UNC-Chapel Hill Boot Camps Reviews
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Deb Bayo
Excellent Experience
As a mid-career professional I sought out the UNC Coding Bootcamp to enhance my front-end knowledge learn back-end development. The curriculum is comprehensive and fast paced. The instructional team is outstanding. I highly recommend this program.
Lisa Shemancik of UNC-Chapel Hill Boot Camps
Student Success Manager
Jun 05, 2018
Congratulations on graduating, Deb! We are thrilled you had such a positive boot camp journey, learning front-end and back-end technologies. Like you noted, our curriculum is comprehensive and fast-paced, so we are thrilled our instructional team was there to support you - we also think they're outstanding! Thank you for your review and we wish all the best. -
Alexander Florian-Prescott
Excellent Training in Web Development
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This coding bootcamp is a great way for learning JavaScript-powered web devlopment. My instructor was excellent at conveying the material, and the exercises felt very well thought out for coming to grips with a lot of improtant concepts. As someone who went in with virtually no programming experience, I was very happy about how much I felt I was able to learn and achieve in just six months, and highly recommend the program for anyone looking to get into this line of work.
Lisa Shemancik of UNC-Chapel Hill Boot Camps
Student Success Manager
May 23, 2018
Thank you for your review, Alexander! We are thrilled you had such a positive experience learning valuable skills through our boot camp. It's great to hear your instructor not only successfully guided you through in-depth course material, but that you also found the exercises to be well-thought-out when it came to understanding key concepts. Congratulations on all the hard work and long hours you invested into completing the boot camp! We wish you the best moving forward. -
Paul Goodwin
Bad Experience
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Buyer beware! I had a terrible experience in this BootCamp. The TA's in my class were weak at best. One of them quit a month into the camp, the other one had to be let go. They routinely sat in the back and talked about personal matters or would go against class teachings. Mainly, they were just not helpful in completing assignments or learning the subject matter. Job placement is a joke with this program as well. One of the TAs was just a student from the last class who didn't find a job. We finally got some good TA's, but it was halfway through the class.
Then there was a problem in my initial group project where a student was abusive to me and other teammates. I reported the problem to my instructor and to class organizer several times, both of whom told me to tough it out, and it was in my best interest to power through. I ended up learning nothing on that project and losing a lot of confidence. It put me further behind.
Our instructor and the curriculum are really good, but all the other needed support is lacking. No one in my class who was working full time was able to keep up and its even harder to keep up when the class is run this poorly. I ended up giving up on this class and am just working through the curriculum at my own at my pace at home. I have a lot of IT experience, so this is actually working much better for me! In summation, its not a complete loss, but i definitely don't feel i got the value promised.
Lisa Shemancik of UNC-Chapel Hill Boot Camps
Student Success Manager
May 17, 2018
Thank you for your review, Paul. We're glad you enjoyed our curriculum and found our instructor to be knowledgeable and supportive. We regret to hear your time with your initial TAs did not meet your expectations due to staff changes. We do monitor instructional team performance through weekly feedback surveys and classroom assessments, and we are glad that you found the newer TAs to be more helpful.
While we do not secure direct employment for our students, we empower them with the resources and support they need to prepare them for the workforce and the job search. Our team strives to be clear about the scope of our career services from the beginning so that students understand how they can maximize this aspect of the program. Our career services curriculum includes 1:1 coaching with a Career Director, technical interview preparation, portfolio assistance, resume support, a project demo day, and more. We do take student feedback like yours seriously, and continuously work to provide students with the support they need to be successful.
Group projects are intended to simulate experiences that students may encounter within a team of web developers in the real world. We strive to recreate a collaborative atmosphere found in many professional web development positions and recognize not every individual effectively learns in this manner. Unfortunately, in any workplace, you may not always be grouped with like-minded individuals and we regret you had a sub-par experience with your teammate. We take any reports of abuse or mistreatment most seriously, and it is never our intention to make students feel as though they should remain in a situation they are not comfortable with. We were happy to address all your concerns and believed, based on our previous conversations, we had provided the necessary support and assistance you requested, moving forward with a tailored study plan to best fit your needs.
