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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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- GorStudent • Data Science Career Track • OnlineVerified by LinkedInMar 29, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Fine print in job guarantee
I successfully completed springboard curriculum. It was lackluster and average as it was mostly based on other resources. Mentorship was the only worthy part of the program. Job search began where I always went above and beyond on the number of networking and jobs conditions. I also kept my own records for these applications and networks as well as log them in their own website. After 6 months, I opted for the job guarantee extension. I kept up my job guarantee. Then, couple of these to ...I successfully completed springboard curriculum. It was lackluster and average as it was mostly based on other resources. Mentorship was the only worthy part of the program. Job search began where I always went above and beyond on the number of networking and jobs conditions. I also kept my own records for these applications and networks as well as log them in their own website. After 6 months, I opted for the job guarantee extension. I kept up my job guarantee. Then, couple of these to my knowledge I logged my requirements in; however, due to technical difficulties, it didn't show on their server. Let's keep in mind, I have records (emails for job applications and linked in for networks) of when I did those activities. Despite actually fulfilling these requirements, springboard basically said "oh you had technical difficulties/system glitch, that's too bad, our system if flawless, there are no issues, even though you have proof you applied to such and such job, we are going to ignore that and take this opportunity to make sure you don't qualify for job guarantee". Their job guarantee was only 6 months, I was able to keep that up for over a year. If you value your time and money, don't let the job guarantee be the factor why you choose this institution because they'll take any opportunity that arises to say that you messed up. - JeremyStudent • Software Engineering Career Track • OnlineVerified by GitHubMar 25, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
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Great course with content by Colt Steele. Overall a great experience. Learned a lot in a short amount of time, and confident in the skills I gained from the course. - Amitkumar KhatiwalaStudent • Data Analytics Career Track • OnlineVerified by LinkedInMar 24, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Outstanding Experience with Springboard
I had an amazing experience with Springboard. I had excellent coaches and mentors who always supported me. I got so much in-depth knowledge about the targeted job industry from my mentor. The only cons I found in 1-2 in-course activities, which are outdated and it would be great if they can upgrade. - NancyProduct Designer Intern • Graduate • UI / UX Design Career Track • OnlineVerified by LinkedInMar 24, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Great Experience and Job Offer
I had a really great experience overall with all aspects of the course!
The mentors were all very genuine and helpful when talking about my interests and my goals and keeping my accountable with honest feedback.
The community was very friendly and welcoming and I loved meeting the friends throughout the course.
I got a really great job offer before even finishing the bootcamp and I would recommend this to anyone looking to change their career! - JowiUX Designer • UI / UX Design Career Track • OnlineVerified by LinkedInMar 11, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Predatory loan behavior - Coursework freely available online - Neurodivergents BEWARE
I do not even know where to begin with my Springboard experience. I did the UX/UI career track, and I recommend going somewhere else. If I had been able to back out after that 7 day trial period without wreaking financial havoc on myself, I would have. 7 days is not NEARLY enough to see what the course will actually be like. They front-load the curriculum with SB-produced video lessons to reel you in, and after about a month you realise that's not reality.
First t...I do not even know where to begin with my Springboard experience. I did the UX/UI career track, and I recommend going somewhere else. If I had been able to back out after that 7 day trial period without wreaking financial havoc on myself, I would have. 7 days is not NEARLY enough to see what the course will actually be like. They front-load the curriculum with SB-produced video lessons to reel you in, and after about a month you realise that's not reality.
First thing I will address is that if you are neurodivergent I HIGHLY recommend you try another bootcamp. Nearly all the coursework is article after article of the same poorly explained information, almost ZERO video lessons, and the few video tutorials the exist had NO narration. We were expected to just silently watch a video of someone doing something on Figma with zero explanation. For someone who is a very visual learner (in a VISUAL FIELD, for crying out loud), this was torturous. I have ADHD and got great grades in primary school and university (I have two degrees and made Honor roll)-- I could barely finish this course because they built the curriculum so lazily. I used every last drop of the Pauses and Freezes because my brain (especially during a damn pandemic) could not take it.
