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I took the web development mini-bootcamp and the part time full stack web development course. It was tough in the beginning but I was highly motivated by the end of the course. It was the first time I worked so hard and invested time and money. But, it... Read More was all worth in the end. The teachers were always available to me, and really supportive throughout the process. I had a great time going through the course.

I didn’t have any experience in programming or advanced computing whatsoever. And, my sole intention in joining lambdaschool was to become a programmer and get a job. I did not research anything about the bootcamps, and joined lambdaschool because it... Read More was online and cost effective.
Now, I am glad that I joined lambdaschool but I immediately regretted after the first class. It was way too fast for me. And, I think almost all of the coding bootcamps are paced like that to cover everything in three months. Anyone who has no background in programming is going to have hard time going into these courses, and lambdaschool is no different. Don’t be afraid to ask, instructors are amazing. They will answer anything and repeat any time you want.
I eventually caught up, but I had to work a lot to barely catch up. But, I am glad that I was able to catch up and thankful for wonderful instructors who helped me, and Austen for the support.

I did mini-bootcamp on javascript and web development in February and joined the part time course right after finishing the mini bootcamp. I must say that I am very surprised, the instructors are really friendly and have a huge background in tech industry,... Read More probably the most qualified instructors among all the bootcamps.

Because of their selection process of students, the students are great too. I made a lot of friends during the course period, and I am still friends with almost all of them.

Lambdaschool is an awesome place to learn web development, especially for girls who are thinking to get into tech but are annoyed by brogrammer culture.

I am really glad that I joined Lambdaschool.

I am few weeks into my job as junior web technologies engineer. I started the web development full time course back in Feb of 2017, and I went without any real world experience in programming and tech industry.

But, I did have a very good experience in... Read More computer science and design going in. I was able to work on my existing skills and improve upon them. I had worked with javascript in the past, but only for completing assignments and very simple projects. At lambdaschool, I was able to take my skills as a js developer to next level.

The instructors understood my experience and added me in the group of same students as me, which was wonderful. I had very good time learning and discussing tech with both instructors my friends on the classes. We took on massive and complicated projects, and completed them accordingly.

If you already have a background in computer science, lambdaschool is the boost that you need to succeed in the the tech industry.

I was very astonished by the fact that despite going to school and taking computer science class, there was a lot that I didn’t know. I got to catch up to those skills and land a job as a computer engineer(after a lot of hours spent on applying and giving interviews). I owe all this to Lambdaschool.

Going to Lambdaschool has been one of the best decision I ever made. The instructors are very supportive, and course is well paced. I was able to improve upon my existing skills as a web developer and gain knowledge about new technologies. Their Slack... Read More Channel is filled with students who really love studying and have a lot of passion to share the knowledge they have gained.

During my time at the school, I enjoyed doing assignments and group projects. I did feel that the pace was bit rushed towards the end, but it was nothing I couldn’t catch up to. After you graduate, Austen is always there to find you jobs and help you in the process.

It was such an amazing experience!

There are awful lot of programming schools and bootcamps out there, and there isn’t much difference in any of them in the terms of course contents, and other general things. Only thing that separates the good programming bootcamp is the networking opportunities... Read More you get there and support you get after the finishing the program. That is the only reason I went to Lambdaschool. Before LambdaSchool, I had gone to less known coding school in my own town which teaches veteran coding to get into tech industry. It was a good school, and I was exposed to a lot of code and practice which helped me get somewhat good. But, we didn’t get any networking opportunities to get the job after finishing the school, and had no support whatsoever. As a result, I had a hard time applying to job and landing a job even if I applied. I joined lambdaschool to get a job and improve my skills, and get into the circle of tech enthusiasts and entrepreneurs. I had a lot of support from instructors even after school, and they helped me get a job. Even though, big coding bootcamps are expensive compared to less known small coding bootcamps they are worth the step up in price. They have huge network of people and companies and can help you get a better traction. It is a must to join good and recognized coding bootcamp if you don’t have four years of college to backup your portfolio.

I have attended to every single coding bootcamps done by Lambdaschool, including their JS mini-bootcamp, Intro to Web Development bootcamp, and full time web development bootcamp. My journey of learning programming started with JS mini-bootcamp of lambdaschool... Read More and I am still in the path of learning, even after finishing the full time web develoment course. I already have a job as web designer and having great time working in the industry I love. I have attended a lot of free coding bootcamps, but Lambdaschool bootcamp was probably the best. And, their Full time bootcamp is even better. Every student get untethered attention from the instructors, and Austen will help you with anything, even after you finish the courses. I am very happy with my decision of getting into tech and lambdaschool, and suggest you to do the same.

I took and completed the web development course, the one with the ReactJS and Native. I did not have very good programming experience or expertise going in, and the instructors respected that fact and gave me attention to help me understand properly.... Read More I would not say that I have become expert at programming or web development, but i have learned more than what I knew going into the program. I had a very pleasant experience with lambdaschool and don’t have anything to complain except the price. Beyond that, Lambdaschool is very good choice if you are looking to get a job. If you complete all assignments and follow their instructions, you will be getting job or paid internship in very short time.

