UW Coding Boot Camp

This bootcamp was my only introduction into web developing, and I'm glad I chose this particular course. It's a very challenging 6 months (especially if you're like me who had no prior knowledge of coding) and the pace picks up exponentially as you move forward, but you just have to put in all the hours and trust the process.

There are some parts of the curriculum that I wanted to go deeper into (like Java), but this con is greatly outmatched by all the other pros. What really makes this course worth while is the massive support and numerous resources it provides for its students. Their instructor, TA's, career coach, and PM really are devoted to helping you understand the material and continually help you throughout the course and beyond.

Shout out to Aaron, Arjun, Alex, Maddie, Kim, and Jen; you guys are awesome and wonderful.

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It was awesome experience for me, great stuff and great curriculum. Curriculum basically cover everything that market has and will make you job ready. Stuff will do their best to help you achieve your dream, but you also have to work very hard inside and outside of the class to achieve it as well.

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I attended the part time boot camp. The academic support and the curriculum were great. My instructor Arron was amazing and really went above and beyond. The staff supporting such as our teaching assistants and career coaches were awesome too. I'd love it even more if they had a career fair that matches me with jobs after graduation! Would recommend this boot camp to folks in the Seattle area. 

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This program was extremely challenging, but well worthwhile. I chose this bootcamp because I wanted to make a career change and was impressed with the curriculum. I went from minimal programming experience (HTML and a little Java) to feeling very confident about building full stack applications. The instructional staff and student success manager went way out of their way to help and were beyond supportive every step of the way. At the end of the program I passed the interviews to be a TA for the next session, so it’s great to see that they believe in their program enough to hire on their former students as instructional staff. I'm very optimistic and excited about my new career path!

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I can't praise this program enough.

Jen Alexander had our back every step of the way. At the very beginning I was having some issues and she did everything in her power to make sure I was successful. Arron Linton also went above and beyond to ensure our success. His passion (for programming AND teaching) and knowledge easily make him one of the best educators I've had the privilege of learning from.

The program also offers career service professionals who provide constant feedback on ways to become more competitive and have committed to continue that guidance after graduation. Along with weekly 1:1 tutoring it's obvious each staff member is dedicated to your success.

I plan to provide a follow up review based on my experiences in applying for jobs.

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I have attended General Assembly, Code Fellows, 42, and the University of Washington Professional and Continuing Education Coding bootcamp. First of all, the teacher Joe was/is amazing and a heck of a programmer and instructor. The curriculum was outdated and more of an introduction, too much time on handlebars and jQuery instead of React. I did appreciate the first 3-4 weeks of Vanilla JavaScript fundamentals. I took the class 13 months ago and magically after a year I get a phone call saying they can't find a payment and that I owe $2,500 unless I can prove I paid it. You literally are unenrolled from the class if you don't pay on time so it's impossible for me to not have paid. Anyway, go to CodeFellows! Better curriculum, more helpful TA's (I did have 1 exceptional TA at UW). Seriously though, what kind of company/person calls someone up a year later saying that you owe money for something that you already paid?! Sounds like a money grab... Read less

Technology changes so quickly, it must be hard for the lesson creators to keep up.  It seemed like some topics could have used more time and some not need learned at all. Week 2 (javascript) was incredibly challenging and made at least a few of us cry. I feel like I can get a job after the course with a bit more practice. Read less

Overall the bootcamp was a very positive experience and I would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to get into web dev. I come from a technical background but was a lot of new information which helped me understand the full web development sphere more holistically vs just pieces here and there by self learning. Read less

My overall experience with UW coding camp is great. The pace of the class is fast, and you need to spend a lot of time on doing the homework and redo the in-class activities. And you will get the support you need from your instructor and TAs. The instructor is knowledgable and you can learn tons of stuff in the class. However, because of the extensive content, the courses are difficult and more focus on back end. 

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Attending the UW Boot Camp wasinvaluable. I learned  as much about code as I did about myself. Throughout this process lessons in how to be a better team player, communicator, and harness time more efficiently. The instructor and TAs truly invest their time and support facilitating student success.  During intense project weeks (and other days as well)  one if not most members of the staff either came in early/stay late. The Staff is extremely supportive and the curriculum challenging yet understandable and well-structured.  I am extremely happy with my experience. Would definitely recommend. 

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This Bootcamp was everything I wanted and more. Almost unlimited resources in addition to outstanding support. If you want to join the dev industry this is your foot in the door. The challenges throughout this Bootcamp really does push you in every way needed to succeed in the industry.  

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