It is our goal for all students to successfully learn the material in our curriculum and leave the program feeling confident in their skills. I have attempted to check in, but have not been able to reach you. I would love the opportunity to hear from you personally and see what we can do to provide any and all additional support you might need at this time, making sure you are able to successfully finish out the program. Please contact me directly at (919) 425-0055 so we can further discuss your concerns. -
Philippe Dixon
Truly learning the full stack
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I came into this program with only a small amout of prior programming experience. And that mostly came from online courses and sites learning on my own. After a lot of research into other programs in the area I settled on the UNC boot camp and I'm glad to say I'm not disappointed. I began the course barely able to put up a simple web page and left writing and deploying stand alone web applications complete with server code and a database. It's a thorough curriculum that will not only make you competent in full stack web development but also give you the tools to continue to grow and learn new technologies that arrive in the ever changing world of software development.
Lisa Shemancik of UNC-Chapel Hill Boot Camps
Student Success Manager
May 22, 2018
Congratulations on completing the program, Philippe! We really appreciate you taking the time to leave a review, it was a pleasure to have you in our course. We’re thrilled to hear you had such a positive experience, as it’s our goal to provide a comprehensive learning experience for all of our students, ranging from those individuals who may have more experience to novice self-starters. This is an immersive and challenging course, so we commend you for all of the long hours and hard work you put in - it definitely paid off. We wish you all the best as you continue on your new career path! -
Michael
Very Intense but worth it
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I really enjoyed my time in the Bootcamp. It's tough, challenging, and can be overwhelming at times, but the sense of accomplishment that you get when overcoming these obstacles is one of the best feeling in the world. The classroom materials are excellent, and the instructors and staffs are extremely helpful and passionate about their job; always willing to go the extra miles to help their students, even late at night. The technologies that I learned are very relevant to the job market's demand, and compared to six months, my skills as a developer grow tremedously. I feel very prepared to face the job market after graduation.
Lisa Shemancik of UNC-Chapel Hill Boot Camps
Student Success Manager
May 07, 2018
Thank you for taking the time to leave us your review, Michael! As you mentioned, this course is challenging, so we applaud your dedication and hard work. That sense of accomplishment when you figure out a complex coding problem is definitely one of the best feelings! We’re really passionate about what we do, so it's terrific to hear you enjoyed our curriculum and that our team provided you with the guidance and support you needed. Congratulations on completing the course, we wish you continued success in all your future endeavors! -
Austin Johnson
My experience with UNC coding bootcamp
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For anyone looking for an honest opinion about the UNC coding bootcamp....I finished in December 17 and will give my opinion. The curriculum is created by trilogy and is used at many bootcamps they host. It is good and there are great examples provided for each subject, but it is just an overview of each topic. You learn enough to have a basic “working” knowledge of each language. You must take that and go deeper into the languages yourself. This is really at any bootcamp because there is so much taught in a short time. Overall, I was happy with the academic portion of the class. It was challenging, but I had great teachers.....HOWEVER.....if you are like me and many of the students who take this course with the intention of finding a job after....I MUST WARN YOU......the career services is completely aweful....they promise a lot of things throughout the course and very little of them happened...... I hope that they improve this for the students sake....but as of now....CAREER SERVICES IS A JOKE.....you would be better off not even using them.....This has been my experience and that of many of my fellow students....
Ilyssa Rosenzweig of UNC-Chapel Hill Boot Camps
Student Success Manager
Mar 05, 2018
Congratulations on completing the program, Austin. We appreciate you taking the time to write a review of your experience with our program, and we're glad to hear that you enjoyed the curriculum and instruction you received.
Our career services are built on the principle of empowerment, and while we do not secure direct employment for our students, we empower them with the necessary tools and support to be employer competitive in today's job market. Our students receive access to career coaching, portfolio reviews, resume and social media profile support, behavioral interview training, and more to get them equipped to tackle the job search process. Were these services helpful?
