DevLeague

It was my time to finally make my move. I have journeyed through many paths and I always find myself coming back to coding. Taking this course it made my interest more solid. Instructors and everyone in Devleage are so passionate about helping and making... Read More it enjoyable, that I look forward going to class. If you like to problem solve, coming up with solutions and get bored easily this is the perfect career. There is always ALWAYS something new to learn and the Dev league community is so helpful you just have to ask and you will get your answer and the help you are looking for. I'm still shocked by all the knowledge I gained, I mean now I can build start to finish full stack applications where I had no idea what I was doing on my first day of class.

I'm really happy with the decision and can't wait to make changes in my life with the new skills I gained.
Fair warning it will be hard, It will require dedication but it will be worth it.

Attending Dev League is up there as one of my favorite experiences. Going in, I expected to gain the skills I needed to become a Full Stack Developer. What I didn't expect was to be part of a community filled with inspiring and supportive people. It makes... Read More such a huge difference being taught by super passionate instructors because they kept me wanting to do my best. I became confident in learning because the instructors constantly challenged me to think critically and because of that I was able to problem solve with minimal navigation from them.

I’m also going to be biased here and say that I was part of one of the best cohorts! I actually looked forward to going to class because when you put a bunch of enthusiastic and ambitious nerds in a room together, great things happen. Thanks to Dev League, I have all the skills I need to be a useful contributor to the tech industry, and I’ve made some lifelong friends.

Several years before entering DevLeague I had graduated with a bachelors in computer science. I still gained a lot from the bootcamp. This course aims to make "fullstack javascript web developers". If that complete phrase doesn't describe you, you will... Read More probably get good value out of this. Now, if most of that phrase fits you, there may be diminishing returns, but I couldn't say from experience. I went with the 6 month part time version instead of the concentrated 3 month one and the more spaced out nature of the program gave me more time to absorb the material. Prior knowledge does give you an edge, but each week the focus changes, and you will not have a smooth 6 months. For part time a lot of work does need to be done outside of class, so make sure you can accomodate that.
Their approach is to have you do things the hard way first, then show you the tools that make it easier. You could just skip to the end and start with the library, but I personally want to know what's going on with everything everywhere so this works out better for me. When things break, you have an actual idea of why that might be.
You could learn this on your own, certainly. It would take longer because deciding what to learn and how important various things are is hard to judge when you're starting out. Starting with best practices is much easier, and probably better in the long run. When you get stuck, there are actual people to help you. StackOverflow can answer many questions, but it might not answer your question. The help is there when you need it, most times of day, let's be realistic here. And this doesn't end on graduation, you still have access to a large network of graduates and Devleague should you need assistance with something later.
If you are accepted, then you will make it to the end if you keep moving forward. A good portion of our cohort had no prior programming experience. There will be difficult patches, but they all made it through. You will get used to being comfortable with feeling uncertain about things, and its an important skill to have. Its not quite the same as forgetting whether you locked your house, that's a different problem. You will forget things, because it's a lot of knowledge crammed into a short time frame. But you will know that these things are possible, that you've done them, and that you could pick them up again when you need to.
Overall I liked it quite a bit. I do wish there was a better ramen place nearby, but we can't have everything all the time.

I was in a tough place when I discovered DevLeague. I was working a bunch of different jobs, but I wasn't able to hold one for very long due to one main thing: I didn't enjoy any of them. I had similar expectations of coding when I started the application... Read More process for DevLeague, and I was quickly proven wrong. What I had to teach myself just to get into the program captivated me. I knew that I wanted to learn more. I was pretty slow at first, but as I began to pick up new skills and get better at JavaScript I began to enjoy myself more. Once in the program, I was certain pretty quickly that I had found my career path, something that I love that others call "work". I was hyped, and every day was a brand new adventure. I learned things that I had no concept about before DevLeague, and I was so proud of myself at every step of the way. DevLeague gave me confidence and a sense of purpose that I was scared I was losing sight of. DevLeague changed my life and my opinion about technology, and I'm positive that joining the league was the best decision I've made by far for my career, and my future.

