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Average Rating4.91
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Tradecraft in San Francisco offers full time, 12-week immersive bootcamp programs for smart, motivated people who want to get into tech. Tradecraft offers courses in Sales & Business Development, Growth Marketing, Product Design and Engineering. The program has been designed by industry-leading experts to ensure that students graduate with the depth and breadth of knowledge to make meaningful contributions from day one at a high-growth startup. Tradecraft stude...
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  • Saiya
    Saiya
    UX Researcher • Student • Product Design • San Francisco
    Nov 14, 2021
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    Tradecraft is a glorified meetup group

    I went to tradecraft in 2015. Did i get a job within 3 months of graduating? Yes. Do i still work UX? Yes. I accomplished my goals through being self taught and hard work. Tradecraft did not provide any curriculum or support it promised. This school will only accept you if you are already capable of landing a job in UX. All of the guest speakers and projects are brought in by the students. The mentors are other students. Tradecraft claims they partner with real companies so you can work ...
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  • Charles
    Product Designer • Graduate • Product Design • San Francisco
    Aug 28, 2019
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    Accelerate your learning and break into tech

    A little over a year ago, I was unsatisfied with my job at a company where I had no room to grow. After talking to some alumni they all reaffirmed the positive reviews about Tradecraft. So I decided to take the leap and it was one of the best decisions of my life.

    I wanted to surround myself with motivated people because I knew it would accelerate my learning. Moving into the Bay from out of town, I didn’t have a lot of connections. TC quickly became my network and welcomed me in...

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  • Ivanna
    Ivanna
    Product Design • San Francisco
    Jul 15, 2019
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    Best career investment I've ever made

    I transitioned from a background in social science research to product design in less than 6 months. I had taught myself design for about a month before Tradecraft, but ultimately turned to bootcamps to speed things up. After extensive research (LOTS of phone calls with alum, combing through coursera reviews like this one, etc.), Tradecraft became the obvious choice. 

    Why? 

    1. Learning in the Valley 
      Learning design in an area with a strong...
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  • Y-Dan
    Graduate • Product Design • San Francisco
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    Apr 16, 2019
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    Product Designer

    I completed the Tradecraft program almost exactly one year ago to this date, and one year later, I couldn't be happier with my investment. In the months leading up to my applying, I was trying to make the transition to product design on my own by self-studying and self-learning, but wasn't satisfied with the speed at which I was progressing.

    There are many reviews that already description about the product design track and what prospective Tradecrafters can expect. I'll focus on ...

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  • David DeWahl
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    Graduate • Growth • San Francisco
    Mar 19, 2019
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    Great investment in your career

    Making the jump to take a program like Tradecraft is scary. This is especially true if your current status quo is comfortable and known, but I couldn't recommend it more.

    Only great things to say about Tradecraft: amazing network of smart hardworking people, intense and in-depth curriculum, great exposure to the tech/startup world etc.

    I do want people considering this program to note that this is an experience where the direct input you put in, relates to the direct ou...

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  • Victora Wang
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    Graduate • Product Design • San Francisco
    Feb 20, 2019
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    Design track is worth it, but be realistic.

    Like several other reviewers have mentioned, I went into Tradecraft with perhaps unrealistic high hopes. It's not to say I didn't find it effective, but my experience there wasn't without snags.

    The most rewarding part of it was the friends that I made at Tradecraft. You do meet and work alongsde some brilliant and diverse group of students that you make connections with past the duration of your 3 months. However, I found the curriculum and honestly, job search support, to be la...

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  • Curren Kulkarni
    Growth Manager @ Eden • Graduate • Growth • San Francisco
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    Jan 22, 2019
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    Great program for building a career in tech

    Tradecraft is a one-of-a-kind program in the tech world and I couldn't be more happy with the decision I made to go through this SF-based career accelerator.

     

    After spending 4 years in NYC as a tech/software investor, I decided to leave my awesome career at Goldman Sachs in order to pursue a more exciting and dynamic career in the enterprise software sector. It's not a path that many embark upon, so after doing tons of my own research and conducting interviews with fol...

