Hack Reactor

Hack Reactor is supposed to be the best. While I did have some great moments during the 19-week program, I have to say that I was a bit disappointed with the curriculum. Despite being excited to learn from some of the industry's leading experts, I found... Read More the coursework to be lacking in terms of real-world relevance. Many of the projects we worked on felt overly simplistic and didn't give me the knowledge I was looking for. Plus, I was hoping to learn more about the latest developments in programming, but the curriculum seemed outdated and clunky at times. Another issue I encountered was a lack of structure and guidance. With so many students in the program, it was challenging to get individual attention from the instructors. I felt like I was left to figure things out on my own, which made it difficult to stay motivated and engaged. Don't get me wrong; there were some fantastic aspects of the program as well. I met some incredible people and learned a lot about myself as a programmer. However, I do think that the program fell short of its reputation as a leading coding bootcamp. If you're looking for a laid-back and easy to coast-through program, then Hack Reactor 19-week program might be a good fit for you. However, if you're serious about pursuing a career in programming and want a more rigorous and engaging program, then you might want to look elsewhere.

I did the 19-week BootCamp with Hack Reactor/ Galvanize and it was pretty mediocre. - module 1 was quite useful, learned a lot about python and django - also the lecturers were decent built a CRUD todos app using django in the backend - looked pretty... Read More bare bones - module 2 - changed to new lecturers- lectures were absolutely horrid and abominable - some of the lecturers didn't really know their material, the explorations were not concise and terribly structured - at this point, the seirs ( students from previous cohorts hired to help/increase their employment numbers - were somewhat helpful ) - explorations were poorly written and a lot of members in my cohort were struggling - practically worked as a group to learn the material module 3 - seirs ( student TAs from previous cohorts - aid was nonexistent) - new lecturers - same as before - horrid bland lectures that didn't benefit students -basically you working on a project for 5 weeks I was appalled at the quality of career services - forcing you to lie on your resume and come up with false numbers to make your resume "better" To make matters worse for the next seirs they hired, they based on people's votes and votes from previous instructors. One of the seirs they hired and I kid you not, set up camp hogging the sier's time. When they would be done and asked to leave, they would jump to the next seir room. The majority of the time, I was forced to see other materials to supplement my learning. TBH, this program is absolutely garbage, save your money and just work on udemy videos because that's basically what you'll have to do.

I was sooo enthusiastic to attend the workshops and open houses at Hack Reactor, working on javascript and to hear such goods results of those students until I had my experience and I would say - never again! Starting from those events, the word from... Read More Hack Reactor bootcamp staff was always: 'You fail only for behavior', up until you start the immersive. I was part of oct 2020 cohort and I have to say, it's been super exhausting and the thing is - you won't really know if your body and mind can handle accumulating information while you're falling apart kinda even if you study like a dog, non stop and super devoted to the material. If you have never experienced such intense program - think like traveling to Asia with no sleep almost and learn each day something new and given super fast to achieve best results. The campus lead have asked if I want to stay or leave with some money back, while the instructor suggested to stay because the material was given really fast in the first 3-4 weeks, but they will slow down building few little mini apps and things should just feel better, reinforced. So, the student won't really know if they reach the end of junior half and doesn't pass the TA into senior half, if he/she can repeat the junior again as a second chance or not. They say: "the repeat of junior half is not guaranteed":) Is not guaranteed:)??? What does that even mean? Do you need to achieve a certain score to repeat or not? Which score does the student need to achieve? Nobody knows:)!!! The residents / seniors were encouraging to stay saying that everyone is very tired and they are all struggling. I really wish there were a better communication on that aspect. Now of course you see that "the repeat of junior portion is not guaranteed" in the contract or "if you don't pass some technical assessments", but by the time you did all that preparation for many months and pre paid 2 k for pre course, of course the student will sign the agreement. Nothing happened to your friends who graduated. And after how many assessments that you don't pass you should quit so you don't loose your money? Not clear! When is it time to just give up because you don't do well? Who knows? Nobody knows:) And if you say that you were told differently in the campus, they throw a letter at you to acknowledge and sign so they can keep your money after. Now, if I had a hard time with all of that, wait until you depart and have another nightmare trying to explain to this Associate general counsel from HR, who's handling these cases, armed to his teeth with education in procedures and succesfull with similar cases . It's just not worth it. Who signed up for all this horrible experience? And they blame you for even signing up, knowing that they do such good job placing successful students in open houses picturing a beautiful story outcome. If anyone is reading this, and wanna go the safe route, I would recommend the 6 or 9 months version instead. It's really not about, "I have the time to do the 3 months full-time immersive". I would think rolling over students in 3 months course is better for them but Have a normal life, be able to sleep, exercise, and honestly digest better the material and get better ready for job. That is everything!!! And really, many students from the 3 months immersive have to repeat the junior half. 6 out of 20 left the junior half. So by the time you do 2-3 times the pre course, repeat eventually the junior half, maybe go back to pre course, it will end up in about 1 year anyway. Better go safe people, avoid the nightmare and if you don't make it, there is still lots of other options out there, but don't give up on your dream .

