General Assembly Coding Bootcamp Review (Should You Go There In 2022!?)
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I invited on 3 graduates from the coding bootcamp, General Assembly, to share their experiences with the program. All 3 graduates ended up having pretty different experiences with different parts of the program. We definitely dove deep into the pros and cons of the curriculum, instructors, projects, and outcomes. Given that General Assembly has no previous data with Cirr.org, DEFINITELY challenge the self-claimed outcomes. If admissions can't handle you digging into the details of criteria that would exclude students from their self-claimed outcome data, that should be a red flag. For all prospective students, I hope this helps with your decision!
Topics:
0:00 - Intros and backgrounds
4:36 - Why did you choose General Assembly over other coding bootcamps?
8:14 - What’d you think of the coding bootcamp? (The good and the bad)
23:29 - Instructors and final projects
40:30 - How was their outcomes program (career services)?
57:32 - Who do you think this program is for and who isn’t it for?
1:02:38 - Graduates' socials
Guests:
Brittany Bui - / brittanymbui
Chace Zanaty - / monsoud-zanaty-93559b212
Kole Deighan - / kole-deighan
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Great conversation! Appreciate everyone's honesty.
Thanks for this! I start GA in a week so was definitely looking to make sure I made the right choice out of the few that reached out and gave me offers.
@@lepidoptera9337 I’m 4 weeks into GA and so far it’s great!
@@TheDisneylover71 how is it now??
I am 100% in "paralysis" mode. There are just TOO many for someone who is a complete BEGINNER. SEND HELP
I just finished GA’s Software Engineering Immersive on 2/4/22.
My cohort was sponsored by a company with specific requirements. We did JavaScript, Java/Spring , and Angular/TypeScript.
My three instructors were awesome.
They never checked out or disengaged.
I found the homework very helpful for both muscle-memory and depth.
My cohort did touch on basic testing.
I’d do it again, even if I had to pay for it myself.
is their a technical assessment to get in?
@@rique5434 Sorry, I just saw this. There was a super basic aptitude thing. But I don't know if that was GA or the sponsoring company's test.
@@nateonmission Hello there, did you complete the program fully online or in person? How was the workload?
Did you do the 3 month or flex?
@@rique5434 yes. You have to complete four projects. Personal website, a responsive blog theme, a small business site, traffic light exercise
Alot of info to process here! I am glad you did the interviews with them, this has provided so much insight. Wife and I are starting in August so I'm curious to see how it plays out.
Good luck!
Hey brandon how is it going so far?
I'd be really thankful if you could do this for other coding bootcamps. I'm biased to see one for App Academy because that's the one I'm looking to apply to. Many thanks for doing these videos.
App Academy may or may not be next on my list 🤫
@@DonTheDeveloper Well, it looks like I'll just have to SUBSCRIBE AND LIKE in order to find out :DDDD
Hey Don. Love your reviews! My 2 options for bootcamps are GA or AA. Could you please do a new review on AA. Since I've done their enrolling challenges and etc... Only need to sign a contract. Just waiting for you're new review :)
I'm nearing the end of my GA immersive course in about 3 weeks. I had one instructor and TA the whole course( A different TA for weekend help if anyone needs it). My cohort was a lot smaller than these ones. We started with around 15 students, and 3 of them have dropped. We did the python / django course for about two - three weeks. My biggest recommendation for them would be to just get rid of that and really work on solidifying the students full-stack knowledge using node and express. Other than that, I have no real complaints. I still think it's kinda pricey for a 3 month long course. My instructor was incredible though, insanely knowledgeable with just about everything and a great teacher. He's been with them for 7 years now so he's probably one of their most tenured. I would imagine most peoples experiences are highly based around the quality of their instructors. I agree the mid week outcomes feel like a very awkward insertion, but at the same time I do feel like I've gained useful knowledge from the meetings. I have already created a portfolio and started applying, and just had my first interview today.
did you get a job yet?
@@NeatContent Yeah, I accepted one the day before graduation.
@@paparaZziii How many job applications did you apply to before landing a job?
@@opdelta4854 I’m not sure the exact amount but it was probably 50. I only had one other interview which they denied me after.
Hey,probably u won't read this but what week did u start applying for jobs.
Thank you for this review. I was contacted by GA after requesting for more information. I had to do my research. A lot of red flags stood out to me.
What red flags stood out to you
Hey they reached out to me too but I haven't made my decision yet. What red flags did you notice about them?
What red flags stood out to you?
Right now I'm planning to go to a bootcamp at the end of the month (App academy). My three options were General Assembly, Flatiron and App academy. Flatiron got discarded for me based on the fact that they removed the deferred tuition AND the interview you made with their students, seemed like they changed instructors too much. As for General assembly, I passed because of the 90% outcome response they gave me from 2019 and them not having more updated data. That was kind of a red flag. Plus the exercises to get accepted were middle school level. too easy.
That left me with App academy, their acceptance prep work and challenges at least had some difficulty to them. Unlike the other two bootcamps, they focus only on coding and I contacted some students who graduated there and they agreed that should they go through it again, they would choose App academy again.
I hear it's pretty strict. Not that that's bad. They want to make sure you're putting forth the effort.