Our team strives to be clear about the scope of our career services from the beginning so that our students understand how they can get the most out of this aspect of the program. We understand that your cohort is still within its post-graduation career support time window. Please allow us the opportunity to provide you with any further career planning assistance that we can at this time. You may contact me directly at (919) 425-0055 so that we can discuss your needs further. -
Miles Helm
Intense but worth it
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Our instructor mentioned on the first day that the people who do best in the class are usually those who spend the most time outside of class studying and doing homework assignments and projects. Although it is true that with this course you get out of it what you put into it, there is a great deal of support from the instructor and the teaching assistants. You aren't left alone, and if you are struggling with a concept they will work hard to make sure you really understand the subject matter. For example, they don't just help you debug, they will explain the underlying reason for the bug (often not at all obvious) and make sure you have the tools to better find bugs in the future.
The most pleasant surprise for me in taking this course was how much the instructor and TAs loved the subject matter and wanted us, the students, to really understand it.
The curriculum is intended to prepare you for real programming work. It does teach you how to create a full website, from the front-end to the database.
I worked full-time while taking this course, but I had some advantages in having past experience as a software developer (and with computers in general). I think that if computer programming is completely foreign to you, it would be better to take this course without working full-time at the same time. But if programming and computer science aren't completely foreign topics, it's possible to work full-time and take this course. Either way, be sure to get plenty of sleep.
Ilyssa Rosenzweig of UNC-Chapel Hill Boot Camps
Student Success Manager
Sep 18, 2017
Thank you so much for your review, Miles! We love hearing that your instructors and TAs worked hard to ensure that our students understand the course material. We’re so proud of our team for showing their passion for web development and student success.
It’s incredible to hear that you had such a positive experience with this program. Congratulations on completing the course, we wish you nothing but the best of luck as you move forward in your career. -
Michael Eggers
Life-Changing
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My overall experience with the boot camp was a great one. It was a lot of hard work, but I learned a ton in a very short amount of time. More so than the knowledge learned, the confidence built from working hands on to create apps with course technologies and experiencing first hand how much can be learned with enough focus and dedication was the greatest takeaway from the course.
Additionally, working with the other classmates and the networking that spawned from that was of huge benefit.
Finally, the instructional team for our class was excellent. Nick, Ryo, and Leo saw us through many challenges, and I felt that their enthusiasm for the course materials and our growth as students was a big help during more stressful sections of the course.
Ilyssa Rosenzweig of UNC-Chapel Hill Boot Camps
Student Success Manager
Sep 19, 2017
Hi Michael,
We really appreciate your review. We understand that this course can be challenging, so we commend you on all of your hard work.
We love hearing that you learned valuable new skills from caring instructors, gained confidence in your abilities, and formed a lasting network with your peers. Congratulations on completing the program, we wish you the best of luck moving forward. -
Houston Breedlove
Arguably more valuable than a degree
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When choosing a coding bootcamp three major criteria should be taken into account: does the staff genuinely care about student success, is course content valid for career aspirations, and does the course's curriculum effectively leave students with skills needed to be effective in a professional environment?
The Coding Boot Camp at UNC Chapel Hill delivered on every level. Course management was engaging and took time to engage with students and their career aspirations. Course instruction was very knowledgable on topics covered in class and presented the course information effectively. Teaching Assistants went out of their way to support students whenever assistance was required.
Personally, I was fortunate enough to land a full time position at a local SaaS company before the course ended and felt more than prepared by the course.
I have nothing but positive feedback to provide from the course and recommend it to anyone considering enrolling!
