WBS CODING SCHOOL

I believe a significant number of reviews are left by students who have just completed the course and are still riding the wave of enthusiasm. Initially, I was informed that upon finishing the course, one could opt for any data career path and that the employment rate stood at 90%, among other claims. However, my perspective shifted considerably a few months later when I confronted the reality.

The program is demanding and packed with content. Spanning a mere 14 weeks, it encompasses Data Analysis, Engineering, and Data Science. Naturally, the scope of knowledge imparted remains somewhat shallow. A substantial portion of the instruction felt rushed, with projects completed without a profound grasp of the underlying mathematical principles. Both the junior instructors and the main instructor are program alumni, proficient at guiding through projects but less effective at conveying what the professional world anticipates. Regrettably, their insight into their own data career path, which is somewhat lacking.

In a conversation with an alumnus, I learned that fewer than 40% of their batch secured employment within six months. Upon conversing with industry peers, it dawned on me that I'm competing directly with individuals who hold master's degrees. Without a STEM master's degree and some coding background, your CV is swiftly discarded. While those transitioning from a STEM background might find the course an entry point into the data realm, I am hesitant to claim it's universally suitable. Contrary to its portrayal as a fast track to financial success and life transformation, a career in Data Science is difficult even for people with solid science background. 
The support for career progression is adequate, with only three general workshops available. However, I've discovered that other bootcamps offer 1 to 1 personalized career coaching, which is particularly crucial for career changers. Additionally, the course concluded without any guidance on constructing a robust portfolio. I invested a considerable amount of time researching and revisiting material from other bootcamps and their graduates portfolio. Unfortunately, this is an area where this bootcamp really falls short.

In terms of the course content, I would rate it 4 stars. It's evident that the staff has dedicated considerable effort to developing the curriculum.

However, when evaluating the course's effectiveness in assisting career changers, I would give it 2 stars. Particularly for individuals lacking a STEM degree who are contemplating a career change and questioning if this course is the right path, it falls short. I recommend considering a Data Analyst course instead. Such a program is more feasible; in just five months, you can create a remarkably impressive portfolio with a specific focus. Read less

You get a lot of material to learn and since it's an intensive course it's sometimes hard to keep up, but since there is no grading process the pressure is bearable and in group projects you can learn a lot with your colleagues and from each other.

Personally, I was lucky to be part of a particularly warm and helpful group, and probably taught by the best two leaders Reagan and Lilian. <3

But the staff is generally very friendly! The company is modern and represents values that I share. The atmosphere in the last two weeks on site was warm and supportive and the campus is a wonderful place.

If there was any criticism from my side, it was always taken seriously and directly implemented if possible and realistic. Read less

I think it’s a great way to break into tech or solidify pre existing web dev knowledge. Coming with zero coding experience, it will be really challenging and you’ll probably need some more months after the boot camp to practice (in order to find a job in the field). However, if you have already studied Web Dev for a while and have been looking for a way to practice and deepen your understanding to be ready to apply for jobs (my personal situation), I can also recommend this Bootcamp!  Read less

After reading numerous positive reviews, I decided to start the hybrid bootcamp at the beginning of this year. The first week was okay, as everything was new, and I had the opportunity to get to know the other students. After that, you could see one flaw after the other. Below, it is a list with all the problems that I saw during my time in this bootcamp:

Curriculum: Everything is crammed together, you just breeze through the material without understanding the principles of the concepts that were 'thought'. As an example, the ML parts lasted for a couple of weeks, which is really insane. The A/B testing project, also crammed together, and you have to learn many concepts in just one day. Impossible. I will just stop here because if I start to break it apart, I won't finish today. 2/10

Instructor: Junior instructors were extremely friendly, that was nice, they didn't know much about basic things, but they were always ready to help. My instructor was probably the most condescending person I have ever met. Also, she started every day an hour late because starting at 9:00 HS was too early, roughly, more than 50 hours wasted in the morning. Besides, she used to tell us to basically LIE to her boss if he asked what time we started. She also encouraged students to compete instead of working together. 1/10

