The course definitely helped me learn to code and be a software engineer. I am most disappointed I am almost 3 months post grad and still have not found a job. I thought this would be a lot different post graduation.

The ease of creating the canvas account and being able to complete the course on the go was excellent! That should be a marketing point.

The instructors I had were the best part of my experience. Rod and Daijea were attentive and insightful. I do wish there had been more transparency about the current job market during recruitment. It's tough out there right now.

My GA experience came at a very pivotal point in my professional career. I decided to leave the financial industry and jump into tech with absolutely no knowledge or experience with coding and software. GA was so welcoming to me and made me feel like I belonged there. I looked into many coding bootcamps before making my selection but eventually I chose GA because it felt so homely, amazing staffs, and beginner friendly for people getting into code for the first time. I love GA and I will always feel indebted to them for everything they were able to give me.

Will you learn enough to get feel comfortable? No. Will you learn enough to get a job? Maybe. I was not the best coder in class, but I was far from the worst. By the end of the program, my portfolio, compared to my counterparts was one of the top best looking portfolios my cohort (class) had. So whats the issue? GA makes the claim that they are the #1 bootcamp and they staff more grads than any other bootcamp. If that is true, then that just means that other bootcamps arent staffing at all, or they atleast know they shouldnt be making that claim. After 1 year, I have seen GA provide a handful of Fortune 500 job opportunities. With that being said, not all job offers are in the industry you are trying to get into. For example, the job posting may be for UI/UX and you went through a software engineering course. If that wasnt the issue, then the job available wasnt even in your town, may not even be in your state. Basically, you either have to be lucky or move across the country for this opportunity. GA also makes the claim that you have 1 on 1 coaching experience. Which is technically true, because you can request 1 on 1 sessions, however, 90-99% of the sessions you do will be group sessions. Unless youre just inexperienced with work, resumes, applying "strategies", or things similar, that is the only way you will find these sessions beneficial. Other than that, literally 99% of it consist of an hour of people practically sitting in a circle telling each other "dont give up, keep applying." 1 year, approx. 2000 applied jobs, and $16,000 later, no job. You decide if this is an experience you are willing to risk to experience. If youre sitting here saying "maybe he just had bad luck." Maybe. I will tell you what though, had I known then what I know now, I would have never gone through this course. Not even because of the negative experience, but I could have learned just as much on my own and a mentor for like a 3rd of the price, and thats on the expensive end.

I recently completed a course at General Assembly, and I must say, it has been a transformative experience! The instructors were knowledgeable and approachable, always ready to guide us through complex topics with ease and clarity. The course content was relevant and in tune with the demands of today's job market. What I appreciated the most was the hands-on approach to learning, which has equipped me with practical skills that I'm confident will be invaluable in my career. Highly recommend!

Course: General Assembly Javascript course Duration: 10 weeks (Feb-Apr 2023), 6 hours of classes per week, plus optional couple hours with the junior devs if booked in advance Format: Online Cost: £3000 (discounted to £2700 as I am an NHS worker) No. of students: 25 No. of teachers: 1 senior front-end web developer, 2 junior developers who'd recently finished the General Assembly full-time bootcamp. I have decided the value of this course to me was around £1000, (equivalent to £50 per 3 hour delivered session). Negatives: - The first few weeks did not differ in content or teaching methods from a £10 Udemy web-development bootcamp. - We had 3 pieces of homework and 1 final project. The 3 pieces of homework received 1 line of feedback each. I was anticipating more detailed feedback suggesting improvements to the semantics or formatting of how I coded. - The class size was bigger than I expected. With 25 people in the class, the main format of teaching that was feasible was for the senior teacher to talk through concepts and for us to code along with him. Although this had some use, I do not understand why this was worth around £50/hour to me (of delivered content) and over £1000/hour if all students are included. It often was not hugely different from free/close-to-free content on Youtube or Udemy. Positives: - The senior teacher, Jay, was a good and dedicated teacher. - All 3 staff made you feel welcome to ask for help. - Navigating key challenging parts of the Javascript learning journey is easier with support. Such as: setting up NPM and NVM, working with a package.json file, running a development server on your computer Like I said, the course had some value, but £3000 seems completely at odds with what was delivered. You'd probably do a lot better, and save a good amount of money, following a Udemy course and then finding a Javascript developer local to you who can work with you one-on-one to help you navigate the few hurdles that are difficult to overcome by yourself which might only take 10-20 hours outside of a course like this. Overall I'm very disappointed with my experience. Perhaps I had unrealistic expectations about what is possible in an online cohort course. I feel like the cost was only so high because their 3 month in-person bootcamp is closer to £10,000 and prepares you to be a developer. And this course piggybacks of that pricing structure. But I believe 6-hours/week online has proved not to be worth 30% of in-person 40-hours/week. I will be paying off this course for the next 18-months.

Dodgy, pricing in interview not matching the website. Misleading practices!

UXDI Please spend 1 year of independent UX learning before you enroll in this course. You will have to spend 6-12 months after the course learning enough to be hirable. Oh and PLEASE DO NOT DO AN ISA.

This review is for the the 9k full stack software engineer by GA in London Really hard review. I will split it into sectors so you can decide yourselves if it is a good or a bad course as i am not sure wjat it was yet.... 1. Course itself - (10/10). Nice, uptodate course, well structured with tutors that jad a very nice chemistry between them and they knew what they where talking about. Charlotte was the lead one and i think it was the best tutor i had in my life. Really struggling to think of a better one i had. And had many 2. Management - (5/10) in the end of the course i tried to talk to them about the job support and the ignored me. Amateurs at least 3. Job support - (0/10). When you pay 9k i was expecting they will have a fair amount of tech companies they will be working with them and they will be recruiting from them. That what i was told. However that wasn't the case... When u finish the course u are all alone to find a job. To make things worse i was dropped from the job support course. I paid 9k and they refused to look at my CV...... And guesss what. I think i am the 1st and only ine who found a job from that class so far....... People you run the job support are Clauns! They are recruites and have no idea about coding!!! 4. % of employment after you finish course: don't be fooled. They offer you a 2-4 weeks job with them and they count you as you have been employed!! Sneaky!!!! Reality is that u still dont have a job after 2 weeks right? 5. Conclusion: do i recommend them or not? I am not sure. I didn't like them! But then i found a job because of them..... Hard to say!