Ilyssa Rosenzweig of UNC-Chapel Hill Boot Camps
Student Success Manager
Sep 19, 2017
Congratulations on your full time position with a local SaaS company, Houston! We’re thrilled to hear that you had such a positive experience with this program, and that you enjoyed the course management, instruction, and curriculum. We hope you’re proud of all the hard work you put into completing this course. We’re cheering you on as you move forward in your career. -
Anonymous
Glowing Promises, No Returns
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I wish I had waited before writing a cautiously positive review after graduating January '22. There were various moments during the onboarding process and even the class itself where I felt like this was going to significantly change the course of my life. I passed the class with an A average and I felt well-versed in a majority of the topics covered mostly in part because the instructors, TA's and tutors were patient, kind and helpful. It's been almost a year since I graduated and I still haven't even had a single interview for a position. My wife was working two jobs while I took time off of work to focus on this course. We changed a lot about our personal and professional lives to make this change because we thought it would be one that would pay off in the long run.I even worked with career services and attended multiple free events hosted by 2U that gave me no new insights on what to expect in real world applications. My one-on-one career counselor meetings felt like I was visiting the DMV over Zoom where the only thing I learned was the STAR technique for interview processes which I could have found with my own research.For the amount of time, money and effort spent on this course, I was hoping for a better payoff. There's enough free resources out there on the subject these days. If you want to learn these things, save your money and do it yourself. It'll be just as stressful but at least you won't have the shame of wasting twelve thousand dollars just to constantly dread the, "how's the job search going?" questioning from family and friends.Boot Camp Team of UNC-Chapel Hill Boot Camps
Community Team
Dec 05, 2022
Thank you for taking the time to leave your review. We understand that you have experienced difficulties following your successful completion of the boot camp.
We know that enrolling in a boot camp is a big commitment, which can come with new challenges or hurdles for learners and their families. Although it must not have been easy, we applaud your dedication to learning during the course of your program.
It is our intent for all learners to be job-ready once they complete the boot camp. We regret to hear that your experience with the career services team and resources has not produced the results you were hoping for. As a graduate of the boot camp, you are eligible to continue receiving access to helpful resources, workshops, and exclusive job postings through the Career Engagement Network.
We welcome the opportunity to speak with you directly and learn how else we can assist you at this time. If you would like, please reach out to us at (919) 425-0055. -
Anonymous
Instructors are great...Curriculum not so much.
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The instructional team is excellent. The instructors do a good job explaining complex subjects and are there for you to either help with your code/homework or just hear you out and share their experiences. The success manager is also kind, friendly, and willing to listen to students.
However, before enrolling in this Bootcamp, just know the curriculum comes from Trilogy. I strongly recommend reading reviews on Trilogy Bootcamp (especially on Reddit), and you can make your own opinion on it.
The curriculum is outdated, and you will spend half of the course learning Web Development from the early 00s. (For instance, writing code with vars, jquery, etc.)
They will only teach you React (one of the most wanted front-end libraries) about four weeks before the end of the Bootcamp. Learning Redux, for example, is very important, and I saw that as a requirement for many job postings. But they don't teach you that.
With that being said, I know a lot of graduates don't feel ready to find a job because they spent half of the course learning Web Development that is no longer used.
Projects 1 and 2 are nearly irrelevant to your job search due to the fact that they use outdated front-end technologies that companies don't typically utilize anymore.
A month after graduation, only one person in my class had a job because they already had experience with a technology that we did not even learn during the Bootcamp.
The Career services are a complete joke. They take three weeks to give you feedback on your material. On demo day, there are hundreds of students to present and not enough industry professionals to watch the presentations. Some people didn't even have the chance to present their project because no employers were in their room to see it.
The amount of money you pay is absurd compared to how much instructional time you get. Classes last only 4 hours a week and 2 hours of office hours.
I would recommend shopping around on other Bootcamps if you have no prior coding experience to try and see if you can get more hours in class.
Pair programming (another milestone that companies love for candidates to have) is almost unexistent. While in class, you have about 12 minutes to solve each challenge in pairs, and sometimes just installing everything you need for the exercise can often take half of that time.
I spent, give or take, 40 hours a week on Bootcamp material,
and it is very disheartening to see on job descriptions that much of this time could have been spent learning more modern technologies.
While I understand that Vanilla Javascript is the foundation for modern frameworks, some of that could have been covered during the pre-work. The curriculum could have been catered to what matters the most to industry professionals.
In summary, please do your research before signing up with any university whose curriculum comes from Trilogy.
It isn't easy to know what is important for job searching when you have no prior coding experience, so hopefully, my review will help other students. I recommend reading job descriptions of the career field you desire to see what is in demand and then find a Bootcamp/program that teaches that material.
And last but not least, try to choose one that will provide more instructional time each week.