Projects: The projects are definitely not real life projects, nor job ready projects. They are more like Kaggle projects which you can find anywhere on the internet for free and copy and paste them into your GitHub. 2/10

Job assistance: Non-existent. I've only got a couple of emails to ask if I found a job, when I protested about this and finally got a chat with an advisor, it was a 15 minutes talk where the person said that I need to optimize my LinkedIn. Funny thing though is that I had a few months back a workshop where we did exactly that, optimize my LinkedIn profile. 0/10

Overall experience: Really poor. They have a nice place to work and good food in the cantina for students that stay there, that is about it. It is definitely not worth that amount of money (you can get a master’s degree in the UK for this price). I was fortunate enough to get sponsored by the job agency, but the feeling is that I wasted tax money.

And one last note, before the lady from WBS uses the automated response asking why I did not contact them before writing this review, I DID IT MANY TIMES WITHOUT RESULT! Read less

During the bootcamp I had many doubts about my learning. At the end I learned more that I imagined. I was never alone. The school team always gave me emotional and technical support. I was able to improve my skills and gain new ones. Teamwork and learning by doing are encouraged in all the projects.  Read less

This 15 week's Bootcamp was an amazing experience. It starts with a preparatory course to get everyone on the same page. Team and individual projects are used to teach new concepts and tools. WBS offers great support from a wonderful community and amazing supervisors.   Read less

the 3 month course was a very good and complete introduction in to the field of web development. This course is different from others, because the last 3 weeks of campus phase  are a whole different environment. It was nice to experience the  online and in person learning environment, which i think is a good preparation for the actual job-market. WBS Coding School at all is a very professional environment. Career Services and the overall support are well structured around the technical curriculum Read less

Da der Kurs jetzt auch auf deutsch angeboten wird, habe ich sofort zugegriffen und ich habe keinen Tag bereut. Trotz des umfangreichen und sehr anstrengenden Lehrplans mit steiler Lernkurve, wird man jerderzeit vollumpfänglich unterstützt und kann bei Fragen jeder Art ein wirklich sehr kompetentes Team um Hilfe bitten. Ich kann diesen Kurs also aus vollstem Herzen empfehlen. Read less

I have been attending the WBS Coding school for web development and I have had the bad luck to get a really superficial instructor. I believe there are good instructors at this school, but it should not be a lottery. Since complaining about it, i have realized that there are no quality control mechanisms: nobody checks what the instructor is doing, how much the students have learned so far, how much time the instructor spends actually teaching. There are all easy to objectively check. 

The schools strategy is to claim that the instructor is not a teacher, but like a senior developer - he only helps out if we have questions. We are supposed to be self-sufficient and search for the answers ourselves. As a beginner I fundamentally disagree with this philosophy because 1. We are not their employees, they are our service providers, so we have a right to demand quality for our 10.000 Euros. And 2. We are not developers, we are complete beginners making our first baby steps, who objectively need their hand held at every step. Period. So yea please before making a decision, for your sake: ask how much of the time in percentage your instructor will actually spend in the classroom, how many students there will be, what are the concrete mechanisms to assure the quality of the teaching and how do they intend to help you when you need help. I was never told during recruitment that he will not teach me, but "lead" me. Good luck!!!!!!! Read less

When I started this bootcamp, I was rather good at mathematics, programming and data analysis but what I needed was practical experience and that is what I obtained throughout the data science bootcampt in WBS coding school. I gained a lot of knowledge through several projects and teamworks. I also would like to appreciate the friendly environment of this school and its supportive staff member.  Read less

It was very intensive, sometimes overwhelming, but with big support from instructors and colleagues, everything was easier. I'm grateful for their patience, support, help, and knowledge they shared with me. After only a few months we became colleagues and friends Read less

