NGT Academy - Cyber Security - June 2021 Cohort
Career services (Kim - our career coach) and our main instructor Shirl were both extremely phenomenal to us as students. They both genuinely care about their jobs and their students. Kim made time for students during hours I've never seen a career coach offer services. Shirl gave us learning material that he didn't have to. He stayed late in class some days and even attended a few classes during non class days to help us catch up. He never made us feel silly for any questions asked. There was an instructor, the main cyber instructor, who left our cohort very early on. We students were never given an explanation or heads up. This left class in a chaotic mess most days. We had a pen tester instructor who done his best I'm sure, but he's not really a direct instructor to students when it comes to power point so I didn't gain much from him because I had no experience in pen testing so it was quite hard to follow until the very end. There was another instructor who came in shortly after the main cyber instructor left. He had no idea where we were in class, what material we had learned, what our currently skill level was as a class, and didn't really know what he should've been teaching most days. Probably wasn't all his fault when he was thrown into it and not given much because I believe behind the scenes there's a HUGE lack of communication with the instructors. But I didn't gain much from his teachings either. Most days I was active on Project Ares or TryHackMe while he was instructing. I learned so much more from both of those. At the very end while we were going through death by power point for the security+ exam, the program should've had an actually sec+ instructor. Poor Shirl done the absolute best that he could, so grateful for him. However, we would (and future students will) benefit from an instructor whose primary mission is sec+ course material and teachings. If I had not studied my head off for numerous hours every day, attended private study sessions with some fellow students, and used the review guide Henry provides to us, I probably wouldn't have passed the sec+. It's far from an easy exam. The program needs to take its difficulty much more serious than they do. Overall, we are overpaying by a lot for this program. We got a small USB thing in a packet at the beginning and I'm pretty irritated having to pay for that when we never got instructions on how to use it. Yes I get that one of the instructors made a video presentation, but there could've been live instruction too. WE ARE PAYING FOR IT!!! I don't necessary regret the program because it has given me some skills I will use in the near future, but I don't appreciate they promote it as "upon graduation we will get you into a high paying cyber role". All of that is fake! Only way for that to happen is if one has previous experience. I'm paying for career services and our instructor Shirl's amazingness as a teacher. That's what I will say is worth the total of the program upon completion. They are the two who deserve a 10 star review!
Thank you NGT
Thank you NGT for creating the opportunity for me to get a much better paying job with the potential for growth.
Stellar Service!
Dioni and the entire NexGenT team have been so helpful to me in getting the answers to my questions and help with my account. I really appreciate their attention to detail, as well as how cordial and polite they are to me.
This could have been so much better!
I was really hoping this would be what was promised. Unfortunately, it was run by people who know cybersecurity but not education. The curriculum was so-so, there was a good teacher for a section, but I felt like it was just about a money grab. I only got responses from the recruiters. Waste of money and time! I only gave it 3 stars because Shirl was a gem.
Awesome experience
It was an unique experience along with great instructors and mentors. They want to make sure you get to where you want to be in exchange for your effort.
Great Community
They are willing to work with you even when times become hard. They want you to get to the next level.
SIMPLY THE BEST OF THE BEST
SIMPLY THE BEST OF THE BEST - BAR NONE. HANDS DOWN THESE PEOPLE ARE CONSUMATE PROFESSIONALS AND EXEMPLARY HUMAN BEINGS!
Constant changing dates where a major…
Constant changing dates where a major concern
I joined Nexgent Bootcamp in April…
I joined Nexgent Bootcamp in April 2021. Everybody perspective is different while joining the organization.I was looking for stepping in to IT. I tried my best but never successful. I was watching movie on YouTube and Nexgent add pop up. I always skip such adds because it's hard to trust anyone. One day I thought lets try. I fill application for Full Stack Network Engineer course. I already have my CCNA and CCNP before joining this boot camp. This program gives me lot of knowledge and practice on most of the things that Network engineer do in the real time. I would like to give five stars to the career team. They helped me in making my resume, cover letter, linkedIn, and portfolio. I did everything as taught by Kim Wood. I finally land a job as a NOC Technicain without any prior experience in IT. I love my job. Tight schedule. I would like to thank you Nexgent team for helping me to achieve my goals. I hope Nexgent also starts training program for CCNP and CCIE certs. Thank you Nexgent for Making me zero to hero. It’s time to level UP.
Had a great time.
Had a great time learning during this six months. It felt like two, honestly. I will say I wish we had done the CCNA block last, rather than in the middle. But, I also feel there needs to be something in-between the FSNA and FSNP, as the knowledge gained from the CCNA block was crucial in learning more.