Second thing I will address further dives into the laziness of the curriculum-- the articles they've rounded up for the coursework are very nearly ALL freely available articles that can be found on Medium, Dribbble, or otherwise. Many of the articles were written in poor english and badly translated, and I ended up turning to other designers for explanations or looking things up on youtube or wikipedia. For the ENORMOUS course price of $15,000, I should not have to be looking on freaking youtube for basic explanations.
Springboard sets up their course with the Industry Design Project as the crown jewel: my IDP experience was shameful. We were supposed to be matched with a REAL COMPANY to work on a REAL client-facing project that would be the biggest entry in our portfolios. Instead, my group and I were matched with a random dude who had all three of us working on ONE singular screen for a month. We had basically nothing for our portfolios after that and we were livid. We took it to SB and demanded partial refunds which they thankfully took seriously and gave us.
The job guarantee is set up to look like it will help you (and for some people it does), but for me it ended up being incredibly predatory. SB is supposed to guarantee that you will find a job within 6 months or you don't have to pay your tuition - instead of honoring that when I reached the 6 month mark, they "offered me" to extend my job guarantee by a month so I could keep seeing my career coach. Bro, 2 things:
1) If my SB career coach hasn't been helpful in the last 6 months, they will probably not be helpful in 1 more month. Offer me better, more significant help. Offer me a new career coach, offer me access to a Udemy Figma class so I can brush up my skills, offer me a design prompt so I can put something else in my portfolio, offer me a month free access to ADPList, ANYTHING, just for God's sake: Offer me something *actually* useful to my job search.
2) Extending the job guarantee (when my career coach has not helped WHATSOEVER) does nothing but give SPRINGBOARD the opportunity to STILL get their money despite not delivering on their 6 month promise.
Predatory.
The only good thing that this course had was the mentorship-- I learned far more from my mentors than I did from the course itself, and I'm glad to still have those connections. However I will say that even that was fraught with chaos.
I expected to have one mentor who would follow me through to the end of the course that I could then use as a reference when it came time to apply to jobs- instead my first SB Mentor suddenly left for another job after my first 3 months, my second SB Mentor randomly quit for "unforeseen circumstances". My third SB Mentor was wonderful, but he felt kind of stuck for how to help me because he hadn't been around for the first major section of my coursework. So now, I have 3 "mentors" from SB that I barely got to know before they abandoned ship, and therefore have NO references who can speak to my work or experience in the course.
I am grateful that I now can pursue a much better career because of the skills I now have after Springboard, but now that I know all their curriculum is available for free on Medium, I could have gotten the same education with 75% less stress, debt, and frustration. I have friends who went to Thinkful and they loved their experience. Check that out first, or ask a lottttt of questions when you speak to SB. - Justin JimenezMachine Learning Engineer • Graduate • Data Science Career Track • OnlineVerified by GitHubMar 06, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Acceptable Coursework, Good Career Coaching, Great Alumni Network
I have a BS in Mechanical Engineering and 2 years of experience working as an engineer. I pursued this course full time, working approximately 30-50 hours a week towards it. I was able to complete the course with Advanced ML Specialization in 5 months. I now have a job as a Machine Learning Engineer, with a base salary that is 23% higher than my previous salary.
I believe that this course is great for people who have a STEM degree and who have some technical work experience or tec...I have a BS in Mechanical Engineering and 2 years of experience working as an engineer. I pursued this course full time, working approximately 30-50 hours a week towards it. I was able to complete the course with Advanced ML Specialization in 5 months. I now have a job as a Machine Learning Engineer, with a base salary that is 23% higher than my previous salary.
I believe that this course is great for people who have a STEM degree and who have some technical work experience or technical project experience. If you do not have these things, I think it would be wiser to either pursue a technical degree or one of Springboard's other courses, such as their DA or DE courses.