Boot Camp Team of UNC-Chapel Hill Boot Camps
Community Team
Jul 13, 2022
Thank you for your review, we appreciate your feedback. We're glad to hear you benefited from the support of our entire boot camp team although regret the entire learning experience did not live up to your expectations.
Like you noted, UNC-Chapel Hill Digital and Lifelong Learning has partnered with Trilogy Education Services (TES), a 2U, Inc., brand, to offer The Coding Boot Camp at UNC-Chapel Hill. UNC-Chapel Hill Digital and Lifelong Learning is deeply involved in the curriculum, instructor selection, and outcomes of each of our classes, and routinely meets in conjunction with TES to monitor the learning experience and performance. Both UNC-Chapel Hill Digital and Lifelong Learning and TES are truly dedicated to transforming participants' lives and aim to be fully transparent about this relationship throughout the entire learning experience.
We not only strive to equip individuals with a robust academic framework, but we also work hard to help students develop strong problem-solving and self-teaching abilities: two qualities necessary in any real-world role. Our curriculum is based on extensive market research, teaching in-demand skills that learners can use to enter the current field. We also provide supplemental resources throughout the course and host structured review sessions to increase academic understanding of core concepts and frameworks. From your review, we understand that you did not feel this learning approach was sufficiently beneficial for you and we appreciate your input as we are constantly working on optimizing our program offerings to ensure individuals are learning the most valuable skills and concepts.
Job seeking is difficult and takes hard work on the part of the participant. Our professional development services are built on the principle of empowerment. While we do not secure employment for learners, we do provide more than 75 hours of professional development, consisting of resume and portfolio reviews, virtual tech panels, technical interview training, and more.
We are committed to students feeling confident in their skills upon leaving our boot camp, so we'd love to hear from you directly to see what else we can do at this time to best meet your expectations and reinforce your learning. If you would like, please reach out to us at (919) 425-0055. -
Anonymous
Best Team Ever
I enjoyed every part of this class, even though at times it was frustrating, it was totally worth it. The team i had: Zach, Tim, and Carl, were all great and attentive instructors. It isnt called a Bootcamp for nothing, its fast, brutal and painful. Would i do it again, hands down yes. Everyone is there to support you and make sure you succeed! No downsides.Boot Camp Team of UNC-Chapel Hill Boot Camps
Community Team
Oct 30, 2020
Way to go! We're happy to hear you enjoyed your boot camp experience and found our entire instructional team to be supportive. We also have to agree that Zach, Tim, and Carl are al pretty fantastic. We truly appreciate your review and wish you all the best moving forward! -
Anonymous
UNC Bootcamps
It was great. Learned a ton.Boot Camp Team of UNC-Chapel Hill Boot Camps
Community Team
Jul 28, 2020
Thank you, we're glad to hear you enjoyed the program! All the best in your future endeavors. -
Anonymous
Full Stack Development-Part Time
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Great Experience! Even though it was stressful at many (most) times, the support from the instructor and TA's where outstanding. They were always there to help. Even if you were completely lost, they made every effort to get you on track. Over the corse of 6 months, everyone really did become a bit of a coding family.
This was a fast paced corse, and an excellent opportunity to add a whole host of new skills to my resume. My goal was to be able to add on to an existing skillset and be able to get myself better prepared for a possible career change. As intense as the corse was at times, it really did go by very quickly. I went into this with absolutely zero coding ability. I still have my work cut out for me, but things are not nearly as daunting anymore!
I'm truly looking forward to implementing my new skills and see what it brings!
Boot Camp Team of UNC-Chapel Hill Boot Camps
Community Team
May 22, 2019
Thank you for your review! We're happy to hear you benefited from the support of our instructional team and made lasting connections within your cohort. Congratulations on successfully completing the program! We wish you continued success as you move forward. -
Anonymous
Trilogy Coding Boot Camp
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I did not have the experience that many bootcampers have expressed. I expressed concerns many times while taking this course. The standard response I received was "Don't worry it will all come together in the end". Although I spent many hours studying and researching topics, it did not all come together in the end. I would recommend spending $10.99 and purchasing the Udemy course Web Developer Bootcamp by Colt Steele. When this course is complete purchase the Advanced Web Developer Bootcamp by Colt Steele for $10.99. There are many courses on Udemy to learn Web Development. When you finish Colt's classes you will have a very clear understanding of Full Stack Web Development and save thousands of dollars. One final note, everyone who attended the UNC Coding Bootcamp in my class received the Certificate of Completion, even those who had many classes absences and did not complete all the assignments.
