General Assembly

The course allows you to have clear practical and challenging teaching experience in how to use machine learning. In addition, the instructors are super competent and committed and share their professional background experience in the field.
If there would... Read More be any point of improvement, would be related to the technologies used, since the instructors are mostly proficient in using Mac instead of Windows, making "extra-homework" to resolve some of the quirks - but is not something major.
Overall, the course for the duration is super complete, with relevant materials relevant academically and professionally wise.

The course from start to finish was interacting and full of challenges. With the support from both instructors - which felt more like friends by the end of the course. The course content is engaging and always reinforcing both new and previously covered... Read More techniques/information during lessons and outside with the use of optional homework. The course finishes with a final project of your choosing (again optional) that you can show off and also use towards your own portfolio. I would highly recommend this course if you are looking to get into front end developing as it is a great stepping stone towards getting into the sector!

I did a part time 10 week Data Science Course with GA. You do need to have basic understanding of python (pandas, numpy and matplotlib) and algebra in order to keep up with the course syllabus. The course is fast paced and you would get to learn supervised... Read More machine learning algorithms and by the end of should be able to use those algorithms to predict data. I didn't know algebra well enough and that bit of the course was hard for me, but at the end, my project was on stock prediction using LSTM (model that we didn't go over in the class but did touch on a similar model called ARIMA).

The teachers are approachable and do help out with advice and suggestions. They do work as Data Scientists so they would tell you what is important to know and what isn't.

In short, if you want to do this course brush on your python and algebra, do the prep work that they send and be prepared to spend some time on weekends reading up on things and doing the homework and additional tasks. By the end of the course you should have enough knowledge to start as junior data scientists.

I completed a UX course in 2019, and I wouldn't recommend GA UX immersive to anyone unless you just have free time and extra cash to spend. I'm writing this review for someone like I used to be, so they do not repeat my mistake.
I'm not coming from a design... Read More background but I do have a college degree, customer experience, sales, and marketing experience for over 5 years.

What I liked: some teachers were interesting and smart, I enjoyed their personalities. WeWork space and free coffee perks. And this is about it. I would love to say I liked my fellow students, but because we were competition most of them were cold, selfish, and aggressive.

While I'm grateful to my teachers for what they were able to expose me to, I have to be honest by leaving this review. If I had read an honest review I would have never taken the boot camp.
The structure of the learning material is horrible. It is mostly presented in small slides with jokes that are articles you can find yourself online and lots of games, "exercises". Please spare yourself money and time and play with people by attending meetups. They barely teach you any tools you will need to become a UX designer but throw it on you and you have to "figure it out yourself". Practically no help.
Too many students. I complained about it from the start when I was promised 15-18 people at max and ended up with 25. Imagine how impersonal it was. And while I appreciate the teaching strategy to listen to everyone who has questions, 25 students asking questions (and some of them are "that personality" of asking every dumb question they can think of) took most of the time out of the day.
Coffee breaks every 1-2 hours that will take sometimes up to 30 mins means your day is basically a 4-5 hour-day. Let me say it this way, I spent money and quit my job to learn, not to enjoy coffee breaks. While I would love it as a kid at elementary school, as an adult that was unacceptable on how much "free time" we were given.
Out of a 10-week course, the last 3 weeks are team projects, that I consider unfair, again, to pay money so I can have zero teachings but work on my own. That could have been after boot camp is over. Not enough knowledge to swim by only having 7 weeks to learn the profession.
Career coach. While I enjoyed the personality of my career coach and think she is great, 15 mins each time just wasn't enough. Yes, 15 mins are all you get. The first 5 mins remind her about who you are and what you are trying to achieve and the 10 mins left are just a joke. We only had 2 coaches, not enough.
No opportunities or assistance provided. Took me 7 months to get my job, and I never had even 1 interview opportunity from GA. All the mixers, career fairs, etc. have barely any employers that are hiring. It's a joke really, so many alumni and no job opportunities whatsoever. Same as their online job hunting channel - there are barely any jobs posted, only spam and sometimes they just copy links from LinkedIn that are visible for anyone.
They will tell you to "Network" - their favorite word because they know you can't get a job with your skills because you barely have any. Honestly, I was embarrassed after a couple of meetups with real professionals tired of "vulture" boot campers trying to have a coffee date with them to get a job. This is pathetic. No one will "give" you a job unless it's your friend or family.
Too expensive. For so many students in the same room, you can hire a personal tutor that will give you much more knowledge. Think about it! They don't teach you anything about the latest technologies that you can't find online.
When I graduated and I continued learning on my own for 7 months and I finally got my first paid project. I realized that I was not taught anything that is very important nowadays like responsive design, ADA compliance, how to work with developers, and technical tools that are vital to successfully performing a job.
Portfolio. Yes, they promise you will have 3 projects in your portfolio that will help you to find a job. Guess what - 25 students will have almost the same portfolio and will be at the same time on the market along with at least half the students from the previous class hunting with the same techniques. You will look like another newbie for recruiters and now there are too many of them. Also, they don't help you with portfolio, they only show you other people's portfolios and you will only have 1 project when you graduate, so everything else will happen after.
Finally, I got my job, because 7 months I spent learning, reading books, practicing tools. Submitting 250 applications didn't do anything. I got my job because I learned and tried a different approach, which was not networking. Save your money for rent and food while you will be self-teaching instead of paying a company that produces the same graduates over and over so they can make money. You're already considering changing career, you're already strong enough to do it, you don't need to get stuck with a loan like I did and realize what a mistake GA was.