I rate the coursework three out of five stars. The structure of the coursework was immensely helpful in guiding my journey to learn the steps in the DS/ML workflow, and it kept me organized and disciplined in my studies. The early course material does a good job of explaining the basics of Python, SQL, and the DS workflow. However, the depth of the course material starts to lose its quality in the sections covering statistics, ML algorithms, and the specialization material. There are mini-projects related to the major algorithms (regression, classification, and clustering) and statistical concepts (CLT, AB tests, etc.), however, these sections sometimes skip over critical details that are commonly discussed in technical interviews (such as assumptions of linear regression). Additionally, the ML specialization did not provide projects related to the topics of deployment. Overall I would have liked to see more depth and detail in the later content.
I will add that most of the content is either coursework on DataCamp or proprietary Jupyter Notebooks created by Springboard. Many of my peers agreed that the DataCamp coursework does not retain well since they are simple fill-in-the-blank exercises. The notebooks are more useful since they show practical examples of how an algorithm or concept would be applied, but overall the content has a perceived low value since the DataCamp membership can be had for a low price.
The mentorship was also hit-or-miss. I was lucky to have a mentor with a background in statistics, so he was able to explain some of the advanced concepts that I really needed help with understanding. Some of my peers had mentors with backgrounds in MLE or analytics, and they were not of much use to my peers. Therefore I would say that the value of the mentor is dependent on luck.
I believe that the true value of the course comes in career support, portfolio projects, and the alumni network. Springboard actually does a great job of aggregating good articles for how to pursue a career in DS, how to tailor your resume, and how to network. The career coaches are very experienced in recruiting and HR practices, so they give great advice when it comes to resume design and how to approach interviews. The course also includes mock interviews for behavioral, coding, project presentation, and general DS interviews, which are invaluable in preparing for real interviews.
The portfolio projects are vital when it comes to catching the eyes of hiring managers, so I would recommend tailoring those to the companies you want to work for. Most of all, I found value in the alumni network. I was able to secure a couple of interviews easily because I reached out to Springboard alumni at companies that were hiring.
I would recommend Springboard to anyone who is looking to change careers, but I would only recommend this DS course for individuals who have a technical background since companies typically look for some form of technical background for this type of role. As mentioned previously, I would recommend individuals with little to no background to pursue another path with a lower barrier to entry, such as Data Analytics or Data Engineering. - Bryant MacMahonFull Stack Developer • StudentVerified by GitHubMar 03, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Incredible Experience
Before choosing Springboard I researched probably over 40 bootcamps. I ended up choosing them because they offered a job guarantee, taught a well rounded, modern full stack developer course, and because they did not offer income share agreements but instead a flat tuition fee. I went at a slightly slower pace than recommended and ended up using some free extension but completed the course nonetheless and received 2 job offers 6 weeks after finishing. The program was adjusted while I was ...Before choosing Springboard I researched probably over 40 bootcamps. I ended up choosing them because they offered a job guarantee, taught a well rounded, modern full stack developer course, and because they did not offer income share agreements but instead a flat tuition fee. I went at a slightly slower pace than recommended and ended up using some free extension but completed the course nonetheless and received 2 job offers 6 weeks after finishing. The program was adjusted while I was in it to evolve to the most modern standards of technology. I was matched with a mentor that spent extra time with me every week to ensure I was understanding the concepts and staying on track to be successful. The support team was extremely prompt at replying and fixed any issue that arose very quickly. I'd highly recommend this course to anyone trying to make the switch into tech! - Ross SchwartzGraduate • UI / UX Design Career Track • OnlineVerified by LinkedInFeb 23, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Amazing online learning experience
Springboard’s UI/UX Design curriculum was jam-packed with helpful articles, videos, and exercises to teach me the ins and outs of UI design at my own pace. I was able balance my full-time job in finance with learning what I need to in order to make my transition to the field of UI/UX design. Even more helpful and exciting were the four major projects that I completed over the course of 9 months which put my design skills to work after honing them through tutorials and mini-projects. I wa...Springboard’s UI/UX Design curriculum was jam-packed with helpful articles, videos, and exercises to teach me the ins and outs of UI design at my own pace. I was able balance my full-time job in finance with learning what I need to in order to make my transition to the field of UI/UX design. Even more helpful and exciting were the four major projects that I completed over the course of 9 months which put my design skills to work after honing them through tutorials and mini-projects. I was able to go through the full-circle process of creating mock mobile apps and work with a client with a team of fellow Springboard students. This was the perfect way to prepare me for “the real world” as a designer. I came out with 4 great pieces to start building my design portfolio.