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  • Sruthy Kumar
    Sruthy Kumar
    Product Designer • Graduate • Product Design • San Francisco
    Jan 22, 2019
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    Highly Recommend Product Design Track

    I graduated from the Product Design Track in Jul 2017 and found a role as a product designer at an SF-based tech company within 2 months of graduating. That said, I want to be very clear that I do not mean it in a how-to-get-rich-quick kind of way - Tradecraft is NOT a hack to getting the growth/product design role that you want. But for the candidate with the right attitude, willingness to put in the time and effort into the painful task of carving out one's path from scratch in growth/pr...

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  • James Stephens
    Product Designer • Graduate • Product Design • San Francisco
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    Jan 22, 2019
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    These people have your back.

    In addition to getting a job and making the transition from graphic to product design, Tradecraft was the catalyst for a great deal of personal change that I'm still benefiting from (and working through.)

    The nature of the environment is one where you're surrounded by people questioning things: their future desired role and how to get there, user experience problems, the various degrees of ennui one experiences when transitioning), and in general how to be a better human.

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  • Paul Michael Armstrong
    Paul Michael Armstrong
    Product Designer • Graduate • Product Design • San Francisco
    Jan 09, 2019
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    So Much More Than Expected

    Enrolling at Tradecraft was one of the best decisions I ever made. I came to Tradecraft after being laid off from the company I had been at for 11 years – 8 of which I was doing graphic design. The months in the program were difficult and demanding but that's where the magic happens. With the fast paced curriculum learnings, real world projects, and amazing faculty’s support all under my belt, I was able to land a contract at a high-growth startup a few months shortly after wrapping up all...

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  • ABC
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    Graduate • Product Design • San Francisco
    Jan 06, 2019
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    Net positive experience, but have realistic expectations

    Summary: Tradecraft was definitely a net positive experience for me and my career. However, I have to admit that the reviews on this site prior to beginning set up unrealistic and slightly misleading expectations. Tradecraft is not, by any means, a perfect experience that will blow you out of the water and be the best thing you have ever done in your life, as many reviews here will make you think. That said, as long as you go into it with tempered and real...

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  • Shu Jiang
    Shu Jiang
    UX Designer • Graduate • Product Design • San Francisco
    Oct 30, 2018
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    Product Design

    I had an amazing experience with Tradecraft. The program was effective, dynamic, and super hands-on. The staff is brilliant and provides lots of guidance along the journey. If you are looking to learn details on how to use the tools (i.e. Sketch), this might not be your choice. The staff expects you to learn on your own for basic skills, but spend the time teaching many valuable things that you won't be able to learn from the internet (makes a lot of sense to me). The real-world experience...

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Imogen Crispe
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Updated August 11, 2016
Adam attended Tradecraft ’s 12-week growth marketing bootcamp in San Francisco, with a mission to shake up his skills in tech. Although he had a ton of tech experience with A/B testing and experimentation, he realized he couldn’t land the marketing career that he wanted. Read more about his thoughts on learning in a bootcamp classroom, why he used Tradecraft to take hold of his own destiny, and how he was hired in a Paid Acquisition role at Udemy. Plus, Adam gives us ...

tradecraft Alumni Reviews Summary

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4.6
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4.7
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How much does tradecraft cost?

tradecraft costs around $14,000.

What courses does tradecraft teach?

tradecraft offers courses like Business Development & Sales, Growth, Product Design.

Where does tradecraft have campuses?

tradecraft has an in-person campus in San Francisco.

Is tradecraft worth it?

tradecraft hasn't shared alumni outcomes yet, but one way to determine if a bootcamp is worth it is by reading alumni reviews. 139 tradecraft alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed tradecraft on Course Report - you should start there!

Is tradecraft legit?

We let alumni answer that question. 139 tradecraft alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed tradecraft and rate their overall experience a 4.91 out of 5.

Does tradecraft offer scholarships or accept the GI Bill?

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You can read 139 reviews of tradecraft on Course Report! tradecraft alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed tradecraft and rate their overall experience a 4.91 out of 5.

Is tradecraft accredited?

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