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Springboard is an online learning platform that prepares students for the tech industry’s most in-demand careers with comprehensive, mentor-led online programs in software engineering, data science, UI/UX design, cybersecurity, tech sales, and more. All Springboard courses are 100% online, remote, and self-paced throughout an average of 6-9 months. Springboard acts as a support system, coach, and cheerleader for working professionals who are ready to level-up or ma...
Springboard is an online learning platform that prepares students for the tech industry’s most in-demand careers with comprehensive, mentor-led online programs in software engineering, data science, UI/UX design, cybersecurity, tech sales, and more. All Springboard courses are 100% online, remote, and self-paced throughout an average of 6-9 months. Springboard acts as a support system, coach, and cheerleader for working professionals who are ready to level-up or make a major career shift. Students have access to a unique community of industry mentors, thought leaders, and alumni, who are on hand to offer insights, networking opportunities, and support throughout the program and well past graduation. Every Springboard student is matched with a personal student advisor and industry mentor who guides them throughout the program through regular video calls.
To apply, applicants fill out an online form, take an aptitude test, then talk with a school representative about their background and motivations. For the data science career track a background in statistics and/or programming is required. For the UX career track, students should have academic or professional background in user design or development-oriented fields.
Before graduation, Springboard’s career services team supports students in their job search, helping prepare them for interviews and networking, and facilitates their transition into the tech industry. Springboard’s tuition-back guarantee allows students a six-month runway to land a job.
Springboard’s support does not end when students graduate. All graduates benefit from an extensive support network encompassing career services, 1:1 career coaching, networking tips, resume assistance, interview prep, and salary negotiation. Since Springboard was founded in 2013, 94% of eligible graduates secured a job within one year, earning an average salary increase of $26,000.
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- RegineJr. UX Designer • Student • OnlineVerified by LinkedInAug 11, 2021Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
UX Designer
Ever since I enrolled in Springboard's UX/UI Career Track, I started to recommend this course to everyone around me who is interested in tech or design. The curriculums are well put together, the 4 projects really makes up a great portfolio and the 1 on 1 mentorship was super helpful. It took me 10 months to complete the course and I spent way over 20 hours per week, but it was worth it. I ended up landing a job just 2 weeks after graduating. - Jason YoungUI/UX Designer • Graduate • UX Career Track • OnlineVerified by LinkedInAug 11, 2021Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
A life changing experience!
Really enjoyed my time at Springboard's UX Career Track program which helped me start my job as a UX/UI designer after having worked professionally in marketing/visual design for nearly 10+ years.
Pros:
—The career services module was easily worth the price of admittance. It helped keep me sane during my 9+ month job hunt and helped me stay on track during this arduous process.
— My mentor was fantastic and I am still in touch with her today and am benefitti...Really enjoyed my time at Springboard's UX Career Track program which helped me start my job as a UX/UI designer after having worked professionally in marketing/visual design for nearly 10+ years.
Pros:
—The career services module was easily worth the price of admittance. It helped keep me sane during my 9+ month job hunt and helped me stay on track during this arduous process.
— My mentor was fantastic and I am still in touch with her today and am benefitting from hearing her stories and how I could best apply lessons she learned to my current job situation.
— The IDP project was great and helped teach me to work alongside other designers.
Cons:
—The school aggregates its curriculum from various online sources which are available for free, so it could theoretically be self-taught. However, having the proper learning structure in place still really helped.
— It teaches UX from the traditional waterfall perspective which not all companies follow. It was a bit of an adjustment for me to adapt these principles to more agile processes, which many companies use nowadays.
_ It's up to the student to figure out how to standout from the rest of the crowd/graduates. Your portfolio will look quite similar to others upon graduation so it's up to the student to figure out how to best find a solution to this. - Bill YuSolution Architect • Graduate • Machine Learning Engineering Career Track • OnlineVerified by LinkedInAug 09, 2021Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Overall good experience with some caveat
I had a good time with Spring Board's ML course. The certificate is under the UC San Diego Extension name, which is great. The course itself is overall good, however I do want to point out a few things:
- It's only as useful as the amount of time you put into it
- Take notes constantly or you won't learn anything
- Use mentor to keep you on track
Their material are all freely available online like YouTube videos, while this sound bad it di...
I had a good time with Spring Board's ML course. The certificate is under the UC San Diego Extension name, which is great. The course itself is overall good, however I do want to point out a few things:
- It's only as useful as the amount of time you put into it
- Take notes constantly or you won't learn anything
- Use mentor to keep you on track
Their material are all freely available online like YouTube videos, while this sound bad it did not distract from the learning experience negatively. HOWEVER, there are a few parts that is behind paywalls, which definitely was a negative experience. Some material could be rearranged, you need to go back and forth or you will be confused. Also their sales people seem to think everyone and their dog could pay them $10k and graduate as a ML scientist but in my experience you really do need to be in the software industry already to make the most of it.
