Codify Academy

Pros: supporting, attentive & helpful mentors; always-updated study material, videos, curriculum, etc; arm you with the tools to succeed as a Front-End Web Developer. You'll learn responsive design, JavaScript, HTML & CSS, Boostrap, Vue.js among other... Read More technologies and tools. By the end of the course you will have a portfolio of projects to show to prospective employers and be able to enter the workforce with confidence. Lastly, it's a great price for what you get.

Cons: this is a part-time course, so if you require babying/handholding every step of the way, this may not be the best choice for you. If you are an adult and will take responsibility for your success & education, then you'll have no problems completing the course.

Other than that, and not an actual "con", since this is front-end only, there isn't any back-end stuff taught, s ono MEAN stack, no Python & PHP, no Rails, etc. This is *NOT* something to hold against them since they never promise or claim to teach these techs, just something to be aware of going in in case you are more interested in a back-end or full-stack role. Note: there are more front-end roles available in the marketplace so this is a fantastic bootcamp to choose, since you can always learn the other stuff later.

I have a lot of friends who are web developers. Some of them graduated from other boot camps and others taught themselves. One of them went to codify and told me all about their program.

I have a family and couldn't afford any other boot camp. I needed... Read More to work to pay rent, which is why i went with codify. I'm so happy i did. I work as a developer now making almost 3 times what I made at my last job.

From what I gather, most boot camps can help you get hired if you put the work in, you just have to find the right one for you. If you work full time, then codify is your best option. They're serious when they say their course never ends. Matt's helping me get my second developer job right now, and I'm aiming for 6 figures!

The codify team is great and if you put in the work you're going to get hired!

To start, I am a grad and I was just hired for my first web developer job!!!

I'm super pumped to get started and can't thank the codify team enough. Everyone put in so much time with me I felt like part of a family.

Here's basically how the course works:... Read More

1. You prep for class by watching videos and reading (I'd recommend coding a bit too).

2. You attend class and learn to use what you just studied in real world applications. If you don't prep, it's hard to follow along, a mistake I made once.

3. You start applying for jobs when you feel ready, this could be week 1 or week 16, it's up to you. But the mentors will push you to apply earlier which I would recommend now that I've gone through the hiring process. They're not kidding when they say the sooner you apply the sooner you'll get hired.

4. They help you put together your portfolio, resume, cover letter, and all your online stuff (linkedin, github, codepen, etc.).

5. Then you start applying. If you don't get interviews they help figure out why. Once you start getting interviews, they help with interview prep. For me, they helped me with phone interviewing and in person interviewing both technical and not technical. If you're really worried about the interview process I know other students who paid for other professional help which worked well for them too. They basically doubled down on the professional interview help. If you have the money, why not right?

6. You get hired and celebrate like me!!!

That list looks easy but like anything worthwhile, it's definitely hard. Don't expect to just pick up JavaScript like learning a different skill. You need to put in at least 10 hours a week. If you don't you'll fall behind. I know students who didn't put in the time for whatever reason, and they're still attending office hours to try and catch up after graduation. It's great that codify offers that and I applaud them for that. But we all have 10 hours a week to do this, you just need to do it.

If you read this and end up going to codify you've made the right choice :)

I don't even know where to start, but I will say this, I don't recommend this school to anyone. You can learn the same materials, on Team Treehouse or Udacity for significantly cheaper with a much more organized curriculum, and better career support.... Read More I made a mistake for going to this bootcamp. It was a waste of time, money, and effort. The career service is a complete joke. There was none. There's no guidance whatsoever in this department. The materials that you can learn is not at all enough to land a front-end developer position. Maybe, at one point, this school was great, but from my experience, it didn't live up to any promises that were made on their website: "You'll craft your portfolio, resume, cover letter, linkedin. You'll learn how to properly apply and interview with one on one training." - guarantee you, I didn't get any of these services. They went from $6500 to $2250. Hmmm, why? Because they can't get results like they said they could. I thought I was the only person who was feeling this way, but after talking among my classmates, I wasn't the only one. I regretted my decision to come here.

Here are my recommendations for you:
- Go through and actually complete HTML, CSS and Javascript on Codecademy first to get your basics and foundations
- Once you are done with Codecademy, check out Treehouse Techdegree or Udacity. They are only $200/month. 3 months = $600. Trust me. Their curriculums are way much more organized than this school. They have mentor support too! I wish that I knew about these two options before.
- A lot of bootcamps out there offer "Council On Integrity In Results Reporting", don't apply to any bootcamps unless they can provide you this report. Codify can't get you hired. Lots of people who graduated before me or my other classmates can't get any job after they are done.
- If you really want to go through a bootcamp, check out those tuition-guarantee bootcamps because they can get results! (Flatiron School, Thinkful, Bloc, Hackbright, etc)

Codify provides students with in insufficient material to completely prepare students for a full time developer role. The curriculum never touches on data structures or any algorithms which many junior developer roles require knowledge of and test during... Read More technical interviews. The weekly projects given are also too simple and aren't great projects to add to an online portfolio to impress recruiters. Many of the mentors/TA's there have little to no experience as a full time developer. There were many times during my classes where the lead mentor would have to google simple css/js questions asked by students. The job support is also mostly moral as you will not find many connections with real developers through Codify. They suggest using a template to create your online portfolio when you should have enough skills at the end of a bootcamp to code one from scratch. I realized while in the program that most of the students who attended the program were many months removed and still without full time developer positions.

