Coding Temple

The Flex Data Analytics Course was a fantastic course to take with Coding Temple. It is very organized, very descriptive, and allows you to complete the course at your pace and time. I think that this is a good course for all individuals wanting to learning programming languages to manipulate data to create stories and manifest conclusions. I think the instructors at coding temple are very engaging, willing to lend a hand, and are very resourceful to provide extra material to refine skill sets. I would recommend this course to all individuals who want to take the next step in data analytics and develop knowledge in various programming languages. 

I come from zero background in tech, wanting to switch careers from Food & Beverage/Hospitality to Tech. From what I've experienced, if I could go back and start over knowing what I know today.... I would just do Udemy courses, practice coding on Leetcode and Codewars. There's no need to rush to finish a course fast because entry level jobs wants 3-5 years of experience (most of the time) it is something that takes time to be comfortable with. It's a marathon.... be patient, persist and give time to time.

Coding Temple is where you want to go if you want knowledgeable and helpful instructors. They are constantly evolving their curriculum to keep up to date with the ever changing trends. I took the full stack program, the staff is so wonderful and the teachers really care about your success. If you’re a total newbie like I was be prepared to have your mind blown! You will be dreaming in code by the end of the program. There were a couple advanced students in my class and they adjusted the topics so that it was challenging for everyone. If you’re doing full time, be prepared to spend four additional hours outside of school each day if you want to really make the most of this program. There are nightly assignments every night and weekend projects, both solo and group. I met some fantastic people, challenged myself, grew and learned so much. I don’t want to leave the school because they’ve been so great. If you care about your success, go here because they will take you to the next level!! 10/10 recommend, you will only regret it if you don’t put in your all. 

My Coding Bootcamp experience was truly an incredible voyage. It was like going From ground zero to acquiring a wealth of new skills and knowledge, the bootcamp opened my eyes to the vastness of the coding universe. Starting with absolutely no prior experience, I embarked on a journey of learning and growth that surpassed all expectations. From grasping the basics to diving deep into complex concepts, I absorbed tons of new knowledge. But what's truly humbling is realizing that there's so much more to learn. The bootcamp was just the beginning of an exciting lifelong learning adventure. But what truly makes this program exceptional is the unwavering care and support demonstrated by my professors, Ryan and Alex. Their patience and understanding are unparalleled, as they tirelessly guided us through challenges and answered our countless questions. Their dedication to our success made the transition incredibly smooth, and I am forever grateful for their mentorship. Thank you, Ryan and Alex, for all that you do and for making this journey one filled with gratitude.
Pros:1. Comprehensive Curriculum: Coding Temple offered a comprehensive curriculum that covered a wide range of programming languages and technologies. This allowed me to gain a solid foundation in various areas of software engineering, which was beneficial for my career development.
2. Industry-Relevant Projects: Coding Temple emphasized practical learning by assigning industry-relevant projects. These projects simulated real-world scenarios and helped in building a portfolio that showcased my skills to potential employers.
3. Individualized Projects and Assignments: Coding Temple incorporates individualized projects and assignments into its curriculum. These allow students to apply what they have learned in a way that aligns with their personal interests and goals. Instructors provide feedback and guidance specific to each student's project, ensuring personalized attention.
Cons:1. Fast-paced Curriculum: The curriculum at Coding Temple was intense and fast-paced. While this allowed for rapid progress, it could be overwhelming at times. It required a significant amount of dedication and effort to keep up with the workload.

This boot camp has been interesting, to say the least. It was more than what I was expecting. Many challenges and learning curves but the teachers, Ryan and Alex were a Big help in assisting with the issues we had. Honestly, had I known the level of brain power required to go through this boot camp, I would have probably reconsidered, but on the flip side, it showed me that I was able to hang in there through all the challenges I faced and completed the cohort. This is probably been the most challenging experience I have gone through and I'm I was able to accomplish and head into a new career. Thanks to Coding Bootcamp.

After week 1 I remember feeling so stressed like I couldn't do this, I asked for more 1on1 help and promptly was given me all the support I needed.  Kevin personally reached out to me and I think that level of acceptance made me learn some things about myself.  I opened up to Dylan and Sean about my struggles and they have been so helpful, and understanding. Thank you!!  Another thanks to Aften for cheering me on, and the extra help from the after class Instructors of-course!  I thought I was in over my head, Coding Temple made me realize I wasn't.

