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Telegraph Academy is now Hack Reactor
As of 11/1/16, Hack Reactor has unified its network of schools, including MakerSquare and Telegraph Academy, under the Hack Reactor brand.
The Hack Reactor network of schools are now Hack Reactor Austin, Hack Reactor Los Angeles, Hack Reactor San Francisco, Hack Reactor New York City, and Hack Reactor Remote.
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Telegraph Academy is a software engineering career accelerator based out of Oakland for people of color underrepresented in tech. It was one of the first schools to launch as a part of the White House’s Tech Hire Initiative. Telegraph Academy’s curriculum was developed in partnership with Hack Reactor; and its full-time, 12-week immersive program focuses on JavaScript and related technologies. The immersive program is split into 6 weeks of technology learning and 6 weeks of project building. Telegraph Academy also runs Telegraph Prep+, a part-time prep class that is the first step towards getting into the full-time immersive program. Telegraph Prep+, which teaches the fundamentals of JavaScript and prepares students for Telegraph Academy’s admissions process, is delivered onsite and online via livestream.
Transformative experience. An organization which is also a family.
Today im graduating from Telegraph Academy and the last three months have been very intense a lot of long hours and hard work I have accomplish my goal of being a software engineer. My experience at TGA was great even though there were rough moments, but the staff did a great job at making sure they kept me focus so I could accomplish all my goals. The staff is genuinely wants all of its students to succeed and they really do their part to make sure that you are successfull. The most value...
Today im graduating from Telegraph Academy and the last three months have been very intense a lot of long hours and hard work I have accomplish my goal of being a software engineer. My experience at TGA was great even though there were rough moments, but the staff did a great job at making sure they kept me focus so I could accomplish all my goals. The staff is genuinely wants all of its students to succeed and they really do their part to make sure that you are successfull. The most value skill I learn while at TGA was learning how to learn. I now have the confidence that I can learn anything. The community and support was the second most value thing I gained. I know I have a group of individuals that are supportive and always willing to help each other.
Attending Telegraph Academy was a great overall experience. The program was recommended to me by my current employer as an opportunity to start my career in the field of web development.
Just to give some context, I already had experience with VBA programming going into the program, but not extensively with javascript or web applications. After completing the program, I felt very comfortable working with the entire MEAN stack, and understanding how web applic...
Attending Telegraph Academy was a great overall experience. The program was recommended to me by my current employer as an opportunity to start my career in the field of web development.
Just to give some context, I already had experience with VBA programming going into the program, but not extensively with javascript or web applications. After completing the program, I felt very comfortable working with the entire MEAN stack, and understanding how web applications work.
It is explicitly stated from the start that the program does not guarantee a job and is designed to turn their students into autonomous engineers. Help is given sparingly from support staff to encourage self-discovery and student-to-student interaction. So don't expect them to show you how to be an engineer, you have the fight your way through your own battles. Working through your own bugs and articulating your work to others is sometimes painful, but part of the learning experience.
Some criticism of the program is its design to give minimal feedback, which is a method of teaching that is unconventional. I would like to have been given more feedback/code review during my enrollment.
Also I would point out that credit for the positive experience is largely due to the amazing colleagues that were selected to be in my cohort and the staff, which created an light-hearted yet professional atmosphere where everyone was constantly improving themselves.
Since graduating Telegraph Academy, I am now working as a full-stack engineer and have used every skill that was taught in the course in order to create apps that benefit those in my company. It is truly rewarding to have the skill-set to change people's perspectives about their day-to-day work experience. Thank you TGA.
I would recommend this course to someone who is serious about starting a web development career and is prepared to persevere through challenges, day in and day out.
This school has provided me what can most simply be described as 'The Best Educational Experience Of My Life'. I found out about Telegraph Academy in July of 2015 and saw it as an opportunity to change my life. I had always been on computers alot, loved critical thinking and problem solving, but had absolutely no experience coding. This raving 5 star review really doesnt mean anything without reasons, luckily, TGA provides plenty. I'll address my personal experience with each of the catego...
This school has provided me what can most simply be described as 'The Best Educational Experience Of My Life'. I found out about Telegraph Academy in July of 2015 and saw it as an opportunity to change my life. I had always been on computers alot, loved critical thinking and problem solving, but had absolutely no experience coding. This raving 5 star review really doesnt mean anything without reasons, luckily, TGA provides plenty. I'll address my personal experience with each of the categories reviewed.
