Coder Academy

Overall the fast track course is great for beginners, only wished there was more content of Node Js for backend development, instead of using Ruby on Rails for MERN API. Big shout out to Glen Johnson, the "educator assistant", he is a huge reason that... Read More made this course a great experience!

Like anything, you get out what you put in. Being in a course like this ensures your brain is on code 24/7, with great instructors like Ed, Harrison, Daniel and Jurek, learning was a pleasant task. On the whole, I found the experience to be very positive,... Read More students who had a high GIT commit count tended to do best. 😉

Up until December 2020, I was feeling lost in my career. I was in a job that wasn't working for me. In January 2021, after doing some research, I was approached by a Coder Academy staff who introduced me to the Coder Academy experience and helped me enrol.... Read More I have to say these were the best 6 months I've ever spent. I'm feeling much more confident about my career, having acquired new job-ready skills. I've already got a few interviews lined up even though my course is not fully finished yet. Coder Academy has opened up a lot of doors for me to move forward and I will always be thankful and grateful for the amazing learning experience and value I have received from this bootcamp.

I have to politely disagree with the review below. I am also a current student at Coder Academy Flextrack program, and we have learnt and produced so much more work than just "Hello World!". Yes, there has been issues with moving online, I agree, but... Read More Covid has affected so many people in worse ways. But I have raised my issues with them, and they responded immediately and fixed the issue. Can you ask for much more? Coder has tried to do the best they can in my opinion with the circumstance and have always told us to reach out for support if you need it. Yes, the course costs a lot, yes, there's no job guarantee, but with the money we put in, if we don't put in the hard work to learn as much as we can, ask for as much help as we can, build as much stuff as we can, and network as much as we can (through the constant opportunities that Coder provide to us) then you are wasting your money. You could go and learn this stuff on Youtube, but you will not receive the 1 to 1 help if you get stuck, and you have to 100% look for an internship/job yourself. Coder partners with a constant evolving list of companies in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne to help get as many students into internships if the student wants. It absolutely sucks we are in/heading to a recession. If you work hard and prove yourself and utilize the help they provide to us, then it's going to be much much easier to acquire work. Nothing in life comes free, they aren't going to get you a job, they tell you that before you sign up. I reckon I would beat you in an interview with great marks, strong personal branding and connections coming from Coder, than you would through Youtube, sorry.

I am a current student at the Coder Academy studying the FLEXTRACK program. The program is seriously overhyped; you can learn most of these concepts on Freecodecamp. The teachers are ok but tend to ramble while teaching. I honestly started the program,... Read More hoping I would study in person, but due to the Coronavirus restrictions, the classes were moved online.
In summary, I don't think anybody should be paying $25000 for a course that gives you a diploma with absolutely no job guarantee, don't get me wrong some people have completed the course and secured jobs, but that is not the majority. Not many companies are going to hire a graduate that knows how to say "hello world" in a few languages. If you want to code, go on youtube.

I just completed the Fast Track Coding Bootcamp and feel my brain is about to burst from all the knowledge crammed into my mind but I can honestly say it was worth it.

After only 5 months of learning, I am already able to easily communicate with other... Read More senior devs and tech people in the community and actually understand what they are talking about.

It was definitely worth the investment.

Undertaking this bootcamp was one of the best decisions of my life, and possibly the funnest six months of my life. It’s hard work and you have to show up day after day and put in some long hours. University was a lot easier. That said, the skills you... Read More gain and the friendships you build make all of the effort well worth while. Like anything in life you get out what you put in. If you start with a positive attitude, ready to work hard and realise that you will have to do a lot of homework to cement some of the concepts you are taught you will enjoy your time here.

I had great relationships with the teachers here, they all helped me when needed, answered my questions (and looking back there were a lot) and presented the information in a way that is understandable. And if you don’t understand any concepts they will help you until you understand, as long as you ask.

All in all, I have rated this course 5 stars across the board because that is the way I feel about it. And I submitted this review with my name so feel free to look me up if you have any questions about the course.

Coder Academy Fast Track is one of the biggest challenges I have faced during my professional life. Over the course you get to learn new technologies almost everyday, giving you the edge to become a proficient full stack developer. But all comes at a... Read More price, you need to be motivated, you need to be focused, you need to love challenges and you need to be a team player. Thanks to the teachers, the support staff and my fellow students, this journey has been hard, yet thoroughly enjoyable and very rewarding.

Firstly, this is a coding bootcamp. What it means is that the program is tailored to help accelerate learning of an opinionated, tailored-made curriculum and help you develop a certain skillset.

In order to fully benefit from this program, you will need... Read More to understand the curriculum provided by the program. Then, create a personal learning roadmap by consulting either the program instructor or mentors in the industry. The bootcamp is not going to teach you everything, in fact, most of the learning depends on yourself. Hence, this means you will have to supplement the program with your own learning. This may sound like the program is useless but it is not, why?

Because the bootcamp helps solve a few problems in building your skillset:
1. It gives you a sense of direction. Some may disagree, but to get started, it is sometimes better to have an opinionated direction, regardless of whether that is the best one for you. It is better to have a focus, instead of reading many opinions and going many directions and ended up at nowhere.
2. It helps form a big picture view of this industry and knowledge base - which will help put learning certain things into context. I remember before the bootcamp, there were times doing some tutorials not knowing why I am doing it even though somehow I know its important. But despite that, when the going gets dry, it was easier to give up not knowing the context which that tutorial fit into my learning roadmap. But the bootcamp will help you with that.
3. The bootcamp provide you with a physical community where you can access to get help, be inspired and be encouraged. To me, half the reason I paid for the bootcamp is because of this. Some may argue that you can get community through meetups etc. But I can guarantee that this is very different. The friends you made will go a long way in supporting you in this journey in the future.

The instructors are generally quite helpful. The curriculum is being improved as time passed. I cannot comment on that because I have not been or heard about other bootcamps. But I supplemented the program curriculum with my own learning. So if there is anything that interest me but not taught by the bootcamp, I just pick those up myself.

To summarise:
- If you are expecting to learn everything well purely from the bootcamp and teachings, the bootcamp is not for you.
- If you are self-driven and expect the bootcamp to supplement your learning, you are going to get the most out of the bootcamp.
- If you are looking for a community to learn together, the bootcamp is for you too.

The program has a good range of content in terms of languages that you learn, and the projects that you build. This content is delivered at a very fast pace, but that is necessary to cover the breadth of topics in such a short space of time. You have... Read More to ensure that you have a clear goal and objective for why you want to attend the bootcamp. This will keep your 'eye on the prize' at the end of the course. Some of the delivery methods for the content could be improved, but the syllabus is sound.

The Coder Academy team always ensures the content is up-to-date and has follows the pulse of the wider professional industry.