Coding Temple bootcamp rocked! Intense coding frenzy; Instructors = coding wizards! Passionate teaching, 

And you know what? The best part was the camaraderie among the students. We were like a pack of passionate coding warriors, pushing each other to be better every single day. When things got tough (and trust me, they did!), we lifted each other up and conquered every coding obstacle that came our way. 
Now that I've graduated, I can proudly say that I'm a coding wizard too, thanks to Coding Temple! I've got the skills, the passion, and the intensity to take on the coding world like a boss! So, if you're as outspoken and passionate about coding as I am, don't think twice – join the Coding Temple bootcamp and prepare to have your mind blown!

I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the cohort. I would recommend committing to the classes without having to worry about a job, as it's very demanding especially if you are new to coding. The instructors that I had (Dylan and Christian) were very knowledgeable and chill. They were always willing to help out with whatever questions you had. The workload can be demanding at certain points but overall it was manageable. The post-graduate job assistance programs are extremely impressive as well. I would recommend not taking the self-paced program, as I have heard that it's much more demanding/difficult.

Writing this anonymously to prevent any backlash. I'm a former student of Coding Temple and I have mixed reviews for this bootcamp. I was able to recently find employment in a junior dev role thanks to some of the staff who helped me in my journey along the way. I have pretty high remarks for my instructors and their seemingly bottomless pit of knowledge.

I wanted to wait until I was good and into my position so I can have real-world experience to compare with their curriculum and how well it prepared me and came away with some takeaways.

Honestly, I feel like I was robbed of actual real information that my instructors wanted to impart on my class, but was told that there are strict guidelines for what they were supposed to teach us. First off I'll say that the overall gist of things we'd need to know in order to become successful in a full-time developer position are accurate. However, the actual technologies we were being taught make very little sense. Why we were learning Python extensively for almost 10 weeks, I'll never understand it. The amount of companies hiring for Python developers in web development is next to non-existent and not sure where they were getting their website statistics (at the time) from. I was able to land a gig at company that's pretty vast, so they have hundreds of developers at their employ. On my team there are about 15 developers and I told them about my experience and what I'd learned. They all told me it seems like I got scammed (-_-). The surface level technologies I learned about were fine, but as far as the web developer role I was in, they mentioned that almost no job hires a web developer with Python skills. If they do, it's either completely unrelated to a web developer's day-to-day once you get into a job OR it's a VERY SMALL portion of a larger responsibility to know JavaScript like the back of your hand. We spent about 7 weeks on Python and close to maybe 2-2.5 weeks on JavaScript. The irony in this is that most web developer positions need you to have proficiency in JavaScript, C#, or Java. The curriculum SERIOUSLY needs to be revamped. While I understand Python is a good language to learn for beginners, the sheer amount of idiosyncrasies you need to learn within JavaScript alone would've worked wonders for my development, dare I say my entire class' as well. The frustrating part is that my instructors kept mentioning to us things to continue learning in JavaScript, but I had a feeling that they weren't able to dive deeper simply because they were restricted to the curriculum.

To be transparent it seems like the higher-ups pulling the strings at Coding Temple don't know the first thing about coding and are only concerned with coming up with ways to get more money. I was able to reach out to some of the other students from other classes and some of them had experiences that were a little jarring to say the least. Coding Temple touts very highly their job placement numbers, but after talking to quite a few students across a year or two's worth of cohorts, I find it extremely hard to believe that their placement numbers are accurate, dare I say untruthful. There's absolutely no way they have a 90%+ job placement rate. Almost no bootcamp has those numbers unless they actually have a program in place to work for the actual company you attended your bootcamp (which Coding Temple doesn't offer). They offer job placement ASSISTANCE, but finding a job is all dependent on what the current job market is, your skillset, who you interview with, and a little bit of luck. 

Marlene, the one who I talked to for job placement assistance at Coding Temple, was wonderful and she helped A LOT with finding somewhere to get me placed. Unfortunately I feel like she's being set up for failure simply because Coding Temple didn't teach us the skills necessary to optimize our job search and if you're ever in a process where you're depending on recruiters to help you find a job, your skill set matters a WHOLE LOT! 