I joined Lambdaschool after my attempt to learn programming by myself, at which I failed very miserably. I joined Lambdaschool with a hope to make my skills top notch and probably get a job in the process. I just finished the course and assignments, and... Read More I am very happy with the result. I haven’t applied for any job or internships yet, but I am very happy with the result of the program. It really makes a difference to have a mentor while you are learning to program.

I have been an anti-bootcamp person for a while. (I have a fair share of friends that have taken them and came out not much better than they went in). I was doing the normal FCC/Udemy courses and just not making it anywhere. Have a problem? Go google... Read More it and have a sparatic understanding of the question or get little to no answer at all and just randomly copy and past stackoverflow posts until your tests pass or code does what you want. This is the overwhelming issue with self learning or these "pre recorded" video courses wether they are on Udemy, MOOC's, Udacity and even some of the expensive online bootcamps are just recordings being played back for you.

Then comes Lambda School, I took their free mini javascript bootcamp and was pretty impressed with the content. Then they let us know about the upcoming Bootcamp and I was kind of interested and kind of not cuz it's still a relatively expensive bootcamp (I took the PT bootcamp as I have a full time job) but figured i'd fill out the form and see what they said/emailed/talked about. Got a phone call from Austen and it wasn't just "Hey, do you have X amount of money??. You do? Awesome you are in the bootcamp". We talked and he asked why I was interested, what my previous experience was, how the mini camp series was. They actually made sure I was a good fit for the bootcamp they aren't just cashing checks and spitting students through the course. I signed up and they gave me pre course work to be ready for the course 3 weeks later.

I took the PT bootcamp so it was mon - thur 6pm - 9pm and sat 9am - 6pm I only bring this in because when i'm talking about what was being taught at the different stages it will vary if you do the FT or PT stuff.

Now I have no personal experience with any other bootcamp but from what my friends have told me/complained about with other bootcamps I knew I made a good choice right out of the gates. We started with Data Structures, Hash Tables, Linked Lists, Graphs, Binary Trees and lookups. Now this was tough and really challenged my brain but these were things that my friends were being asked about in their interviews and had no knowledge of from their $15k bootcamps. Immediately i'm thinking awesome this is a great start. Then we start ramping up and going over how to use these data structures, manipulate and do various other things that we will need through out the course. The other amazing thing was there were coding challanges at the beginning of every class. Really helped to drive home the ideas from the first week (as you can't learn all of that stuff and remember it from just a week or 2). Then we go over React and the basics, followed with Routing and then we dive into Redux and Redux-thunk. Now this in my opinion was almost worth the whole admission amount in and of itself. I could not wrap my head around Redux or Redux-thunk. I have had this same problem before and no course, article or anything else really cleared it up for me. Since these are live classes not pre recorded I DM'd Ben and we got on a google hangout and we took 15 mins, LITERALLY 15 mins and I was able to ask direct questions and get direct answer and I was able to wrap my head around how to layout the actions, reducers and store which was HUGE. Not waisting a day or 2 trying to tie multiple articles together to try and usually only gain an entry level understanding if that, was SOOOOOO amazing and SOOOOO worth it to just ask and be taught. Along the way we were building a front end project with React to connect all of the pieces together.

Then we jumped over to node and the backend. This again was a super huge benefit to have Ben the instructor right there and he even had some guest instructors teaching stuff which was awesome too (usually people in the field). A decent amount of those guest speakers are not instructors with Ben so you will get that benefit along the way. There isn't a whole lot for me to go in here but it was awesome to build backend servers with node, express, mongoDB and mySQL. Along the way we continued to build a backend server and keep on building through out the weeks we were learning this. After we had a lot of GET/POST requests working and doing various things for us we went over how authentication works. Encrypting passwords and the right way to store the encryptions (not the passwords) and how to check if someone was authenticated and provide limited access depending on that, which we used web tokens to keep track.

The last month for us was putting all of the previous stuff together to see how you put the front end and back end together (which this again was another HUGE mind blown situation). All of the other courses I have seen or taken were either FE (react/angular/vue) or the BE (node, express, templating language) and I never understood how the pieces fit together and that opened my eyes SOOO much. After that you will never look at site the same again! This time was really really cool cuz we were doing out own thing with minimal instruction (compared to the rest of the courses) or Ben would do a video, let us know what it was gonna be about then let us choose to watch or not. This was awesome because the instructor was available for more one on one time and helping along the way.

Also for what it's worth I interviewed and received an offer 2 days after the course end while I was back home. I was able to negioate an above average salary for both that area and the area I actually live in. The fact that I could speak to CS style questions (hash tables, binary searches, linked lists and things like that) put me according to the interviewer "above the other people interviewing" and allowed me to negotiate a higher salary.

Here is the big thing, can you learn the same things and end up with the same salary as I was offered for free?? Yes you can but I have been trying for a 1.5 with FCC and various other courses and NEVER got close, let alone the CS stuff that is really hard to wrap your head around. The money spent was the best investment in myself I have ever made. I got direct access to the instructor during the lectures, a direct path to learning, a great bunch of class mates and an environment mean to help you learn. Lambda School has free options know which make this an even BETTER option if you are willing to apply yourself and work with the team at Lambda School.

I hope this was helpful and if you are serious about becoming a "developer" I think this is a great option as the knowledge taught will put you more on the software developer side of things which in most areas equates to better pay/options.