Boot Camp Team of UNC-Chapel Hill Boot Camps
Community Team
Sep 24, 2018
Hi Anonymous, thank you for your feedback. From your review, we understand you may have not had previous coding experience and do not feel that you were able to successfully master the material. We designed our curriculum to teach individuals across varying proficiency levels, from those with more knowledge to true beginners. Before starting the boot camp, all students are provided 30 hours of pre-work, and we do recommend that those without prior experience spend extra time on free online tutorials in addition to the pre-work.
Upon starting the course, we begin by covering the basics, building a solid foundation on which students can continue to expand. Each lesson iteratively builds on the last, and we find that as the curriculum progresses, students feel more and more confident in the material. We strive to make sure students are clear before enrolling that they will also need to spend 20-30 hours a week studying outside of class to be job-ready by graduation.
Because we know this is a challenging course, we do offer several means of support. Our instructors hold office hours before and after every class to provide 1:1 support, along with weekly walk-throughs to expand upon upcoming topics and reinforce prior concepts. Our free tutoring network is also always available for those who request additional assistance. All classes are also recorded so that students can access and refer back to any lesson if they need to review the material further. Were you able to take advantage of these resources?
We work with all of our students' when it comes to unexpected situation-specific absences. In these instances, individuals are still able to fulfill their program responsibilities by watching class videos, attending tutoring and remote classes when possible, and submitting outstanding homework and projects. Once these conditions are met, students are able to successfully graduate and receive their certificate of completion.
We sincerely care about our students, and it is our goal for all individuals to complete the program feeling equipped with the knowledge and resources to find the right tech role. If there is any other way in which we can support you at this time to ensure that you feel confident in your skills, please reach out to us at (919) 425-0055. -
Anonymous
Raleigh Grad
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I waited until I was close to a year removed from finishing the program so that I could write I very honest and not emotional review.
I will preface this with I had an amazing experience and I landed a great job at one of the top companies in the Triangle. Trilogy's strength are great and their weaknesses are terrible. One of there weaknesses is their non-existent acceptance criteria. Most people in the class did not complete there pre class assignments and I would say 10-20% should not have been allowed in for the simple fact that they had such little experience that they were so far behind from day 1 and they never had a chance to catch up. It was not fair, they were set up for failure and wasted their money. For the people that were prepared we hit the ground running from day 1. The amount of learning that takes place is in incredible. My Teacher and TA's were amazing. They cared about our success and they worked very hard. I still keep in touch with all of them. The other co-hort going on at the same time did not have as good of a teacher and TAs and they had a much lower success rate. I thank God that I got the teachers that I did. Our Student Success Manager (not to be confused with career services) was great as well.
Trilogy does give you a very fair expectation of how much work this class is going to take and how much time is necessary in and out of class. I would say maybe 25% of the capable students actually put in the amount of time Trilog suggest 20-40 hours outside of class. There was a huge difference between those students and the ones that didn't. I put in on average 30 hours outside of class with a Full-time job so it is possible. The curriclum was great other than you spend 2 weeks learning .net and C# impossible and a waste of time. Also, the part of class where you are learning while doing the final projects is also impossible (testing and algorithms) because the final project is expected to be in React which nobody had a grasp on so everybody is giving all their time and effort into completing that.
The two biggest negatives outside of the lack of acceptance vetting is that students who did not put in effort and did not complete there projects or homework assignments (but did turn them in) graduated with the same certificate that people who busted there ass did. Not fair to either group.
