete the course in 3 months, as the mentors and student advisors were very responsive whenever you have questions (they have many mentors available besides the 1:1 mentor assigned to you). The career service from Springboard is overall very effective as well since most of the career coaches are professional technical recruiters and have been in the field for many years - I've worked with 3 career coaches, they are all very strategic in terms of resume writing and interview preparation. I was able to receive 2-3 times more interview invitations since I joined the program. The 1:1 mentorship is definitely the primary value of the program. My mentor was very supportive and knowledgeable - provide me lots of actionable feedback and advice. He really guided me down a career path that led me to an offer. I am overall very satisfied with this investment.