I have been through many different types of schooling, but DevLeague has by far been the best experience out of all of them. All the material that you learn is relevant to the career, and the bootcamp focuses more on how to learn new languages rather... Read More than just learning specific languages. DevLeague has both independent and group projects that have been carefully organized and created to best fit the students' learning timeline. I have come out of DevLeague not just more knowledgeable, but also as a part of a community that will be with me no matter where I might be in the world. I encourage anyone who has an interest in coding to join DevLeague and become part of the community.

If you have spent any time researching coding bootcamps, you know there are are a lot of them out there, but I can't imagine there being any as unique and impactful as devleague. First of all, devleague has a very low instructor to student ratio. While... Read More most coding bootcamps have an instructor for every 20 students or so, devleague has one for every 4-5. On top of that, the average number of students that go through the full-time program are around 7 people. As you can imagine, this allows for a really intimate and personal education. It also allows for the class as a whole to delve deeper into the technologies being taught. As part of this low instructor to student ratio and low number of students, you also get the benefit of really getting to know the people around you. As a result, devleague feels less like a business and more like a family. There is an abundance of positive energy. I believe the environment contributes to this positivity, for you are in Hawaii!

Of course, devleague wouldn't be so fulfilling if it wasn't such a challenge. Just like any other intensive coding bootcamp, you are going to be pushed to your mental limits, and beyond. The special thing about devleague is that you will have one hell of a time doing it! Good luck to you, reader! Mahalo!

I just graduated from DevLeague two days ago and I am so satistifed from everything I learnt during this program. I am a belgian native and last year I decided to change career and go from a business career to a coding career. I didn't want to spend a... Read More full year at Colege and a bootcamp looked therefore as the perfect solution. After some research, I found about DevLeague and I have directly been seduced by their program. Isolated on a beautiful island, super intense schedule and with a curriculum that covers a lot of areas from the front-end to the back-end; this was the program I had been looking for.

The application process already set the tone of the program but this is a good thing as you can directly see if this made for you or not. You really have to be ready to put your life apart for twelve weeks and be ready to a lot of hard working. This is surely some sacrifice but in the end it is totally worth it. Twelve weeks ago, my knowledge were close to 0 and today I am now able to build web applications, develop databases, deploy a website, etc. Every topic is covered in deep and put into practise with daily exercises and weekly small projects.

Last but not least, the human experience is also something unique. You will make great friends through this bootcamp and DevLeauge like to consider its students as part of a big family. You will really feel well welcomed and not considered at all as just a number.

I am now ready for a new step in my career and now exactly what I want to aim for. I am really grateful to Devleague to have succeeded this in twelve weeks.

Never thought I'd be saying yay Javascript, I walked in totally clueless and ended up feeling a lot more confident in being able to figure out problems and contribute to building useful applications.

PROs: They teach you how to think like a developer!... Read More There's no way to learn everything there is to know about software in 6 months or even a life-time, but the instructors and curriculum set us up to be able to reason our way through problems, use documentation, and "learn how to learn".
Instructors and staff are amazing, they're dedicated to coding and are great examples of how to be great people and have integrity both in and outside of class.

CONs: Get ready to say goodbye to your social life and ability to do laundry on a timely basis, but it's totally worth it :)

If I could, I would go through DevLeague all over again. It was honestly one of the best and most challenging experiences of my life! I left my job in California and moved out to Hawaii for 3 months to learn something I had no experience in. So yeah…... Read More that was kinda nuts, but it was so worth it! I got to learn from instructors who were enthusiastic about programming and who were genuinely interested in helping us learn the material. At the same time, I had amazing classmates who busted their butts day in and day out, which kept me going throughout the course. Yes, programming is tough and there are plenty of rough times, but I was always able to get through it with the amazing support group I had at DevLeague.

DevLeague was definitely not a walk in the park. I was sweating bullets before class even started. Though I went through the phone screening and passed the coding challenge, I still had this uneasy feeling of imposter syndrome. I was thinking to myself, “This must be a fluke. Are they sure the accepted the right guy?” and “I just don’t think I’m smart enough to do this!”. Well after 12 intensive weeks of non-stop programming, all I can say is “ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!”. My advice is just to grind through it and to never ever give up! And don’t be afraid to ask questions. The people at DevLeague are there to help you, so make sure you take full advantage of their resources during the bootcamp and after you graduate.