The best part for me was the career help, you should definitely take advantage of that and do everything they tell you. Overall would recommend.
I also enjoyed conversating with my mentor, I highly recommend leveraging your mentor as much as possible every week. 
Alejandro Martinez JrSoftware Engineering Career Track • OnlineVerified by GitHubAug 06, 2021Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceSoftware Engineering Career Track
I had a great experience in the Software Engineering Track. I feel like the curriculum prepared me to be comfortable in any part of the stack and covered a great deal of content throughout my time with Springboard
Pros:
Thorough Curriculum on all things related to software engineering and web development
Taught by Colt Steele
Access to knowledgeable mentors and career coaches
Cons:
TAs and support can be difficult to access when you need them due to volume of stude...I had a great experience in the Software Engineering Track. I feel like the curriculum prepared me to be comfortable in any part of the stack and covered a great deal of content throughout my time with Springboard
Pros:
Thorough Curriculum on all things related to software engineering and web development
Taught by Colt Steele
Access to knowledgeable mentors and career coaches
Cons:
TAs and support can be difficult to access when you need them due to volume of students.
Lack of community if you don't seek out people to group up with.
There are no opportunities to pair program unless you seek someone out.- Shelagh BennettDesigner • Graduate • UX Career Track • OnlineVerified by LinkedInAug 05, 2021Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
It's the real deal and it's worth it
Having just completed Springboard's UX Design Career Track, I am walking away with a whole new set of UX skills and thanks to the rigorous curriculum I feel very confident in my ability to execute them in a professional setting. I come from a multi-disciplinary design background, and I've had an interest in transitioning into the UX/UI field for a few years, so I was slowly self-learning and taking Coursera courses prior to starting the Springboard course. Unfortunately, Coursera course...Having just completed Springboard's UX Design Career Track, I am walking away with a whole new set of UX skills and thanks to the rigorous curriculum I feel very confident in my ability to execute them in a professional setting. I come from a multi-disciplinary design background, and I've had an interest in transitioning into the UX/UI field for a few years, so I was slowly self-learning and taking Coursera courses prior to starting the Springboard course. Unfortunately, Coursera courses and designing some apps for your portfolio just won't cut it. Springboard guides you through a range of key methodologies and best practices in UX design, with projects heavily focused on user research and usability testing, as well as plenty of mentoring from real industry professionals. It's the real deal and it's worth it. - Jade LamGraduate • Data Science Career Track • OnlineVerified by GitHubAug 05, 2021Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Great Learning Experience
The fully online, largely self-paced program made it possible for me to learn while coping with a demanding work schedule. Overall, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the curated program and the 1:1 mentorship. The mentorship is where I’ve got the most out of this program. It really does give you an in-depth insight into how data scientists works, and their industry best practices. This program would be a great choice for those who: - wants to have direct interacti...The fully online, largely self-paced program made it possible for me to learn while coping with a demanding work schedule. Overall, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the curated program and the 1:1 mentorship. The mentorship is where I’ve got the most out of this program. It really does give you an in-depth insight into how data scientists works, and their industry best practices. This program would be a great choice for those who: - wants to have direct interaction with career data scientists and learn about the industry best practices - can only or prefers to do a 100% online bootcamp - prefers a self-paced, self-learning type of program rather than a classroom style/ group work type of program Call outs: - if you reside outside of US/ Canada, certain career development topics/ opportunities may not be as relevant. Find a career coach you resonate with though, there are still a lot you can get out of the career coaching sessions - if you are in the Asia timezone, it will likely be difficult for you to enjoy the office hours and networking events. It’s usually scheduled in the afternoon US Pacific timezone For those who are wondering if you can manage the program, my suggestion would be to try out the Data Science Prep Course. During the course of selecting which education provider to go for, I’ve tried the prep course from a few bootcamp providers. It was the early interaction with an industry mentor that convinced me this learning journey is worthwhile. - Eldon F delaCruzSoftware Engineering Career Track • Graduate • Software Engineering Career Track • OnlineVerified by LinkedInAug 04, 2021Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
I literally learned a whole new skill in less than a year through Springboard.