Don't mean to pile on here, but some of Coding Temple's ethics also need to be re-worked. I also found out from some former students that they offered financial incentives (gift cards, etc.) to students to give them good reviews. On top of that, they don't even ask students who've had possibly negative or "okay" experiences to give reviews. I won't say it's shady, but there's a cloud forming above this review as we speak.

Overall, I honestly would not recommend Coding Temple to anyone. I get it, other bootcamps are more expensive, but I would've taken the extra hit to my pockets to attend somewhere else.

I recently completed the self paced bootcamp in a little over 4 months. 
Pros:
It was very educational. 
I was allowed extensions to complete my work.
The staff is very helpful and supportive.
Material is organized and there are plenty of resources.  

Cons:
You learn a ton of material very quickly in a short period and I don’t think it is enough time to fully store to memory. 
You are excited about graduation only to find out it’s just the beginning and you basically need to do tons of  more work to be job ready. (My expectations were that I would be completely fit for a job)
You have the exact same experience as thousands of other boot campers

Overall, I felt like I was tricked into thinking I would be set to get a job right after graduation. I was very disappointed and discouraged when I was unable to solve Leetcode problems and I couldn’t remember some of the material from certain modules. Maybe this is a reflection of my learning style, but I wish we had more preparation of what the real world would be like when you graduate. CT is a business and their goal is to get as many people to sign up as possible, but do you research and find out if paying money for a bootcamp is right for you. It wasn’t for me. 

TLDR: I think the course's alumni support outweighs the learning experience but that’s not to say I didn’t learn, just that the style didn’t entirely suit my needs. Please be absolutely sure you enjoy coding before making your decision. Career coaches Marlene & Aubrey were absolute lifesavers and I cannot stress this enough.
Cons:The course itself is, as you've already read, extremely fast paced. You will learn patterns and kind of learn what to code and where but probably won't always understand why. I'm someone who really needs to nail the fundamentals behind any concept to truly learn something so I struggled with the way it was structured. For me, it was a ton of exposure to many different frameworks/environments which is extremely useful to have on your resume but I never felt like I fully understood the fundamentals of any one particular topic including data structures and algorithms but this is normally at least a semester long course at a college. I did some decent research on different bootcamps and during my interview call I was told I would be learning DS&A weekly but that wasn’t really the case. Personally I just needed more time to learn. If you're committed to doing the full time route you should expect to learn a lot on your own afterwards.
Pros:I got a job. I got a job rather quickly that I would not have been able to get with just my prior experience and self teaching. It's not a software engineering role but it is a tech job and the bootcamp opens up many other kinds of opportunities. I was able to get this through the alumni network and the MASSIVE support provided by Marlene and Aubrey as career coaches, as well as Sam the alumni technical instructor. You have their support for *life* and I know I will be keeping in touch and reaching out to them in the future as I continue my journey. My instructor Brian and TA Tatyana were EXTREMELY patient with everyone in my cohort and truly wanted us to succeed.I genuinely felt that they cared about our growth. Honestly, I loved everyone in my small cohort of 8 and we had a ton of fun every day. I spoke to a couple others that completed the program and got a developer job almost immediately but you do have to put in the effort. It's learning all day, learning more on your own in the evenings, learning after the course. I do think the course does a great job of covering relevant material.
I would recommend that you take the pre course work seriously and give yourself enough time. I would also recommend that you go through some basic tutorials and watch/read lots of coding bootcamp reviews and make sure this is absolutely something you can see yourself doing because it will be extremely difficult to keep up with learning if you don’t enjoy it. If you’re in Illinois, see if you qualify for the WIOA grant. I personally think the cost was too much but many bootcamps are around the same range. I think if you’re someone with some prior coding experience and are struggling to find a job, this would be a great fit.

Course was rigorous but worth it. I learned a lot about frameworks and technologies, as well as gained insight about how to find jobs in the tech industry. There is a lot of work to be done on your own if you want to be truly successful, but it is expected not to have anything spoon fed. As of right now, I'm 4 weeks into the job search part of the program (after the 10 weeks of class) and I learned a lot about how the application process works and what to expect. There are a lot of resources that Coding Temple offers, which comes in very handy.