BrainStation

I took the Product Management course Nov-Dec 2020. The instructors were great but the institution itself was so disappointing. The class was way too full, I felt so bad for the instructors. We spent 2 of the classes just listening to other people's projects... Read More and the other classes whizzing through the material because the presentations took up so much time. I even submitted feedback that I had a bad experience and would like to talk to someone about it, never heard from anyone. Now I'm trying to access course materials to review for my current role and I'm barred from accessing it 6 moths after paying thousands of dollars in tuition. The customer service agent has been zero help and evidently a disappointing experience went from bad to even worse somehow. Save your money and don't bother.

As a product delivery manager this course was great for me as it empathized the importance of empathetic story telling and how it intrinsically links strategy, design and development. The only down side for me was that it wasn't in person and collaboration... Read More of the work we we doing was minimal. The facilitator was awesome.

Pros: Brain Station has industry experts as their instructors. I found their teaching faculty very learned, supportive and approachable. Instructors were willing to help even beyond the curriculum and would direct you to the relevant resources Cons: Found... Read More it little over priced

I had an incredible time at BrainStation. The only thing that could have made it better would be to have been in person with my awesome (and super helpful) classmates but unfortunately Covid kept us from that. The instructors were awesome and very knowledgeable.... Read More I have never been great in school or had much of an interest for it but for basically the first time in my life I actually enjoyed it and learned a ton. BrainStation's Web Development Program definitely set me up to succeed!

A lot of examples from real life situations. A lot of interesting examples and labs. Great Teacher with a lot of experience in Data analysis. Super helpful resources and examples. Starting with learning the basics in Excel and SQL and Tableau. The final... Read More project was a great practice.

This was my first time taking a course at BrainStation and I couldn't have asked for anything more. In the span of 10 weeks, I was able to gain skills in programs such as Sketch, Flinto and InVision. The lectures focus on the theory as well as hands on... Read More learning. At the end of the course, you have a final project that is completed to add into your portfolio. I would highly recommend BrainStation for anyone looking to advance their skills in a certain area. I look forward to taking more courses here in the future.

There was a lot of time spent practicing what we were learning with group exercises. I found this hands-on time very useful in deeply understanding concepts. The instructors brought work examples and provided frameworks and examples beyond the course... Read More content which I found invaluable. The slides were also well done and summed up concepts clearly.

As a global leader in digital skills training, I knew there was no better place for me to continue my education in the realm of digital content marketing than BrainStation. Despite the common challenges of virtual learning (especially during a pandemic),... Read More BrainStation has done a great job of utilizing digital mediums to facilitate high-level, well-paced learning opportunities for individuals like myself who are eager to advance their industry knowledge. I have worked in content marketing for the last 5 years, so much of the course material was a bit of a refresher for me but, nonetheless, it was valuable and I appreciated the industry insights provided by the course instructors. I met some great people in my class, and only wish that we had all benefitted from in-person networking opportunities which, unfortunately, aren't possible right now.

Since I needed to change my career directions, I signed up for the Data Science Program from Brainstation. The course material gave me a poor understanding of the topics. The trainers are friendly and helpful, but the syllabus was not that good. I expected... Read More more.

I've had good experiences with Brainstation. I've now taken both their Data Science and Machine Learning certificate programs, and I'll be commenting on the Data Science one here. First off, the instructors I've had have been top notch. Andrew was my... Read More instructor this go round, and it was evident that this guy works data science for a living. You can tell by the way he codes, changes code on the fly at such speed, and debugs code when it's not working. He also seems to be genuinely enchanted with Data Science as a whole. He answered all questions, even my dumb questions, clearly and cleanly. The course content itself is solid. I highly recommend you know Python prior to taking this course, rather than just knowing a programming language in general. Everything is coded in Python from day 1, to include using some more "advanced" features like list comprehensions, so having a good grasp of Python I think is integral to your experience with these courses. The only thing I really wasn't high on in the course content was the Statistics section; it's simply too large and broad of a topic to cover in the scope of this course. In my opinion, a basic statistics background should already be had before jumping into Data Science. Most classes and topics are like that, but the statistics portion really stuck out to me. Jupyter notebooks are provided, so the material is flexible and easy to work with. The instructors provide solutions-included notebooks after the lessons, which is handy for someone like me that wants to watch them work the problems and then figure them out in my own manner later. Due to the nature of these part-time courses, and the material covered in such a short time, don't expect to just listen to lectures and be good at Data Science. You will need to work through the Jupyter notebooks on your own time, and do additional research on your own as well. This should be expected for anyone who has ever coded before, but for those who might think it's a sit back and learn it all class, it's not that easy. A hanging point for some people is that there's no 'job guarantee' or assistance with BrainStation. To those folks, I ask you do you truly believe that you're going to get a dream job out of a bootcamp's career assistance or guarantees? I think it's a worthless perk for the average student because you're going to have to know your stuff to be successful in the field anyway, and if you don't know your stuff, you're probably not going to stay in that job long even if it's given to you. It may work out for some, but I didn't see it as a requirement. Overall, I would recommend BrainStation to others, particularly if your company is willing to help with the tuition.