Curriculum - I entered Telegraph Academy by first going through the prep course. As a pre-requisite to the prep, the JavaScript CodeCademy track had to be complete. This natural filtration filled my class with motivated self-starters, an amazing environment for a budding, future engineer. The material was dense, with the intent of giving a glimpse into life in the bootcamp. I actually had to, after the first two weeks, move to the next class and repeat the first two weeks just to feel confident enough to take on the last two! I am not a guy who shys away from a challenge often or admits defeat ever, but that had to be done haha (And I like it that way!). Prep really solidified the concepts learned from CodeCademy, the foundations for TGA bootcamp, and the interview. I interviewed twice, two months apart. Why? The interview is hard. Why? Because from the moment your accepted until graduation you will be pushed to your intellectual limits. The Post-Interview acceptance Pre-Course Materials are a real gut check to see if TGA is for you. Your hand wont be held and while "Pre-course Parties" are hosted often for support, many questions about the material will deliberately not be answered. There's no more retainable method of obtaining information than to seek it out for yourself, TGA is aware of and fosters this process throughout its curriculum. From Week 1, TGA takes the momentum you had built when studying the precourse materials and provides the structure to multiply it. Weekly Assesments help you to keep tabs on subjects you can improve upon. The first 6 weeks arm you with core software engineering skills (including but not limited to; Data Structures, Database Management, Application deployment..). The last 6 weeks teaches you to apply those skills through self-directed projects, and exposes you to the dynamic of engineering with a group, with deadlines.. In addition to the required curriculum mentioned above, TGA frequently has Software industry professionals come and speak to the class.
Instructors: The Instructors are who really made the experience for me. I had the privelege to be taught by Jamil Lawrence, and Claire Bendersky for my junior half and Marc Christophe for the senior. They each brought a unique past, skillset and perspective but shared this energy of loving to teach and a great sense of humor. Claire brought a 'You-Can-Do-This' attitude to every lesson that made the material seem far less intimidating. Jamil loves to teach, it's clear as day, and he's good at it. Many times as both a junior and senior I would be losing my mind, patience, lunch, all of it, over a problem and he would actully stop what he was doing, work THROUGH the problem with me and then drop some engineering proverb for me to chew on through my cooldown("Improve yourself 1% everyday, thats how greatness is achieved"). Marc fosters the process of becoming an autonomous engineer with thoughtful council during application development. Marc's experience provides insight into many problems engineers face in and out of TGA, also, Marc is hilarious.
Job Assistance: I am 8 weeks into my job hunt and I am shocked at the level of support provided by TGA. To be transparent, I am making a very difficult transition. I have a very weak working history with no technichal experience and no formal education to speak of. Anyone who has been on a Job Search will tell you it takes a mental toll on you. My Outcomes (Post-Graduation) correspondent Mo Akinde is so unrestrained in the effort she brings to helping students there is only one, obvious explanation: She loves helping people succeed. I really feel like she just WONT let me fail, period. I appreciate her frequent check-ins with me, helping me to schedule my time, and continuous iterative reviews to help me create a professional resume. Even as just an ear to listen to your Job Search woes, Mo is gonna try to help. Through this difficult process she has been and actively continues to be unbelievable.
Overall Experience - I loved It. As a graduate I often actually find myself MISSING BOOTCAMP. 11+ hours a day, 6 days a week, THEY MADE ME MISS THAT?!?! Yes it's true. When at TGA, ask anyone around you about themself and prepare to be amazed. You'll encounter everything from Ivy League grads to folks like myself, Highly motivated, self-educated, self-starters. I can promise during your time @ TGA you will have a disagreement with a classmate, its just the nature of working with people. The beautiful part about this is that while you may not agree with your classmate, their intellect is undeniable. I never felt like I was arguing with someone over a knowledge gap, only perspectives. The TGA community and the people it brings in are a welcoming bunch, enthusiastic about both tech and the mission to increase diversity in a laregly homogenous field of work. Albrey and Bianca are both extremely approachable by students and its clear they make it a point to be that way (they are easily busy enough NOT to be this way). I believe TGA is the greatest opportunity so far in my life and I'm eternally greatful to the staff and community for making the experience so fantastic.
I am one of the first cohort graduates (my cohort ended on September 2015).
