Sabio

Attended Sabio for .NET courses at the Culver City location, Mike was my instructor.
Overall, I would definitely recommend this to anyone, there's free info session, and Pre-Work to get you up to speed if you don't have any experience.
The lessons are... Read More well-planned out and you get tons of real-life work experience. The supports you get are amazing, every question you have will get answered either by your instructor, CEO, CTO, other instructors, or other students. By attending the program, you are also becoming a part of an amazing community.

When I went to Sabio, I was expecting to graduate with the ability to code, and then figure out the next steps. By the end of the program, I went from only knowing HTML/CSS and a little bit of javascript to learning how to build an entire application... Read More from the ground up in React/Node/Express/Mongo. They also trained me on how to take technical interviews, helped rewrite my resume, and gave me a list of ways to improve as a professional (blogs, podcasts, meetups, hackathons etc). After I graduated, my instructor would check up on me every few days to see how I was doing, offer advise on the interview process, and also passed on job opportunities when they came their way.

It took me a little under 2 months to secure a position as a developer, and I still occasionally have my instructors reach out and see how I'm doing. Gregorio was also really accessible during the whole cohort as well as after graduation. I know that I can always reach out to them for help as if I were in an active cohort.

While there are many free online schools that can teach you coding, Sabio teaches you how to ask the right questions to succeed in a developer environment. This helped me so much in my progression of coding but also in learning different languages after... Read More the cohort finished. It is this long term growth approach that Sabio has that allowed me to learn a different Framework and learn it well enough to work with it in a professional setting.

The instructors also balance each fellow's own needs/ skill levels so you can always be sure you are challenged as a developer. They are always available and are always open to feedback. They will always send over code reviews, answer any debugging questions, and aid in any way possible during the job hunt.... long after the 12 week program is finished, they'll be available.

Sabio really set me up so that I can tackle brand new challenges/ frameworks/ languages and come out successful.

If you put in the hours, effort, and dedication... no doubt you will experience immense support/ success from the program.

Background on me... I came from making 14 dollars an hour pushing pallets around jumping from warehouse to warehouse, specifically at one of the Amazon warehouses. I am now a full time software developer and more than doubled my salary. Sabio changed... Read More my life. I needed a new path in my life, and after a lot of research ( A LOT OF RESEARCH) I decided on Sabio. I definitely do not regret it. Not only was my instructor Dan such a huge wealth of knowledge, but Gregorio and the Sabio alumni were insanely helpful, very much like a family. I learned the skills required to get a job in the tech industry, and on top of that I learned how to completely destroy at interviews. I was still in school when I got my first offer, and my second offer ( a much better one that I took ) came a week later. Thanks to Sabio I was able to pick a job doing what I wanted where I wanted, and I got an offer for every in person interview I attended. If you are on the fence, even if you've never coded a single html file before, take it from me and go for it. It WILL change your life, like it did mine.

A quick background... I spent over 5 years working in a sales/operations position for one of the world's largest eyewear companies. After a mass-layoff, and realizing I DIDN'T want to stay in that industry, I started picking up basic HTML, CSS, Javascript,... Read More and JQuery courses online to see if it was something I'd be interested in. I really enjoyed it and wanted to learn more, but didn't want to go to college as it seemed like a waste of time and money, and it didn't seem too promising in terms of securing a job afterwards since you don't have any actual work experience in that field. A family member of mine ended up signing up for Sabio, and he convinced me to check it out, too. I did my research and it seemed to be the best option out there, so I made the jump and signed up for the apprenticeship. During the 12 week program you'll be building a real application for a product owner. The product owner we built an application for during the 12 weeks ended up hiring me on afterwords (paid) to continue developing the application while I was searching for a full-time job. Just over 3 weeks out of the program and I received my first offer for a full-time developer position making $70,000 a year.

I went in not knowing what to expect, and really not knowing much. Like others have mentioned, the pre-work gives you a chance to get a good feel for what it's like to code as they teach you a lot of stuff. I went the route of the .NET course in Orange County, with Victor Campos as my instructor/lead. I spent the next 12 weeks of my life doing nothing but coding for 70-80 hours each week. It is really tough at times. You've got to be committed, and whatever you put into the program is what you get out of it.

