I was always sceptical about bootcamps. The big turnoff for me moreover, was doing an online course. Apart from that, I have many years of working experience in the IT industry and knew that organising work from home is not so easy, especially when the team is not mature enough, but, I have to say, CodeOp proved me totally wrong.
I was impressed by how fast the teachers organized remote classes during COVID and adapted the program, and how efficient they were during those difficult times.
It was an amazing experience. Although difficult sometimes (really difficult) but it changed my life.
Pros:
1) Teachers: teachers are very good, even the ones that are trainees/assistants. They give vivid explanations and are able to understand the mind of the student (hello Emefa!) It was a great idea to let trainees explain the basics as they could understand what was going on in the minds of the students who, mostly, had zero tech background.
2) Schedule and class structure: I liked that we had scheduled for lectures and exercises and could plan our day accordingly
3) Curriculum: logical daily challenges, data structures and algorithms, Vue… Easy stuff you learn in the pre-course, hard stuff you learn in class. I have to admit that daily challenges made my brain work every day.
4) Support chat: if you are stuck on something you can get help there, even after the class, even on weekend, sometimes even at night! But of course, it depends on people’s availability, because not only teachers give support, but also students from other groups.
5) Career week: Real HRs come to help to write your CV, prepare for the interview and answer your questions. Imagine my surprise when I realised that with one of the HRs training us I had an interview 4 years ago! Plus career coaching, mocked interviews and presentations from different people (we had a very interesting presentation from the Head of IT in Siemens Energy!)
6) During the projects phase, you have an option to attend lectures of other groups on different topics if you wish
7) Location and office: I love the new office and the terrace, although went there only few times due to covid.
8) I really liked the culture the school created, I’m still friends with some girls from my group, after 2 years.
Cons:
1) I wish flesh lectures schedule was pre-planned or we had a list of the available ones (although the list of the lectures is growing all the time)
2) As most of the students are girls, we like to create some little drama. But life would be not so interesting without it, admit it 😉

PS: Remember, this is not private, it’s a group course, I was surprised seeing students get upset that they didn’t get private calls with a teacher. If you expect to have a lot of personal support and individual classes – maybe you should ask if there is such an option for extra pay before you sign up (this option wasn’t available when I did the course)

The instructors are just great and I received a lot of help in the enrolment process, the curricula are based on JavaScript and its latest frameworks and thanks to the MVP project I had something to show in the interview and land a job as a frontend developer in fintech.

I took the course remotely – and even like this, the community feeling they build is impressive. The attention of the teachers, TAs and other students is very personal.
The contents of the course feel very complete, very specific in JavaScript environments.

CodeOp has a wonderful multicultural community and a great team willing to guide you from every step.
Having transitioned careers into starting from zero in web development felt challenging, but was well supported in a comfortable environment. The 11-week program bootcamp was intense and educational. Started the day with daily code challenges so you are constantly improving your code and problem/solving skills. Also having lectures, activities and getting some individual guidance towards your interests and career path. Teachers are very adept and patient, making you comfortable about asking questions and making mistakes, even providing one-on-one.

Although the students are widely international they could improve in providing solutions as for students that are non-European related to student visa, accommodation and work.

Hi, I had a totally different background (I am an architect and photographer) I understand how it feels about code for the first time. I didn’t know if I would be able to understand or if I would really like this new field. Also, when I decided to sign up for the Bootcamp, I didn’t have enough time to finish the free course, I only did some lessons of JavaScript, but nothing else. On the other hand, English is not my native language, and for me, that was an extra challenge. To be honest, I was a little scared about everything…

Then, I read my options for payment, and I enrolled in Student Finance as my first option, and I had the impression that it was so great to be true! In this part, I have to say, that is totally true, in fact, during the process, they explained a few times the deal and made sure I understood all the details and what were my responsibilities and benefits. Everything clear as water.

This was a big influence in my decision to take the full-time Bootcamp, so I made my decision and signed for CodeOp in full-time modality (online).
Since the first day, I learned a lot of things, about code and about myself. This journey is super intense, full of knowledge, and rewarding at the same proportion.

Three months after finishing, I finally found a job with the support of my coach career, and of course, my agreement with StudentFinance is running exactly as we arranged. I don’t have to pay anything until I found a job that fits with the deal. It wasn’t easy, I had a lot of interviews, challenges, and bad days during this time. But I knew what my commitment was and never gave up. Right now I am getting experience in my new and first tech job as a Javascript developer and I feel proud and happy to work with a great unicorn. Nothing bad for a first job right?
I feel grateful to CodeOp because they believed in me and gave me the opportunity to access its program and prove what can I do.

I hope that my testimony helps you, and if you need more information or want to know more about anything, let me know!