CareerFoundry

I have had 0 cons with attending CareerFoundry, the courses are fun and you will learn a lot. I would highly recommend CareerFoundry and its courses to my family or friends who are interested in learning programming / web development. It has been money... Read More well spent and I would pay more for their classes if the prices were to go up, very good instructors and curriculum.

The title speaks for itself. I researched many different schools and bootcamps, but having a wife and a baby on the way, I needed something I could do from the comfort of my own home. I also wanted someone to keep me accountable, and then I found Career... Read More Foundry. With their online course and mentorship program (and don't forget the awesome price!) I decided that it was the program for me. I started my journey into Web Development in July 2015 and completing the course within 6 months, I applied to a company and after 45 minutes of sending out my resume, I got a call to come in for an interview and was hired on the spot! I now work for an amazing company, building fully responsive websites and enjoying every moment of it.
I definitely would recommend Career Foundry.

Great course in UX design. I can't think of a better value although their price has seemed to have gone up since I took the course. I can't say enough great things about my mentor. This course is pretty challenging and time consuming. I would only recommend... Read More it for motivated people. But if you get to the end of it, you will have learned a tremendous amount of info in a short amount of time. Good luck!

I chose the Web Development track for CareerFoundry on the reccomendation of my friend, who took the UX design course (and got an internship, and then 70k a year job shortly after). It's a 6 month track and it took me just over 4 months to do it, even... Read More with a full time job. I had been wanting to switch into the Web Dev field for a while and primarily chose CareerFoundry because of its affordability and the fact that I could do it on my time. There aren't a lot of comparable options. Overall, I was satisfied by my experience. I learned a LOT- CareerFoundry gives you all the foundations you need to build a static website and Ruby on Rails application, which in turn gives you the foundation for other frameworks.

My mentor was available from 7pm-11pm every day, and was incredibly helpful. He gave me a lot of help on his own, sometimes stayed a little later than his shift to help me, and he taught me a lot. However, he also taught me the importance of being resourceful and looking stuff up on my own.

I'm not sure that "just taking the course" will get you a job- but nonetheless, neither will "going to college." However, without the structure of the course to help me, I don't think I would have been as sucessful with my learning. You essentially build two websites for the course, both of which can be used as "portfolio projects" to apply for a job. The course doesn't focus on javascript and algorithms and things like that as much as it could have, so that's really what my next step has to be.

Another important aspect to CareerFoundry is the Slack community and the networking opportunity it presents. And when your mentor isn't available and StackOverflow doesn't seem to be able to answer your question, you can likely get an answer on there. Their customer service and staff are incredibly friendly and helpful and genuinely want you to succeed. While they don't seem to have the resources to be able to do direct job placement, they do provide other advice to students. Personally, I feel like I could maybe apply for jobs now and be successful, but want to learn a bit more. If I didn't take this course and just tried to learn unguided and compiling other resources together, I'm not sure I would have been as motivated in successful in my endeavors.

While I have yet to land a job, I believe that this was a great investment of $1,500 and the boost I need- I couldn't quit my job and go do a $15,000 bootcamp. This is affordable, you learn a lot and I would recommend it to anyone.

Suggestions: They have a few "optional projects" like a calculator in JavaScript that you can make or a rails "to-do" app and give you suggestions on how to make them. In my opinion, they could add a few more of these, as it wouldn't require much staffing on their part but really help their students.

I researched a lot of the bootcamps out there, online and onsite, and chose CareerFoundry because of the cost and mentorship available. I don't think there are a lot of courses that offer mentors that are available five days of the week - especially at... Read More the cost of CareerFoundry. Also, I personally didn't like the fact that I had to apply to get into some bootcamps - I wanted somewhere that accepted me without "screening" me. I just wanted a chance to code on a serious level, with much more depth than websites like Codecademy.

Once I started the course, I found the exercises informative and especially relevant and helpful in completing the tasks. For me, one of the biggest draws to programming is the available community and willingness to help each other out. I saw that in this course as there was an dedicated and active online community just for CareerFoundry students and one on one feedback from the mentor on every exercise.