 I attended online bootcamp full time. Unfortunately, I haven't had a good experience with WBS Coding School. Unfortunately, I can't agree with what is written here as reviews. Maybe curriculum and content of the lessons were o.k.  But overall the class instruction was not satisfactory. I talked about this with other fellow students in my class and they think like me too. Compared to other classes, the instructor is constantly unavailable and the questions of students remain unanswered. You always had to study and work on your own. Students are left alone most of the time. You paid such a huge sum of money for the course, but accordingly all of the lessons during the bootcamp were not even sufficient and even miserable. Job assistance is also just as meager and unhelpful. probably this school does not treat its students with hearts. That's sad. WBS Coding School could have done better with their students. A pity for all the money and the spent times. At the end, after the bootcamp you have to learn a lot more for yourself in order to find a job, because the bootcamp didn't bring you much in the end  Read less

600 hours of new knowledge input, collaborative pet projects, and intense practicing periods... All made possible and guided by WBS Coding School and their super cool staff. Frankly, I don't have any other coding school to directly compare my experience with, however, I really wanted to endorse their program here since I went "from zero to hero" thanks to them. Doing the part-time Web Development course with WBS was my personal highlight ever since the pandemic broke out. Prior to the official start of the course, the school provided all participants with so-called "primer" exercises on HTML and CSS which helped us get into the mood. Later, we were introduced to our instructor who would (virtually) stay right by our side as lecturer, coach, and source of knowledge for the entire time of the course. Every new week was filled with new content, valuable real-life insights, and challenging exercises. For my part, investing in myself at WBS was worthwhile all along. Towards the end of the program, we were all offered special career services, too, making sure we all had our CVs updated and our interview skills ready for the tech world. And what can I say, right after graduation I landed my first full-time job in the software sector. Kudos to WBS Coding School for their inspiring work and for helping me kickstart my career in tech! Read less

The program is basically a crash course where you can achieve knowledge of the overall front end and back end architecture. The program is compact and includes learning as well as job preparation in 3 months. WBS has competent instructors who make you ready for the job market. Pros are even if you are a beginner you would end up knowing a lot about the technologies involved and igniting the interest. Cons are you would not be 100% job ready unless you put your own effort to get into depth in each area, which may take additional time.   Read less

 I chose WBS Coding School because of its hybrids format (12 weeks online, 3 weeks on-campus). I think it's a great concept, and it worked practically as well. It meant that I could actually do the bootcamp at all, since I don't have the money to pay for housing in a city for 3 months like a lot of bootcamps want. For bootcamps like that, you really just get people who have the money. WBS also had a lot of funding options through partners and the Agentur für Arbeit here in Germany, which is how I think a lot of people paid for the bootcamp. 

The staff takes feedback very gracefully, and is very quick to react to suggestions or complaints. I always felt that I could give my criticism/feedback to basically any staff member, and I felt that they really listened. The community manager in particular was incredibly sensitive and really listened and took action on a lot of things. The career services at the school are also great, and I felt really supported. The on-campus portion of the course is also fun, the food is great, the housing is clean and private, and you can really focus on your projects. 
The platform that the school built for the materials is easy to navigate, and felt like a good homebase. I also really loved our teacher, and felt like we really learned a good mindset for going forward. That said, the curriculum definitely needs improvements. The tech stack they've chosen is great and very modern, but the lectures and exercises leave something to be desired. They may fix this by the time I've written this, but it's worth saying that if you do this bootcamp, learn the basics of HTML/CSS/JavaScript really well, and take time outside of class to learn the concepts, otherwise you will be stressed most of the time. That all said, I definitely feel like we learned the concepts and were thrown into realistic situations to force us to learn and grow. 
All in all, I would definitely recommend this bootcamp and absolutely feel like it was worth my time and effort.  Read less

I really learned a lot in ths bootcamp. It was, orcourse, intense and exhausting but for all the right reasons. 
Going from knowing nothing to creating full fletched useful webapps in 15 weeks, I honestly though that was too good to be true. But yet, here I am. 
And I love the Demo Day. It's so nice to have a chance to show off your hard work to friends and family - as well as recruiters. But I also really like that I can see what new student are doing. It's just a lovely way to stay connected. Read less