My experience was overall good. I really had to fight to get hired in the bay area especially since I had no previous experience. I know Codify is fairly new and there are some issues that should be addressed like, an equal amount of great instructors(They... Read More have a few awesome teachers) and more help with job placement. I choose Codify because it is one of the less-expensive coding schools in the bay area and true you can learn on your own for free, Codify definitely give me the tools and support to land a job.

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Codify Academy is an amazing coding bootcamp! Their system really works only if you're willing to put in the time to learn. They will help get you there from point A to point B. If you get stuck, they will help you remotely, over the phone, and even in... Read More person until you get it. I started out rusty with the basic html and css but toward the end of fourth month, I started coding like I've been doing for years.

Thank you Matt & Issac!

-Andy

My dive into development was tough to say the least. Like a lot of beginners I struggled with self teaching and was deterred by my lack of a computer science degree. Words couldn't describe my relief at finding Codify Academy, they offered the structure... Read More and discipline I was missing and put me on track to becoming the developer/designer I am today. Like many other San Franciscans I lacked the resources and ability to enroll myself in a FT bootcamp in the city. I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that I wanted to be a front end developer but at the time there was no bootcamp that offered exactly what I needed; Until I found Codify Academy. Their part time program and guaranteed financing are what brought me to where I am today.

I was lucky enough to have Brian Jenney as my instructor and he was fantastic. It was great to be taught by someone who had been exactly where I was, he understood the struggle of becoming a developer from the ground up (without the aid of a computer science background) and he was able to break down concepts for us in a truly digestible way. Were there a lot of drop outs in my class? ABSOLUTELY. We went from a class of 15 or so to maybe 3 or 4 people at the end. But that is a testament to the incredible challenge becoming a developer is and not to the integrity of the program. Coding is hard as hell! If anyone could it, everyone would. The curriculum they offer isn't necessarily about originality or a revolutionary way to learn code, that's just silly, they offer the necessary structure it takes to utilize online resources. And that's what being a developer is all about, knowing how to take the infinite amount of knowledge available on the web and applying it to your own stack.

It's tough from start to finish but you absolutely get out of it what you put in. I started my journey with Codify in October 2016, graduated February 2017, moved to New York City March 2017, and thanks to the skills I took away from Codify Academy, was employed by the fist Week of April '17. I now work as a UI/UX Engineer in Manhattan and couldn't describe how excited I am for the future of my career - all thanks to the amazing program that the Brody brothers put together. 10/10 would suggest.

I absolutely loved my journey with Codify and it helped me reach my goal. I started Codify as a Student and loved it so much that I decided to become a Student Mentor after my course ended.
We got a lot of cool projects to work on , which helped me gain... Read More hands on experience and I could showcase all these awesome projects in my portfolio. The classes are very interactive and a lot of fun! Just within a week after my course ended, I had three offer letters. They gave me proper guidance to crack the interviews and also helped me choose the job.
The best part about Codify is that you keep connected even after your course gets over. It's like you become a part of the Codify family. They have so many workshops and 'magic hours' open for current and alumni students which helps one stay updated with the latest technologies and brush up ones coding skills.
I would highly recommend Codify to anyone who's wanting to learn how to code and want to make a career in Front end Development.

I'm sure we can all agree that we were nervous and unsure about attending a Bootcamp before we got into it but my experience with Codify Academy was nothing short of amazing. I was still in the beginning stages of my C.S classes in college and always... Read More knew that I wanted to be a full-time dev but didn't know how to get started. C.A was able to provide me with the direction and support to help me understand what I couldn't on my own. The mentors were great - they created the perfect atmosphere for people who had never been exposed to code which made it easier for everyone to understand the content. Next to the curriculum, I feel the most valuable thing that they taught was the ability to learn something new and being able to apply it to something else. *This is a message to all of those who think negatively of C.A or who had a "bad experience" - You can't just show up 60% of the time, not do the work, or participate and expect that you'll get a job at the end of it. If you REALLY want to to make something work and if you REALLY want that job then you should be willing to put in the work to understand the material. You can't say that this program doesn't work because MANY OTHERS and MYSELF included have LANDED DEV JOBS months after graduating the program. I will be honest and say that I've thought about giving up so many times during the job hunt but I knew that that job was just right around the corner so that kept me going. I now work as a Lead Dev for the Ecommerce team of a retail company! I wouldn't have ever made it this far if it wasn't for the C.A Mentors and Founders.