This program will teach you the fundamentals for web development. If you are serious about being a Software Engineer and want a challenging yet rewarding course, checkout Operation Level Up. The staff and instructors are knowledgeableand are willing to... Read More invest time into your learning so you can break into the tech world as a Full-Stack Software Engineer.

Material was more challenging than I expected but I learned a lot. There is a fair amount of projects throughout the course and algorithms with time to review old and new concepts. The staff is always there for support and I couldn't have done it without... Read More them.

I've been working full-time for about 10 years before attending Hack Reactor, so I took it as seriously as a job. If you are looking for a challenge, this program is for you; you'll want to be as prepared as possible for the job search after all. It can... Read More be difficult if you are not passionate about programming, so make sure that you actually want to be a software engineer if you are considering attending. I've discussed my experience with a few friends that attended other boot camps and they regret not attending Hack Reactor. The curriculum is top tier.

If you are looking at this page wondering wondering how much a remote coding bootcamp can do and questioning whether it is worth the price tag. Look no further! You are paying for an amazing alumni network, and partnership opportunities. I just graduated... Read More from HR a month ago and already got two great offers from public tech companies. One is through alumni referral and the other is through HR's partnership opportunities. Like many fellow students at HR, I came into the program with little coding experience. I can confidently say HR designed the curriculum very well: 1) it is just hard enough and interesting enough that trains people to think like a SWE, work as a team and be able to do problem solving independently. 2) You build strong relationship with your cohort mates which will turn into your strong SWE network in the future as all of you grow in the industry. I leant the most not from the slides but from the people I paired with both technically and non-technically. Of course the learning doesn't stop after graduation. This program gives people an opportunity to get your feet into the tech industry; to equip you with the ability to break down problems and solve interesting questions with your newly learnt skills; to equip people with confidence that you can do it. Expect long hours, challenging projects, intellectually intriguing conversations. This is one of the few things in life that if you work hard, it pays off fairly quickly.

One big pro is the immersion and attention to detail from all members of the staff, who are willing to help you at any given moment. A con would have to be the idea that you have to learn the building blocks in such a short amount of time, which causes... Read More you to have to possibly put off some clearing items until later in the course. Regardless, this program is extremely helpful and absolutely would be recommended to my peers.

I started off with no background in programming. By the midpoint of the cohort, I was very knowledgeable with the javascript and implementation of new technologies. The rest of the time I use my knowledge to build out awesome projects and collaborate... Read More with teams. I had I great experience learning, building, and interacting with fellow developers.

The community building here was excellent. I treasure the friends I made and the learning that happened. This bootcamp is an excellent choice if you fit the following: You have previous coding experience (1 year of college/JS basics), you enjoy learning... Read More and doing the problems found on LeetCode/CodeWars, You want to connect with other aspiring coders, and get exposed to new technologies that you may otherwise procrastinate on. Remote Full Time Pacific is the way to go. The administration was fantastic in creating community.