The most beneficial part of the program was having weekly calls with my mentor (an experienced designer) who I developed a great relationship with. I looked forward to them every week, getting great feedback about my projects plus advice and insight about the industry. Career coach calls throughout the program definitely help you prepare for the job search, even if you have a good resume and LinkedIn from the start like I did.
Springboard really solidified that a UI designer is 100% the career that I want to transition to. The job search is always daunting, but I feel confident that I’ll land a job in the near future and finally transition from finance to UI design, getting back into a creative field where I truly enjoy what I do day-to-day. Thank you Springboard!! - Mark EsseryData Analyst • Graduate • Data Science Career Track • OnlineVerified by LinkedInFeb 11, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Best Learning Experience
SpringBoard is the best schooling experience I have ever had. I learned more in the last 6-8 months than I did over 4 years of university. The curriculum is extensive and thorough, the mentors are extremely helpful (I cannot recommend Ben or DJ highly enough), and they provide so many opportunities for additional learning. In addition, it was refreshing to be a part of a learning environment that was so accommodating and tailored to suit every students' learning styles. Rather than havi...SpringBoard is the best schooling experience I have ever had. I learned more in the last 6-8 months than I did over 4 years of university. The curriculum is extensive and thorough, the mentors are extremely helpful (I cannot recommend Ben or DJ highly enough), and they provide so many opportunities for additional learning. In addition, it was refreshing to be a part of a learning environment that was so accommodating and tailored to suit every students' learning styles. Rather than having students memorizing a bunch of facts then regurgitating it all on a test like traditional schools, SpringBoard takes a hands-on project-based learning approach where a student's success is measured by the quality of their work rather than grades. This program doesn't just help you develop the technical tools , but it also prepares you for all things career-related. Overall, this is the most comprehensive educational platform I have ever found and is guaranteed to put you on track for a successful career. - Samuel PrinceData Analyst • Graduate • Data Analytics Career Track • OnlineVerified by GitHubFeb 08, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
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Absolutely wonderful experience! Best mentors in the industry and unlimited technical mentor call help when needed (Python, SQL, Tableau, Excel). I have grown to actually become very good at working with data. This was hands down the best learning experience of my life! - RaneGraduate • Data Science Career Track • OnlineVerified by LinkedInFeb 03, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Data Science Career Track
I am really satisfied with my Springboard experience. Access to on demand mentors every day if need be, while still working 1-on-1 with a Data Science professional once a week for assistance on capstone projects that help build up your resume. A lot of content, a lot of resources, career assistance, and a very welcoming community online willing to help each other out. While it may not be the cheapest bootcamp, I feel that I have been set up for success in the future. I would recommend t...I am really satisfied with my Springboard experience. Access to on demand mentors every day if need be, while still working 1-on-1 with a Data Science professional once a week for assistance on capstone projects that help build up your resume. A lot of content, a lot of resources, career assistance, and a very welcoming community online willing to help each other out. While it may not be the cheapest bootcamp, I feel that I have been set up for success in the future. I would recommend this course to anyone who is trying to break into the Data Science industry, or anyone who wants to increase their knowledge and build up their portfolio. - VacharaUI Designer • Graduate • UI / UX Design Career Track • OnlineVerified by LinkedInFeb 01, 2022Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
A nice course
Nothing to say much, but Springboard had prepared a good set of knowledge and they teach step by step with the help of a mentor, the course proceeds very smoothly. The Extra-mentor that you can book once a week is very helpful when you want a different perspective apart from your mentor.
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