Hey @Leon. How's it going? Came upon your comment and wanted to ask some questions because I'm in the mix of choosing a bootcamp. I was planning on joining GA but reading your comment now it's making me want to do more research. Wanted to ask you how is/was App academy and are you doing online or in person? I would have to do it in person since I don't have the money right now to live near their locations. Thank you.
*Good Work, man👍🏻. Keep it up👊🏻.*
Thanks for reviewing this. Would love to hear about any of the trinity bootcamps (University of Denver, Univesity of Washington, etc…)
They have a terrible reputation
Do you mean Trilogy?
@@DonTheDeveloper whoops! Lol yeah Trilogy
@@Adam-eats Haha all good. I actually did a review on one of those colleges. Here you go.
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I started the GA SEI course 2 weeks ago, but I realized that I would be better off joining the next months program so I can have the time to self study myself before going in, as it is very fast paced.
Hows it going for you right now?
@@xJohnHD going pree, good almost done unit 2 now. They move really fast so forsure have to touch up on a few things after the bootcamp as well.
Hey @Ishan, how's it going. Scrolling through comments of all bootcamps reviews and came upon yours. I'm trying to decide on which bootcamp to join. Wanted to ask you how's it going so far with general assembly? Thank you
@@whovion3967 Hey, yea i graduated in the middle of June, and now I am just on a job search for a junior dev role. It is going slow, as there are so many junior devs that are looking for jobs. I would say that with General Assembly, after your boot-camp, your pretty much on the job hunt yourself. But you have access to your career coach whenever to talk about any advice or tips. Otherwise, yea the bootcamp was a good experience and has taught me strong fundamentals of web development.
@@ReBoRNxFuze Good to know. I hope you find a job soon. I just got a couple more questions. 1-How experienced were you before the camp? 2-I know you said the camp taught you the fundamentals well and I wanted to ask did it make you feel confident you can land a job after or did you study little more on you own before applying to jobs?. Now that I think of it, you graduated in June so I assume it prepared you pretty well. 3-Did you do online or in person and if you did online how was it? Thank you so much.
Hey Don, thanks for the stuff you do. Can you put together a group of Sabio grads?
I'll keep it in mind.
I did an initial call with GA and the rep tried to upsell me despite what I said I was interested in.....not a great start
Did General Assembly provide any additional resources or workshops outside of regular class hours to supplement your learning?
Very unrelated but I've simply got to know if the tapestry in Kole's background is from a souls game (or what game it's from)
I'd have been a little mad thinking I'm doing python and get ruby.
Thnking about applying to the GA bootcamp in early august. How was the environment of online courses? Ive been through 4 years of college and 4 years of graduate school in a different field. Never had an online curriculum. Is it easier/harder to work with others since its online? Just worried about the social/interactive aspect of an online course. Any information I would appreciate. thanks!
I’m joining the August cohort as well, I was advised to not work a FT job untill after the program. But each individual has their needs. Best of luck!!
Please app academy next. Planning to go there next month
Every bootcamp should have a 2-4 week intro class. At the end they should ask, did you enjoy this. Do you look forward to programming. Do you think about it everyday and look forward to doing it after work or family duties. No? Okay this is not for you. Try something else.
I love that idea.
Has anyone from Hawai’i attending GA? if so, what was it like?
I'm planning on attending in April. Just passed their assessment test. I'm nervous but exited!
Nice! Let us know how it goes.
@@DonTheDeveloper Will do!
@@dandy90 hey any upadtes on the im planning on applying for it
@@mrunkn0wn10 I'm done next week. Then I'll start applying. I'll keep ya updated!
@@dandy90 REPLYING HERE SO I CAN READ YOUR UPDATES LATER! i start in september! lol
I was interviewing with them recently (like 2 or 3 weeks ago) and when I asked about their outcome reports, they said they had 90% BUT they did not have an updated report. They only had it for 2019 and I don't remember if they had it for 2020, I think not
At least they were upfront when you asked them. I hope they're upfront about that in all of their marketing materials around that %. Either way, thanks for sharing.
@@DonTheDeveloper yeah, but when I talked to the admissions director he said their placement rate was OVER 90% I don’t remember the exact number. But in reports they didn’t have anything because of the Pandemic
I got their outcomes report a few days ago after applying and their data now is more up to date.
So I’m 36 looking to get into the tech world. I want to try full stack but also leaning on QA. I am wondering if I’m too old to get into the on work.
Not at all. Go for it
Why does everyone think mid 30s is “old” my god the level of ageism in this society is horrifying
Seriously, I'm 53 and thinking about doing it. You're very young still.
Please do a updated review
There's a form link in the video description where you can request a review.
From what I heard compared against to what is provided , the course is overpriced! Maybe it would be better to pay a private tutor who works in the role years and it would cost less .
45:20 I thought it was the Lambda one that got compliants?
Yup, Lambda as well.
@@DonTheDeveloper Ah, thanks!
Starting tomorrow. You just posted this and hoping it’s all good. Very nervous.
Let me know what you thought of it once you're finished. The suspense!
I just finished my cohort on 2/4. I had a great experience. Hoping for the best for you!
@@nateonmission thank you! That means a lot and helps my nerves!
@@DonTheDeveloper will do! Thank you for what you do for the coding community.
@@medweb8690 You're welcome