Loved the course and the instructor. What i learned during the course will really help dress up my skill set. Introduced me to things i wasnt aware existed. Would suggest the course to anyone looking to expand their skillset. Was full of great, new coding... Read More and offered insight and alternatives for practice etc.

Joana was a fantastic instructor! If you are a novice to code, data and visualisation then you are without a doubt in safe hands. Joana was great at teaching complex concepts in a clear and concise way and got you coding from day 1! Help is there when... Read More you need it, you meet some great people and have the freedom to explore your own interests to roll into your own personal data project.
General Assembly did not have to compromise on quality by teaching the course remotely. Ellen from the bookings team gave great professional advice on any queries I had and is so friendly!
Overall, I was blown away by how incredible the learning experience was at General Assembly! I am already looking to book my next course!

After doing thorough research on the options available to take my data analytics skill-set to the next level I came across the General Assembly Data Analytics course. Choosing it was an easy decision as the material it covered would take someone from... Read More having little understanding of structured Data Analysis to being an every Data Analyst. The part-time course was held over 5 weeks which was just enough time to cover all the material without interfering with my usual daily job. The material itself consist of a structured Data Analytics framework that helps to make any data analysis robust and hypothesis driven. From mastering data wrangling via Microsoft Excel, to database analysis using SQL, to finally being able the create data visualisation via the excellent Tableau software, the course covered enough to leave me confident that I could provide advanced hypothesis driven analytics in my current job. Overall, I would happily recommend this course to anyone looking to put structure behind their Data Analysis and take it to the next level. You wouldn't be making the wrong decision.

After being told about the Digital Marketing course through a friend, I decided to enrol myself in the course with the idea of helping to boost our family businesses online presence.

It's a full-time course crammed into five days, and it was a lot of... Read More information. However, it was delivered in an engaging manner and in an order that made sense. Our Trainers Steve and Catherine were excellent! Really conscientious and you can tell they genuinely care about their students.

Overall, I'd happily recommend this course to anybody looking to learn more about the digital marketing space.

I took the UX bootcamp after many months of applying for new jobs and getting nowhere. One key skill I was missing was specific software training. I began to look into coding and web engineering. By chance, I met up with a friend and learned that she... Read More just graduated the GA UXDI program. After hearing her story I knew that could be for me. The next day I emailed one of the admissions counselor (Moira - who was very friendly and extremely helpful) and got on her calendar to start the conversation. That same week I went in for a formal interview, worked on an at home project and was accepted. And I will tell you after a long season of rejection this was exactly the encouragement I needed. After some advice from Moira and my friend I decided to do the Catalyst program (a pay after you get a job plan). So my class started about three weeks before the actual course. The pre-course work was a good starting point. It really got me excited for the course.

From day one we were designing and learning software. It was fast paced but I always felt I had the tools to succeed. The instructors (Nick and Gayla) had so much experience and teach in a way that is extremely practical. The class is set up in 5 projects that build on each other. So you can really see you own growth. The final project is with a real client and that experience is probably the most valuable part. As part of the course you also have an outcomes program to help get you a job after. Kimberly was the best. Her insights and feedback were exactly what I needed to be able to move forward after the class. I graduated with a strong portfolio of work, a design resume, interview skills, a beefed up LinkedIn profile, client experience and the tools to continue creating.

I took the 10 week, part-time Product Management course in Washington, DC. I enjoyed the course content and engagement from the instructor and the themes and content provided within the course. I would say a huge positive for this course is that it creates... Read More the space for students to develop a mindset shift towards a more Agile, objective oriented lifestyle without the true mental burden that may exist with other courses. It gives students foundational information on Product Management that is easy to digest even if you come from a non-technical. The content provided is a baseline for any future avenues or career opportunities in product management with topics such as product ideation, market research, setting objectives, understanding feature development and prioritization, etc.

One piece of constructive advice is that you really need to put in additional effort and take action to get the most out of the course simply by the fact that it is a part-time, 10 week course. There isn't as much structure (if any) to the networking component of this course, so I would encourage anyone taking the course, especially those looking to make a transition to product management or gain more experience in the professional realm, to put in the effort to network with classmates, attend office hours with the instructor, collaborate and share product ideas and thoughts often, and continue to read about the product management domain outside of the course in order to bolster the experience.