I liked the course because it was project-based - I ended up creating a personal portfolio website and a fully functional e-commere website that I can sell products/services. I would highly recommend this course to anyone interested in dipping into web development, but don't know where to start. No single bootcamp can fully prepare you to get a job right after graduating (it's all about how hard you work on your own afterwards), but the best you can hope for is to end up with a good foundation in web development and you'll find that in this CareerFoundry course.

I had been looking for a way to get back into IT after being out of it for quite a few years. After researching numerous other online bootcamps, I chose CareerFoundry. At first, I liked the idea of working with a mentor, and I also liked how all of the... Read More exercises were nicely laid out.

After breezing through the HTML/CSS portion (which I already had experience in), I moved into the Ruby on Rails portion. Since I'm a PC user, it was rather disheartening to see instructions for installing RoR in nice detail for Mac users, and PC users only got a brief tutorial. Also, some of the exercises were rather vague, with instructions such as "read this tutorial to install this gem. If you have problems, consult StackOverflow.". I ended up going to Google for a lot of questions I had. Most of the content featured in the courses can be learned by watching YouTube videos.

I began to grow unsatisfied with the program because there is a SERIOUS lack of career support. The forums have a "career" section, but the majority of the jobs posted are for UX/UI jobs in Europe. I understand this company is based out of Berlin, but there are numerous students from the US (myself included) that would have appreciated some US-based support. I didn't fully complete the course (I completed enough to be considered a "graduate") because I felt that there was no way I was going to be "job-ready" in 3-6 months as they claim, and since there is no demand for RoR programmers in my area, I've had to turn my focus to C#/ASP.NET/Java to become hireable.

If you are looking for a freelance web developer position or a UX/UI position, this program may help, as it seems like that's what CF ultimately leans toward. If you're looking for a regular web-developer position, be forewarned. This program has some good features, and the nice stories they post about "going from unemployed to hireable in 3 months" will reel you in, but there is a lot that is left to be desired in this program (technical interview preparation, resume review, job board, etc.).

P.S. If you're a PC user doing RoR, try using a cloud-based IDE like Nitrous Pro or Cloud9.

CareerFoundry Course is very up-to-date using the last best practice and examples.
I can choose my time for studying and have a great support - my mentor. My mentor gives me every time an answer, tip and of course many examples from the real UI/UX designer... Read More world.
The course will give you a good background to become UI/UX Designer. You will find the right process and get the right skills to do your best in UI/UX Design.

I'm not normally someone who writes reviews but feel I must after my first month of studying Web Development with Career Foundry. Overall the course is excellent, affordable to me and with excellent Mentor support. I really like the dashboard and the... Read More flow of the course. The fact they offer two "speeds" of study 3 and 6 months is also great. The course flows really well delving into HTML5, CSS3, Java and JavaScript, along with Ruby. The weekly Mentor calls (12 included) are a godsend clear up any questions I have. This is not to mention I can contact my Mentor anytime via slack or leaving messages via the dashboard. I have found all of the Career Foundry Team accessible with any queries I may have. Overall fantastic, best choice I have made. Not to mention I will be looking into the IOS course they will be offering Next year.

I started off my career as a graphic designer. After 2 and a half years working in the field I saw my career growing stagnant and wanting to bolster my skills as a designer.. as well as my salary. I started looking around for programs I might be interested... Read More in and stumbled across Career Foundry. I spoke with a representative for a week and a half before I made my decision to enroll. She was very helpful and answered every question I could throw at her. Now I am proud to say I am currently enrolled in the UX program and I love it. Well, as much as you can love working :).

Pros:
You can work at your own pace
You can schedule a weekly meeting with your mentor that helps guide and mold you into a UX designer
The coursework is not easy and requires to student to learn via hands on methods and doing the actual work themselves
You do not need to know how to code
You get to use new programs and tools that, as a designer, I wish I had known about earlier in my career
It helps you become a better designer and think differently

Cons:
It's not free ;) .. but it's definitely worth the cost

I am half-way through the Web Development course and am learning so much. As someone who is brand new to web development, it has been very helpful to start with basics and build up to more complex design elements. Having a mentor to help through the process... Read More is such a key piece too! There are definitely times I wish the tasks were better described or a more thorough example provided. For the most part, I have been very satisfied with the experience and would highly recommend the course to others.