The instructors do a great job of helping you to become extremely self-resourceful developers that write clean and efficient code, as well as prepare you for an actual software developer work environment with actual experience. A few mock technical interviews take place throughout the program, and the last few weeks are spent working on resumes, personal projects, and technical interview prep. I would say Sabio is less of a bootcamp and more of an apprenticeship.

If software development is something you're passionate about, and it's someting you commit your life to, I'm sure you'll succeed. I'm thankful for the staff at Sabio and for the hard work they've put into me and my success.

Learning to be a true developer through Sabio was a rewarding journey, and I’m honestly still in awe at how much I’ve gained through it. This whole experience was just a confirmation that anything is possible if you put your mind to it.

Earlier this year... Read More while deciding if I wanted to go back to school, I kept coming across articles and testimonies about how anyone could learn coding, how career changers were able to thrive in development jobs, and how the tech industry needed more women. My curiosity got the best of me as I started realizing how enjoyable the free lessons on Codeacademy were, leading to me doing hours of research into coding bootcamps and happening upon Sabio and their stellar reviews. I lived in Dallas, TX, and this was a huge commitment and move for me to pursue a new chapter in my life. But I flew out to California and was sold after talking with instructors, current students, and fellows that Sabio connected me with. They were down-to-earth and offered nothing but encouragement and confidence that it would be worthwhile – and they were completely right.

Sabio stood out for the fact that they have a rich network of developers, and to have those resources, connections, and advice available to you is priceless. It is not a typical classroom environment – you work day in and day out for the experience of working on a real project with a real team of your cohortmates, learning on the fly. The vast amount of knowledge and the application of that knowledge that you gain in this “bootcamp” environment is no joke – and I wouldn’t have had the discipline or mentorship to learn everything I know now on my own without Sabio.

The stars aligned for me because I personally couldn’t have asked for a better experience or outcome. The OC campus was nice and in a convenient location right across from the bustling Fashion Island. I was grouped with awesome colleagues in my cohort, with whom I had an environment of support and camaraderie as we encouraged each other to keep pushing forward those twelve weeks. I’m indebted to our instructor Jeremy, whose patient mentorship and insane knowledge and experience got us to where we are today. He’s a great teacher and a great guy, and it was uncanny how he knew how to answer all of the questions I had that I didn’t even know how to ask. Vic, the other instructor at the OC campus, was also always so supportive as far as career advice, interview prep, and guidance went.

I currently call myself a developer consultant, which on many days seems surreal, given that I knew nothing about programming at the beginning of this year. At my current company, I came to appreciate how well I was prepared for my position in many ways: working and communicating with a team, knowing how to resourceful enough to solve a problem or produce a solution, and thinking like a developer. The classroom setting itself emulated the environment I am in daily and all the skills I learned in that setting have contributed to my confidence in my growth as a dev and the growth of my career.

It’s possible. If you want a career in development, my advice is to go all in and invest in yourself. If you’re going to commit to Sabio, you’ll be given the right resources to succeed – but it’s up to YOU how effectively you utilize those resources. The most important thing to be conscious of is that there is nothing magical about this process – your success is directly correlated to how hard you work, how much time you put in to understand your craft, and how much you put yourself out there and ask questions. If you keep focused, keep a positive attitude (which is so key when things get rough!), and have fun with the process, this could be the most rewarding decision you make for yourself.

I completed Sabio's ASP.NET program in Culver City in June, and I accepted an offer for a development job at the end of July. The program gave me a strong base of development knowledge and I truly feel like I've been through a software project's full... Read More life cycle. The instructors are highly knowledgable and ensure that the curriculum, work level and instruction is tailored to every student's skillset. Experienced students will be consistently challenged while beginner students will leave with a firm foundation in fundamentals that will ensure they enter the industry.

I really don't have anything but good things to say about Sabio. When I was researching bootcamps, their name obviously leapt out to me due to their consistently excellent reviews, and I have to say that they totally lived up to the hype. The co-founders, Gregorio and Liliana, so clearly put the student experience at the forefront of everything they do and it will pay dividends for you if you put forth the effort they ask of you.

***ATTN: My fellow hardworking Biology graduates slaving away in labs****

After graduating with a degree in Molecular Biology, I had hoped to have a long career in research but that's not how things ended up. I took a job as a Research Associate to gain... Read More research experience before applying to a PhD program but it actually swayed me away from research. Long hours, high pressure, little recognition, repetitive & most off all extremely low pay (relatively speaking compared to other STEM fields) for the amount of training/education on ones resume because not many people REALLY care WHO does the dirty work that is basic research.

