The Job Hackers

I enjoyed Larry Apke's passion and knowledge of all the topics he discussed. While his bread and butter is the Agile and Scrum framework, he is equally effective on teaching topics to include psychology, workplace efficiencies, systems, collaboration,... Read More leadership, etc.

If you seek the opportunity to develop yourself within the Agile / Scrum framework, as a project manager, a leader, a team member, or develop as a human being, I highly recommend the Agile MBA with the Job Hackers!

I feel privileged to have found this bootcamp. What a great and interesting program for learning about Agile. The content is presented in such a way that it is accessible and relatable, and it rejuvenated interest in my career. Up to this point, I thought... Read More software development was dry and boring. AgileMBA taught me that it is in fact much more of a human profession than most people realize.

This class was highly recommended by a friend to keep up with the times by knowing the latest in project management practices. I learned a ton of new concepts, such as, project management is for the dark ages. It’s all about Product Management. Enjoyed... Read More the class and found myself laughing often and unexpectedly. Larry Apke is a talented and engaging instructor. I recommend this class to anyone who feels they need to update their project management knowledge. I work in finance. The ideas and practices are easily transferable to finance from software development. Enjoy!

To learn and optimally apply Scrum we require a new perspective. Larry Apke is a gifted speaker and true humanitarian. He does a tremendous job in providing the why, how, what, and where, supplementing the course with such topics as Introduction to Systems... Read More Thinking, The Cobra Effect,
The Goal and Theory of Constraints - truly an eye opening experience.

This boot camp was excellent and it allowed me to network with others; as well as learn Agile and scrum. Overall the curriculum was excellent as well as the PSM certification support to pass the exam. It also allows to pay it forward by helping moderate... Read More the class. The training, the content, the curriculum and above all the organization was awesome!

Pros:
The curriculum is clear and the author provides all the documentation you need to follow the course.
Prepares you to the PSM or CSM certification. They added 2 extra hours of Labs where you can practice exam questions with mentors and peers
5 week... Read More program
They offer a slack channel were there are continuous updates on the material, job postings, PSM certification, and much more!
Cons:
I wish it was on-site!! but COVID19 ruined our plans!

Taking the Agile course with Job Hackers is one of the best things you can do if you want to work in Agile and Scrum. Job Hackers is a non-profit and Larry Apke and his amazing group of volunteers do an awesome job at making sure you have everything you... Read More need to get certification. The live/online training sessions are extremely informative. They don't just do the training, they provide all kinds of support afterwards. You become a part of the community. And he offers it all for free! They do it because they want to help the community and are passionate towards helping companies get better at agile. I am so glad I found The Job Hackers. I have learnt so much in a short period of time. Thank you The Job Hackers!

I can't say enough good things about Larry Apke the instructor with The Job Hackers . His online classes were excellent and easy to follow. He had very relevant project and product stories to back up his teaching on how Agile and Scrum can be used in... Read More business. He normally teaches these classes in a class room but had to switch to a full Zoom meeting setup (because of Covid 19) which was very well run and organized. Edward, his Zoom assistant, did a great job answering student questions in the chat room as Larry taught the class.

I knew a few of the students in our online class of 200+ and we all agreed Larry did an outstanding job for the classes he taught on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 7:30 - 9:00 AM. The students were very involved and interested in what Larry had to teach and how we could apply it to our current and future projects.

I come from a project management Waterfall background, so Agile and Scrum were kind of new for me. I was familiar with both but never really understood what they were and how I could apply them in future work. Larry gave me and many of my classmates a good start on how to move forward and go for the Professional Scrum Master (PSM) Certification. Thanks Larry and looking forward to perhaps taking the class again to keep my Agile and Scrum skills fresh and up-to-date! Todd Benson

Job Hackers prepare people to carry out skills in the real world. Great job Larry and Edward. I will be able to apply the skills gathered using scrum project management and in the real world.

Course materials were good, the mentoring approach was good,... Read More and working with other people via the slack and zoom was a great combination. Larry has a unique way of communicating and making it more practical and bringing real life examples. The Job Hackers online Agile MBA is very good and a solid course to prepare someone for the agile certification. I learned a lot.

I am currently attending The Job Hackers Agile MBA Class and I would give it a 5-Star (even before completing the course)
When I started the course I had very low expectation for the class and about Scrum in general (bad experience), but understanding... Read More the fundamentals of Scrum framework, I can see all that went wrong in my previous experience, what could be done in such situations.
The examples Larry gives for every aspect are perfect, it gives us a clear practical understanding of Agile and Scrum.
The only negetive (even that is not really a big deal ) is their online optional Lab was not as clear and informative as Larry's classes. This again is not really negative but more of a glitch due to the online setting. They have done this in person in the past and now its online (due to COVID) which has brought in a few glitches in the class.
Irrespective of this the Class has given me so much insight to information that I cannot thank the entire Job Hacker team enough.
Especially as they are all volunteers and do not get paid for this. Really appreciate all the effort that Larry and his team has put into it.