Let me start by saying that I have a bachelors degree in Computer Engineer. At the moment I am a fulltime software engineer working at InRhythm.
When i got out of college, I started looking for entry level positions. It was really hard to get one even tough I graduate with high GPA. (3.63). I was able to get offers for an intership which trains me for about 3 months and then I am hired fulltime...
I am one of the first cohort graduates (my cohort ended on September 2015).
Let me start by saying that I have a bachelors degree in Computer Engineer. At the moment I am a fulltime software engineer working at InRhythm.
When i got out of college, I started looking for entry level positions. It was really hard to get one even tough I graduate with high GPA. (3.63). I was able to get offers for an intership which trains me for about 3 months and then I am hired fulltime for 2 years with a salary of 38k on the first year and 42k on the second year.
A friend of mines recommended me to get into a bootcamp and I looked for many here in NY, and also in CA. TGA helped me on getting a loan that will pay the tuition to attend the bootcamp ( which otherwise I would never have get into one because is too expensive).
To compare, I completed 3 semester in college in about 2 weeks at the bootcamp (we did data structures and algorithms on our first and second week). That blow my mind! After that second week I had no doubt that I have choosen a really good bootcamp and that I will learn a lot.
We worked very hard every single day during our time at the bootcamp, and it was definitely worth it!. I learned a lot more than what I learned in school. Right after graduation, big companies such as Chase, Solar City, Slack,to name a few, started to contact me for an interview. It was an amazing feeling!
The majority of my classmates from college are all working as entry level engineers or taking interships with salaries ranging from 25-50k, I am making ~90k plus bonus and I couldn't have done it without the help of Telegraph Academy.
To summarize, I would NEVER regret attending TGA. It changed my life forever. It would have taken me years to get to the level where I am right now and all thanks to TGA.
Thank you Albrey and Bianca.
It didn't take long to realize that community at the TGA's core - Co-founders and Instructors alike are deeply invested in building a tightly knit community of software engineers and problem solvers.
TGA practices a very iterative approach to it mission of training software engineers and community building.
In all, TGA and its growing community and network is at you disposal in achieving your goals and addressing you expectations in a ...
It didn't take long to realize that community at the TGA's core - Co-founders and Instructors alike are deeply invested in building a tightly knit community of software engineers and problem solvers.
TGA practices a very iterative approach to it mission of training software engineers and community building.
In all, TGA and its growing community and network is at you disposal in achieving your goals and addressing you expectations in a path to becoming a competent Software Engineer.
I learned a lot during this course. It's difficult to believe that you can learn so much during such a short period.
The instructors were prepared and nice.
I got accepted to the bootcamp thanks to prep+, moreover, I reallly enjoyed spending time with the great group of people that the students, TA's and teachers at Telegraph academy are.
I love Telegraph Academy's boot camp prep class. There are many attributes to list but the first is the commitment the staff has toward your learning experience. It is obvious from day one, getting you ready for the Full Stack Web Dev boot camp of your choice is their top priority.
The student to teacher ratio is 3 to 1. Three teachers/assistants to every one student.
Next there's the materials. Every lecture is put into slide and video format so you can always go...
I love Telegraph Academy's boot camp prep class. There are many attributes to list but the first is the commitment the staff has toward your learning experience. It is obvious from day one, getting you ready for the Full Stack Web Dev boot camp of your choice is their top priority.
The student to teacher ratio is 3 to 1. Three teachers/assistants to every one student.
Next there's the materials. Every lecture is put into slide and video format so you can always go online and review any material you want to go over again. That is priceless especially when you need more time to process a particular concept than is available at the time it is being taught.
Last and by no means least, the community. Assistance is available 24/7 via the school's slack channel. Not just teachers but students are able and willing to really help out and teach one another. Often study groups outside of class are formed and I made some really awesome friends here.
Telegraph Academy staff and students are some of the most dedicated and hard-working people I know. The staff dedicates so much of their time and energy to help cultivate each cohort of autonomous, resourceful software engineers. The students, in turn, work tirelessly for 12+ hours/day for at least 3 months building software and learning as much as they can.
For me, TGA was a great experience. I learned more in my time at TGA than I could ha...
Telegraph Academy staff and students are some of the most dedicated and hard-working people I know. The staff dedicates so much of their time and energy to help cultivate each cohort of autonomous, resourceful software engineers. The students, in turn, work tirelessly for 12+ hours/day for at least 3 months building software and learning as much as they can.