The career services did nothing for me and I tried to engage and work with them. They also never gave anyone an honest expectation of how much work was going to be required after class for them to find employment(continuing ed, interview prepe, resume / portfolio / networking). Our career service person was also negative and was never completely forthcoming. At one point she was encouraging me to learn PHP and word press "becuase there is high demand there" which was here being lazing and pushing blame back on me. She also told me I should expect a job for less that half of the salary of the job I ended up taking because "low starting salaries" in my area. I would say out of the 40 - 50 people in my cohort I am one of 3 that I know of that found full time role as a developer in 6 months. A few got lesser roles still in IT or partime / contract and To be fair there were several people that got promotions at there current employer and I am sure the knowledge gained from the program had something to do with that. YOU WILL NOT BE HIREABLE upon completing the class, but you will be on your way if you continue to put in the same amount of work you did while in class.
My conclusion is I LOVED the class, but if you do not have a little bit of a self taugh background and the drive to put in 40-50 hours a week into this during and after the class you are wasting your money. If you expect career services to do anything other than send you crappy jobs listings to apply to (that often don't match the skills from class and all you classmates are also getting and applying to) you are wasting your money.
Be honest with yourself before spending your money this is not a silver bullet and there are no short cuts.
Boot Camp Team of UNC-Chapel Hill Boot Camps
Community Team
Sep 10, 2018
Hi Anonymous, thank you for sharing your feedback with us. We're thrilled to hear you had an amazing student experience and landed a great job at a top company. Our instructors and SSMs love hearing about the transformative impact they've made on students' lives.
We appreciate your personal account on how we can continue to improve the program. In the time since your graduation, we've taken significant steps towards enhancing many of the areas you mentioned with a specific focus on career services. These updates have been met with positive input, and we're continually working to get better.
For example, a recent career services change we've made is to offer more in-depth assistance to our 'Seven Milestones to Become Employer Competitve.' While we do not secure direct employment for our students', this comprehensive approach prepares and coaches individuals to find the right role for them through: technical interview training, portfolio reviews, resume/social media profile support, online Tech Talk panels, and one-on-one meetings with their Career Director starting approximately one month before completing the course and continuing for up to three months post-graduation. As you mentioned, it's crucial for individuals to continue developing their skills, particularly after concluding the course. We believe this approach, along with our students' hard work and commitment, will truly supplement their job search.
We understand you would have preferred for some of your classmates to have more experience and prior knowledge. We designed our curriculum to teach individuals across various proficiency levels, and do have a multi-step admissions screening process. During this time, we evaluate individuals to ensure they are aware of the extensive time they will have to dedicate to their studies and are truly committed to their boot camp journey. Upon being accepted, students are provided with 30 hours of pre-work and we recommend beginners to spend additional time on free online tutorials.
Once classes begin, our instruction centers around teaching students' how to learn. This strong foundation equips individuals with the necessary skills and capabilities to continue learning new concepts on their own. Since our program is fast-paced and challenging, we continue to assist our students' through weekly tutoring, office hours, and personal guidance with the help of our SSM. We truly appreciate your insight, as we seek to continuously improve our curriculum.
We know the amount of hard work and dedication it takes to complete such an immersive course and commend you for all your achievements. At this time, we would welcome any other helpful suggestions you may have. If you would like, please reach out to us directly at (919) 425-0055. We wish you all the success moving forward! -
Anonymous
No Regrets
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I started the bootcamp in February of this year, but even before that there was a lot of people reaching out and making sure I was fully prepared for what was ahead of me. From career services to instructors, everyone was extremely outgoing and helpful, I never felt like them helping me was not a top priority. The course itself was extremely challenging and almost 100% hands-on learning. I had tried to pick up programming in the past, with little to show for it, but after only 6 months in this bootcamp I've learned more than I thought was possible. I have nothing but good things to say about this program and have already recommended it to friends so that they can experience what I have as well.
Ilyssa Rosenzweig of UNC-Chapel Hill Boot Camps
Student Success Manager
Sep 19, 2017
Thank you for your review! It’s fantastic that you had such a positive experience with our program. It makes us incredibly proud of our team to hear that they provided you with the help and support you needed during your boot camp journey.
We’re thrilled to have earned your recommendation, as the student experience is our top priority. Congratulations on completing the program, we wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.