After being advised to run away from the field by my lab manager/mentor when I asked for a letter of recommendation, I ended up in medical school b/c I already had the pre-reqs courses. But since I didn't have a passion for being a physician, I made a business decision to dropout before accumulating debt & being miserable at the same time. After my cup of tea at Med school, I started exploring other fields & I had take web design in high school along w/ an intro computer science course in college which I enjoyed so I figured bootcamps could be my way into the tech field. While reading reviews, I ended up on Sabio's page & couldn't find one negative review. Skeptical, I decided to attend their info session in Culver City hosted by Gregorio. To my surprise, it was an open forum instead of preachy like a used car salesman. Gregorio basically didn't sugarcoat anything & kept it real which I appreciated. I left convinced to hand over 15Ks & to eat/breath/sleep/dream code for 10 weeks. Gregorio ended up being my instructor & although his method was tough love, he taught me how to think like a professional programmer not just code. After 2 months, I ended up being offer a full-stack position at a well known corporation for double my previous salary.

If you are committed & willing to learn/put in the time (inside/outside lab) while setting aside your egos/social life, you will learn enough in 10 weeks to further your career. Sabio has a close-knit supportive community that will guide you along the way & professional development meetups after you graduate to keep you current w/ the newest technology.

I was at an interesting point in my life. I graduated college was not satisfied with the results. I worked hard to obtain a duel degree(Mathematical Econ, Applied Mathematics), had a good GPA and was involved in school organizations and that was no use... Read More because I could not land a job that interested me or that I was even remotely passionate about. I felt stuck, I had all the motivation and will to be successful with nowhere to put it, I was ready to jump but had no platform. One night some friends of mine suggested that I earned to code given that its a rewarding and interesting career and is one that can be learned so I said alright why not although although I questioned if I would even able to do it given that I had no background in coding nor computer science, and so my journey to look for a good institution began. I went to a few bootcamps to really study what would be a good fit for me. A lot of them seemed like businesses that just seemed worry about me signing the dotted line and my money. When I spoke to some of their people about outcomes they would seem worried or "didn't know the answer" or couldn't give me any specifics. I was starting to loose hope, then I found Sabio.

I attended (and recommend you attend) an information session hosted by CTO Gregorio. During this session I got my questions answered, I didn't feel any concern or sketchyness, and most importantly I didn't feel like I was speaking to a salesman. I was speaking to a knowledgeable industry veteran who was on a mission to give guys and gals like me a fighting chance at life. From that initial meeting I knew my gut was right and decided to enroll in pre-work, then I made it to cohort, managed to get hands on project experience, work in a team, had two awesome developer leads Mike and Dan and build code and new friendships. It has been one of the smartest decisions I have ever made in life because I am now employed as a developer in an office in front of Malibu Beach.

If you have doubts go to Sabio and I promise you, you will clear them. CEO Liliana and CTO Gregorio are two amazing human beings that wake up every morning and have made it a life's work to give anyone who is willing to work hard a fighting chance at a better life. After I was done with the program, they still reached out to me trying help me in any way possible to make sure I found a job. I walked in there lost and I have walked out there with not only a job but the entire Sabio community, which is a priceless asset and an advantage I know have entering my new career. I look forward to growing and helping this community and future Alumns as I know many Alumns will agree with that sentiment. Thank you Liliana and Gregorio, Thank you Sabio!!

Tl;dr: I got exactly what I hoped to get out of this program, and more.

Why did I choose Sabio? Because I was really impressed with their job stats, claiming that most alumni find jobs within 6 weeks at an average salary of $60k. This turned out to be... Read More true for my Cohort. There were 10 of us, and 8 found jobs within 6 weeks. For me, it took about 5 weeks to get an offer at $65k. Let me be honest: the hardest part of the entire coding bootcamp process was looking for a job afterwards. But you won't be left stranded by Sabio, they really do try and help as much as they can. You'll have mock interviews, practice white boarding, access to common interview questions/answers, and countless resources to help prepare you for tech interviews. Could you find all this information online? Probably. But it was still super helpful to have.

Is Sabio worth it? You'll have to decide that for yourself. For me, it was absolutely worth it. I read a few reviews online and dived right in, haven't looked back since. I'd recommend Sabio to anyone looking to go to bootcamp.