From the Software Engineering Career Track Prep course to the full-on Software Engineering Career Track, I was met with genuinely kind and overall cool people. As a DJ looking to switch careers, the Prep course was very helpful in providing me a very basic understanding of web development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript). In addition to a very user-friendly course, Springboard gave me a mentor (Adam G.) to help me if I ever got stuck on anything. We met weekly until I finished the course and pass...From the Software Engineering Career Track Prep course to the full-on Software Engineering Career Track, I was met with genuinely kind and overall cool people. As a DJ looking to switch careers, the Prep course was very helpful in providing me a very basic understanding of web development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript). In addition to a very user-friendly course, Springboard gave me a mentor (Adam G.) to help me if I ever got stuck on anything. We met weekly until I finished the course and passed the exam at the end, and Adam was so cool that I was sad that he wasn't going to be my mentor for the next 9 months of the Career Track course. Although I was a bit sad, my next mentor (Paul S.) turned out to be the perfect mentor for the next 9 months. He dedicated a significant amount of time to help me with any and all problems I had with assessments, projects, capstone projects, etc. He even let me shadow him for a work-day. Springboard has a user-friendly platform and I had no trouble navigating my way throughout their site. Not only did they provide the curriculum and tools to teach me about Software Engineering, but they also provided Career Coaches that guided me in making my resume and LinkedIn profile stand out. I could go on about how grateful I am for Springboard and for giving me the opportunity to meet some amazing people through them. I would highly recommend Springboard to anyone looking to make a career change in the tech industry. - ElinorTeacher • Student • Data Science Career Track • OnlineVerified by LinkedInAug 01, 2021Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Data Science Career Track
Pros: Lots of opportunities to learn about unfamiliar material. Lots of homework so I could practice what I learned. It was helpful to build a project-based portfolio to show what I learned and could do. I'm planning on going back and improving my portfolio as much as possible.
Cons: After I completed an assignment, it would have been useful to view another's (A+) completed assignment so I could compare and learn from my mistakes. - Tou VangData Scientist • Graduate • Data Science Career Track • OnlineVerified by LinkedInJul 28, 2021Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Data Science Career Track
Springboard is great. It helped launched my Data Science career just 4-5 months into the program. But this was with 30-60 hours a week of studying and 10-20 hours a week fixing/updating my resume and CL as well as job searching and preparing for interviews.
Mentors were always there when needed and are really smart. The career coaches helped tremendously and was vital to me getting me first job even with little experience. - Victoria RexGraduate • UI / UX Design Career Track • OnlineVerified by LinkedInJul 28, 2021Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
UX/UI Career Track
There were so many things about Springboard that I loved! Some perks right at the beginning: self paced, different payment options, the mentor calls, extra calls, career coaches and an externship with a real company etc. The way the curriculum was structured was incredible, starting with the basics, but also in the approach, each topic was covered in different ways to help soak up the information as well as being able to then retain the knowledge if you have different learning styles. ...There were so many things about Springboard that I loved! Some perks right at the beginning: self paced, different payment options, the mentor calls, extra calls, career coaches and an externship with a real company etc. The way the curriculum was structured was incredible, starting with the basics, but also in the approach, each topic was covered in different ways to help soak up the information as well as being able to then retain the knowledge if you have different learning styles. It seemed like each topic was covered by articles, videos, examples, practice homework etc! Even the features I did not use are still a huge reason why I chose Springboard (the slack channel, extra calls, office hours). I would suggest anyone considering this program to take their time! I rushed through to try and finish fast but I wish I would have spent more time on my designs and practice. Overall an amazing company and program!, I could go on and on! - Michelle S.Student • UI / UX Design Career Track • OnlineVerified by LinkedInJul 21, 2021Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
UI/UX Design Bootcamp
I am so glad that I chose Springboard for my bootcamp program. Like many folks, I'm making a career change, and I didn't know how quickly or slowly I'd get through this new information and skill-building, so I love that you can work at your own pace. The curriculum is well laid-out and thoughtfully brings you through the building blocks you need to complete two capstone projects, a modified Google Ventures Design Sprint and an Industry Placement Project. Those four projects are turned in...I am so glad that I chose Springboard for my bootcamp program. Like many folks, I'm making a career change, and I didn't know how quickly or slowly I'd get through this new information and skill-building, so I love that you can work at your own pace. The curriculum is well laid-out and thoughtfully brings you through the building blocks you need to complete two capstone projects, a modified Google Ventures Design Sprint and an Industry Placement Project. Those four projects are turned into UX case studies, and will form the basis of your design portfolio. I feel well-prepared to enter the job market and proud to have produced a portfolio website. For me, the other things that made this particular program great were the 1:1 weekly mentorship meetings and various coaching meetings along the way. The staff are incredibly responsive and dedicated to excellent customer service, which provides an extra bit of comfort about doing the course fully remotely. I think this is a great program, and would recommend it to any friend who was considering a UI/UX bootcamp. - Emanuel SaavedraGraduate • Data Analytics Career Track • OnlineVerified by LinkedInJul 20, 2021Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Data Analytics Career Track
It's a good introduction to the topic. It really depends on how much time you have to invest in the course and how do you get the most of your encounters with mentors and coaches.
If you are not based in the US or Canada it gets demotivating to follow the track for the professional development part.
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Springboard costs around $11,900. On the lower end, some Springboard courses like Introduction to Data Analytics cost $349.
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Springboard offers courses like Cyber Security Career Track, Data Analytics Career Track, Data Science Career Track, Data Science Career Track Prep and 7 more.
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