For me, TGA was a great experience. I learned more in my time at TGA than I could have imagined, both technically and non-technically. It’s not for everyone though. I prefer to “learn by doing”, which means that I enjoy being thrown into challenges and then struggling to figure things out on my own, before someone tells me the answer. The learning style at TGA closely mirrors that. People who want the answers handed to them from the get-go will have a hard time adapting to the “learn by doing” style.
Instructors: In the beginning of the program, it is stated very clearly that the instructors are there to help guide students, not to give students the answers when they get stuck. I think they do this well, in addition to making TGA a fun, welcoming place to be.
Curriculum: The curriculum is roughly the same as the Hack Reactor curriculum. It is constantly evolving, though, as is the tech industry. The focus is on JavaScript, with more flexibility in the technologies you use when building your own projects.
Job Support: During the program, students have resume reviews, mock interviews, and practice whiteboard sessions. After the program ends, alumni have access to the job search resources at both TGA and HR. This includes additional mock interviews, resume reviews, etc., and access to the HR Core network of companies.
Overall, this was one of the most challenging things I’ve ever done, and I would definitely do it again, given the chance.
This review is for TGA Prep +
This is by far the best prep class out there to get you ready to take on JavaScript and get you into the bootcamp of your dreams.
The curriculum is amazing and has a clever way of teaching you higher functions in JavaScript before you even know it.
The instructors are really on their game and are committed to your success. I know others took different prep classes and when we compared notes, I did not regret my decision!
...This review is for TGA Prep +
This is by far the best prep class out there to get you ready to take on JavaScript and get you into the bootcamp of your dreams.
The curriculum is amazing and has a clever way of teaching you higher functions in JavaScript before you even know it.
The instructors are really on their game and are committed to your success. I know others took different prep classes and when we compared notes, I did not regret my decision!
Telegraph Academy(TGA) is Spearheaded by the talents of Albrey Brown and Bianca Gandolfo. faculty and staff at TGA is full of great positive energy and what at times seems like infinite knowledge in both technical and non-technical fields. The staff does a great job a creating a stressful environment while helping students maintain their sanity all to promote as much growth as possible.
Curriculum: What made the curriculum so great was that it did not just teac...
Telegraph Academy(TGA) is Spearheaded by the talents of Albrey Brown and Bianca Gandolfo. faculty and staff at TGA is full of great positive energy and what at times seems like infinite knowledge in both technical and non-technical fields. The staff does a great job a creating a stressful environment while helping students maintain their sanity all to promote as much growth as possible.
Curriculum: What made the curriculum so great was that it did not just teach JavaScript(which we all know is great), but that it taught us how to be engineers, by the time our projects rolled around everyone from my cohort was working with technologies that were never introduced in lectures. That was amazing to me. All that being said this was one of the most mentally taxing endeavors that I have tackled and I came out with more war stories of dealing with bugs than I do fingers.
Instructors: It is easy to misconstrue the purpose of the instruction and HiR team. Lectures would be held by our instructor, introducing us to a concept and student would then be released to work on a coding challenge that would make use of our new found knowledge. Help is available for students that would get stuck for long periods of time, but no 'answer' would be provided until the time allowed to work on the challenge had expired. Instructors and hackers in residence were present to ask clariying questions and guide student down a logical path. This is invaluable because just having someone there to give one the answer would just rob them of the opportunity to learn. Also no one is going to be sitting next to you on the job telling you how to solve all of the problems you encounter. "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."
Job Assistance: TGA has access to the Reactor Core network of hiring partners. Before getting to the job search however, you are required to work on your cover letter and resume, as well as online presence. All this is to get ensure that you can solely focus on applying and interviewing for position you are interested. As a graduate one would also has access to the outcomes and hiring team which is shared amound Reactor Core schools which will work with you until the end of time to ensure that you land at your dream company as well as help you with salary negotiations.
Overall Experience: Amazing, I would do it again in a heartbeat. It is not for everyone however, I feel like a lot of people underestimate how challenging programs such as this one on are. If you are up for the challenge then I highly recommend giving it a shot!
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Is Telegraph Academy worth it?
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You can read 48 reviews of Telegraph Academy on Course Report! Telegraph Academy alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Telegraph Academy and rate their overall experience a 4.23 out of 5.
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