See also: http://www.demon-sushi.com/warning/
The relevance of that site is not immediately obvious.
About Coding House (2014)
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Re: About Coding House (2014)
#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've heard very good things about Hack Reactor as well My first impression of them is dishonesty. They claim to be "The CS degree for the 21st century" which is simply not true for an intensive web development course.
While it's maybe a bit of an exaggeration, good bootcamps have an emphasis on (ahem) marketable skills that a lot of CS programs don't. You'd be right that you don't learn a ton of theory like you would in CS, but App Academy at least (and I'd assume Hack Reactor as well) makes sure you have enough grounding in programming fundamentals that learning new languages/frameworks/stacks isn't hard. That said, one weird thi…
> That said, one weird thing I've heard about Hack Reactor is that they purposely will hold back students they feel aren't 100% where they want them to be and keep them from graduating.
2013 Hack Reactor grad here. I had actually heard this about Dev Bootcamp before applying to HR, so I asked the HR founders during my interviews if they did this and they emphatically said no. Their genuine emphasis on supporting students -- including intensive interventions when they detect students might be falling behind -- was the main reason I decided to fork over $17k to a couple of strangers and move across the country to San Francisco.
And they didn't disappoint me. Our cohort of 26 had two drop-outs: one guy on the second day (he was from Atlanta, felt a little out of place and wanted to go home, so he became the first person to take HR up on their "full refund if for any reason you want to quit during the first week" offer) and a girl almost midway through the course (she got intensive support, we were all really rallying for her, but she didn't want to keep going). Everyone else pulled together, worked long hours, built some incredible projects, and landed jobs at lots of Companies You've Heard Of. But don't take my word for it... check out the [Hack Reactor alumni page](http://www.hackreactor.com/students/) and see for yourself.
I don't know a single student who has been held back, although I graduated nearly two years ago and my experience may be outdated.
Re: About Coding House (2014)
#53We've taken the url out of this post. The author of the document asked us to do so for legal reasons.
Re: About Coding House (2014)
#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
I get that not everyone can sit down and start grepping how a kernel works, how to architect database solutions, or get what it means to be reentrant in the context of parallel programming. Not everyone can be efficient successful autodidacts; however we have places to learn, like colleges. I would rather see community colleges or university start offering more individual courses to help you get up to speed. There is…
One of the big "problems" with learning at college is the sequential nature of Computer Science. You have to take CS1 your first semester, then CS2 your second semester, and then you finally have the prerequisites to take multiple classes at once. Coding bootcamps have a semester's worth of material, so it would be cool if colleges had a one-semester full-time class that covers Intro CS, Data Structures, Web Developm…
This was a big reason for me to do a coding bootcamp. I was switching majors out of engineering and into CS. I didn't want to spend 2 years slowly learning CS to find out if I liked it. It was faster and cheaper for me to do one of these schools to see if I really did want to do this for a living. Now I'm employed and do do it for a living and love it. I still push myself everyday to learn and do more learning outside of work.
Unfortunately this style of teaching just doesn't fit the mould of traditional universities, but I think it's a great way to find out if you really want to pursue a career in this field.
Re: About Coding House (2014)
#55here is the link to the story (copy of the original pdf):
http://gapurov.com/files/codinghouse_tell-all.pdf
Re: About Coding House (2014)
#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
While it's maybe a bit of an exaggeration, good bootcamps have an emphasis on (ahem) marketable skills that a lot of CS programs don't. You'd be right that you don't learn a ton of theory like you would in CS, but App Academy at least (and I'd assume Hack Reactor as well) makes sure you have enough grounding in programming fundamentals that learning new languages/frameworks/stacks isn't hard. That said, one weird thi…
> That said, one weird thing I've heard about Hack Reactor is that they purposely will hold back students they feel aren't 100% where they want them to be and keep them from graduating. 2013 Hack Reactor grad here. I had actually heard this about Dev Bootcamp before applying to HR, so I asked the HR founders during my interviews if they did this and they emphatically said no. Their genuine emphasis on supporting stud…
> 2013 Hack Reactor grad here. I had actually heard this about Dev Bootcamp before applying to HR, so I asked the HR founders during my interviews if they did this and they emphatically said no.
Huh, interesting. I knew DBC does that too but they seemed much more upfront about it in their ad copy (and in fact it was touted as a selling point). FWIW, a/A sounds similar to HR by how you describe it; they want everyone to succeed and will give you plenty of support but if you still aren't pulling your weight you'll get booted. There was a guy in our cohort who dropped right before final projects and they let him come back at the same point in the next cycle but they made an exception for him because he had personal reasons for dropping.
But yeah, besides that, great learning environment, everyone wants everyone else to do well, build cool shit and get good jobs. I'd recommend a/A in a heartbeat to anyone, with the caveat that you've done enough programming to know it's something you enjoy doing. (But the amount of Ruby you have to learn to get through the admission process successfully is a pretty decent litmus test.)
Re: About Coding House (2014)
#57Looks like Amy's Baking Company has branched into coding bootcamps.
haha I look forward to laughing at the MS paint conspiracy story boards that result from these kind of events
Re: About Coding House (2014)
#58Hi All, I am one of the founders at Coding House. Let me provide some insight on the post from last year. 1) 50% of the the post is true and my fault 2) 50% is untrue and students fault 3) It was our very first cohort and we had a lot to learn about what worked and did not work 4) The student has been refunded 5) We wanted to make it like a real boot camp and that was to hard on some of the students 6) We have fantas…
I invite anyone who wishes to check out the program. To come over for a workshop we have a few coming up on Saturdays. See for your self. http://www.meetup.com/EdgeCoders/
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Re: About Coding House (2014)
#59EDIT: Turns out this Quora review is written by a different Jose who attended Coding House. My bad! Was this review by Jose written under duress or legally compelled somehow? http://www.quora.com/Reviews-of-Coding-House It is written by the OP, but it is quite positive and recommends the experience from Coding House. It was written in April 2015. The article was from September 2014. Something is off here...
That Jose was me, and everything in that review described my experiences at coding house.
I know the first cohort was a mess, but the program has greatly improved, new instructors (he created the curriculum for GA, Flat Iron and another boot camp I can't remember). This program is not for everyone, but if you are prepare to do in 2 months what others do in 6 months you will be ready to get a job as a web developer as soon as the program ends.
Re: About Coding House (2014)
#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
> That said, one weird thing I've heard about Hack Reactor is that they purposely will hold back students they feel aren't 100% where they want them to be and keep them from graduating. 2013 Hack Reactor grad here. I had actually heard this about Dev Bootcamp before applying to HR, so I asked the HR founders during my interviews if they did this and they emphatically said no. Their genuine emphasis on supporting stud…
> 2013 Hack Reactor grad here. I had actually heard this about Dev Bootcamp before applying to HR, so I asked the HR founders during my interviews if they did this and they emphatically said no. Huh, interesting. I knew DBC does that too but they seemed much more upfront about it in their ad copy (and in fact it was touted as a selling point). FWIW, a/A sounds similar to HR by how you describe it; they want everyone…
Someone was just complaining to me that a/A requires a $14k deposit up front, even though the marketing says it's "no cost until you find a job". (In which case it's more like "full refund if you don't find a job" not "no cost until you find a job".) Is there any truth to that?